LEADERSHIP IN DIVERSITY

The ET Leadership Excellence Award at Holiday Inn Lucknow Airport on June 23, 2024, honored 39 leaders. Asim Arun and Ronit Roy presented awards. Sudhir Mishra, Yawer Ali Shah, and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor spoke. Directed by Shiv Shankar Awasthi, the even...

India has experienced a notable 33% year-on-year increase in diversity hiring, reflecting a heightened emphasis on diversity and inclusion (D&I) policies among companies. The latest foundit Insights Tracker for June 2024 indicates an overall 12% yea...

Indian companies like Mahindra and Aditya Birla Group are increasingly focusing on internal talent pipelines for leadership roles, showcasing a shift towards nurturing seasoned professionals for longer tenures within the organization.

Indian companies are prioritizing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) initiatives, with varying levels of women's representation across roles highlighted in a Manpower Group survey. Administrative and operational roles show higher fem...

Executive search firms ET spoke to said candidates from product organisations are tapped for technology hiring, and for non-technical roles, domain and functional expertise remain paramount. Compensation ranges at around Rs 1 crore for those with 18...

This year, 797 women candidates contested the general elections, constituting 9.6% of the total 8,337 candidates. Only 74 of them won a seat in the 18th Lok Sabha - four fewer than the number of women in the 17th Lok Sabha. This comes less than a ye...

Employers seek individuals with diversity skills to promote inclusivity. Freshers must cultivate and leverage diversity skills. Diversity skills involve managing different people harmoniously. Sonica Aron and Piyali Bandopadhyay emphasize the import...

Succession planning, including CEO succession plans and leadership pipelines, is crucial for company stability and success. Companies with robust succession plans outperform peers by 20% in revenue growth. Neglecting leadership pipelines can cost co...

At companies such as GE Aerospace, IBM, LTIMindtree, Deutsche Bank, Cisco, Cummins and Thoughtworks, board members, leaders, people managers as well as teammates are driving a culture of inclusiveness so that LGBTQIA+ workers don’t feel isolated.

The data analysis by staffing firm Xpheno revealed that five of India's top IT services companies - Infosys, TCS, Wipro, LTI Mindtree, and HCL Tech - have seen a collective net exit of 25,000 women in the year ending March. Despite an increase in th...

The report by LinkedIn and The Quantum Hub highlights that while there has been an increase in women joining the workforce, leadership positions still lack gender parity. The representation of women across the workforce rose to 26.8% in 2024, but se...

Indian companies, particularly in the IT sector, have made some progress in gender diversity but still face significant challenges, especially in the deeptech sector. A report by Pure Storage and Zinnov highlights these issues, revealing that while ...

Internal leadership development programmes, followed by flexible working policies, most effective in helping retain and secure diverse talent, finds ManpowerGroup Diversity Outlook Survey

This is the first election since the passage of the women's reservation bill to reserve one-third of seats in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women, reviving a bill pending for 27 years for want of consensus among parties. The bill is yet to come...

Corporate giants in India, such as RPG Group, Deloitte, Tata Steel, Amazon, and Zinnov, are doubling down on diversity by ramping up efforts to recruit more women from the ground up. Strategies include targeted campus hiring, incentivizing recruitme...

Organisational leadership is evolving with younger individuals joining company boards in the dynamic startup landscape. While they bring fresh perspectives and innovation, challenges arise from limited experience in governance. Diverse boards with a...

At Accenture, 29% of the leaders in India are women. Diageo India has 30% women in senior leadership. In the last few years, Marico's efforts have pushed women into close to 30% of leadership roles. PepsiCo is looking at 40% women in the India leade...

Tata Steel's initiative to hire women firefighters for diversity echoes a broader trend in heavy engineering firms in India. Companies like Hindustan Zinc are increasing women representation in mining operations, aiming for gender diversity.

About 64% employees would readily accept a workload reduction for a commensurate pay cut, indicating that a majority of employees recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance and are willing to prioritise it over financial gain. However, ...