A year of lessons in leadership
Just over a year ago now, on 16 March 2020, prime minister Boris Johnson announced that everyone who could work from home should do so. A week later, he followed up with the first lockdown.
Given the turmoil those two decisions unleashed, it is remarkable to recall that the Construction Leadership Council published its first set of COVID-safe site operating procedures on 24 March. While most in the sector were still trying to figure out whether construction was actually supposed to continue or not, the CLC had somehow knuckled down and agreed a framework for doing so safely.
FCA’s Nikhil Rathi: ‘Diversity and inclusion are regulatory issues’
By Sonia Rach 17
th March 2021 12:29 pm
FCA chief executive Nikhil Rathi has called on firms to take action on tackling diversity concerns, labelling it a “regulatory issue”.
Earlier today, a new report was released from the Treasury on its Women in Finance Charter Annual Review 2021.
In a speech at the launch of the review, Rathi discussed why diversity and inclusion are important not just from a social perspective, but from a regulatory one too.
He began by referring to the 2016 review on women in financial services which revealed that women only represented 14 per cent of executive members. It found that women either did not progress or they left the sector, and those that left was not just down to childcare, but because the culture was not right.
The black glass ceiling – what it is and how HR can smash it Published:
16 Mar 2021 For years the expression BAME has been used to describe people with ethnicity that is not white. It was widely accepted and often at times used by members of the black community themselves.
It has however become increasingly unacceptable because it fails to recognise the differences between ethnic groups of people, the underrepresentation of the black person and that of the black woman.
The reality is that black women have been and continue to be left behind, regardless of industry.
The business case for diversity in organisation is one that has been wheeled out over and over again. Some of the most renowned senior leaders, CEOs, boards and chairs of organisations in the FTSE have come out and publicly advocated the case for more diverse teams, professions and boards. Some have also signed up to charters and rules of engagement published by
Wednesday 17 March 2021 6:25 am There are 19 FTSE 100 companies without any ethnic minority board members - is this really the best UK PLC can do?
Pavita Cooper is deputy chair of gender diversity campaign the 30% Club.
There are 19 FTSE 100 companies that still don’t have anyone from an ethnic minority on their board. This comes despite a target set by the government-backed Parker Review into corporate diversity of at least one person from an ethnic minority on every board by 2021.
Yes it’s true that seven all-white boards have disappeared over the past few months. Yes there’s still time for the target to be met.
Some of Britain’s best-known companies, including BAE Systems, the London Stock Exchange Group and International Consolidated Airlines Group, the owner of British Airways, are yet to appoint a single