Ep 368: Employee Engagement & Disability
People with disabilities represent 15% of the global population but are often left out of diversity initiatives, programs, surveys, and even basic conversations about workplace inclusion. Recent research from Global Disability inclusion and Mercer on the engagement gap of employees with disabilities shows a difference in some areas of up to 13% lower than non-disabled colleagues.\n\nSo with many employers seeking to do better with equity, inclusion and belonging, what can they be doing to address this problem.\n\nTo help us get some more insights into the issues, my guests this week are the research report authors Meg O\u2019Connell, CEO & Founder of Global Disability Inclusion and Pete Rutigliano, Senior Principal at Mercer.\n\nIn the interview, we discuss:\n\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\u2022\xa0\xa0\xa0The State of Disability Employee Engagement Study \n\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\u2022\xa0\xa0\xa0Employer attitudes to disabilities\n\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\u2022\xa0\xa0\xa0Attitudinal barriers and dispelling myths\n\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\u2022\xa0\xa0\xa0Research methodology and scope\n\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\u2022\xa0\xa0\xa0Reasons for the engagement gap\n\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\u2022\xa0\xa0\xa0The employee experience for people with disabilities\n\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\u2022\xa0\xa0\xa0Building the right level of trust to allow people to be themselves\n\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\u2022\xa0\xa0\xa0Hidden disabilities\n\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\u2022\xa0\xa0\xa0The benefits of inclusion\n\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\u2022\xa0\xa0\xa0Lessons from the pandemic\n\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\u2022\xa0\xa0\xa0Hopes and predictions for the coming years\n\n\nListen to this podcast in Apple Podcasts.