Ep 287 - Belonging & Inclusion
A global pandemic, economic dislocation and Black Lives Matter: three signs of how life is undergoing rapid change in 2020, and all of them are having a significant impact on what people are looking for in an employer.\n\nOne of the key aspects of navigating these changes successfully is helping people to feel part of their organisations. But not everyone feels like they belong. For example, the nonprofit\xa0Center for Talent Innovation\xa0has found that White men have the highest median belonging scores of any gender or racial group, but Black and Asian women score the lowest.\n\nMy guest this week is Ritu Mohanka, Head of Strategy & Business Development EMEA at\xa0Glint.\xa0Glint\xa0has just released results from 900,000 of its customers' employees, showing the sense of 'belonging' in a company is more closely linked to employee happiness than ever before. In our conversation, we talk about the challenges around belonging and identify practical ways employers can create a proper platform for genuine inclusivity.\n\nIn the interview, we discuss:\n\n\nRitu's story and her recent inclusion on the 2020 EMpower 100 Ethnic Minority Executives list\n\nThe effect the pandemic is having on employee's sense of belonging.\n\nThe relationship between belonging, performance and productivity\n\n\xa0Why culture is more important than ever\n\n\xa0Inclusivity and being heard\n\nCreating a safe space for uncomfortable conversations\n\nActive listening and being heard\n\nEmpowering managers with high quality and timely data\n\nWhat does the future look like in terms of belonging and inclusion\n\n\nSubscribe this podcast in Apple Podcasts