Click on link below to see this interesting article by Joshua Price:
http://www.symmetra.com.au/latest-news
With thanks
Jude-Martin Etuka
Cultural Diversity: The ‘Appearance’/'Reality’ divide
Click on the link below to see article at:
http://www.symmetra.com.au/latest-news
With thanks
Jude-Martin Etuka
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Re: Diversity Is…is moving…
Dear Readers,
This is to advise that Diversity Is…is moving and will now have viewable content at: www.symmetra.com.au/latest-news
Question:
What do I need to do?
Answer:
Nothing. All links will eventually be sync-ed to ensure a smooth and easy transition. Just link up and read the posts of interests as you have already been doing over the past 18 months!…
Keep an eye for new posts coming soon at:
www.symmetra.com.au/latest-news
Jude-Martin Etuka
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Diversity: Let’s think about transparency…differently – Part 3
Thinking about Transparency, the image that immediately comes to mind is that of a window pane; clean, clear and visible. Everyone ought to able to see through it. This is its natural characteristic or quality. And to ensure the window performs its ‘duty’, 
we are self-tasked to keep it clean, giving it the regular wipe with the ‘soap and sponge’.
In the workplace and society, this is no different. It is no different because as human beings, there is something about the clarity, cleanliness and see-through character of the window pane that we expect professionally and socially, and indeed, are self-challenged to role-model in our day-to-day relations with each other.
Take the issue of financial reward and equal pay, for example, an issue that has now been brought to the forefront of all best practice organisations globally. It is approximately four decades since Equal Pay became a recognised issue across the globe, yet men still earn more than women in nearly 90% of job categories in the UK specifically - according to analysis carried out by the Guardian. This is replicated across other world economies. Indeed in the UK, men take home higher pay than women in 370 of the UK’s 426 job classifications. Furthermore, in Australia, there have been recent questions with regard the absence of women in the decision-making process in issues to do with Defence, an issue linked directly to pay inequality, amongst other things. Continue reading
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Diversity: Let’s think about inclusivity…differently – Part 2
What words come to mind when we think about inclusivity? Here are some that come to mine:
- Team- spirit
- Robust
- Joined-up
- Synergy
- Consolidated
- Inter-connected
- Together
When one looks at these words, there is a presupposition that typifies them all – that ‘different’ parts have come together to form something new, distinct and unique. In the article entitled; “How is Diversity connected to business strategy?, Part 2”, we had discussed the idea that a core connection between diversity and business strategy is businesses’ strategic need to remain competitive. Competitiveness or the development of a competitive advantage or edge, is all about creating a product backed up by solid intellectual capital – derived from the coming together of different ‘intelligences’ in order to create something new, unique and distinct. Continue reading
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Is it all sweet FA??
We do have to provide a response to this:
I am not really overly concerned, as difficult as this may sound, on whether John Terry did in fact say what he is allegedly accused of saying to Anton Ferdinand – the courts will decide that. Nor am I too worried about the immature behaviour Luis Suarez displayed on Saturday’s match between Manchester United and Liverpool when he choose wilfully not to shake the hands of Patrice Evra post his 8 match ban due to accusations of racist language – the Liverpool establishment will no doubt deal with that.
What I am really concerned about is the fact that in a sport where there have been, literally, heaps of talented Black British players going well back over 4 decades, and for a sport that has such a prolific fan base from across a very wide demographic range, that the fact that there apparently remains no ‘qualified’ Black managers, at all, in the either the Premiership or the Championship is only symptomatic of the lip service the FA, in my view, appears to be paying to the real issues above. Continue reading
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Diversity: Let’s think about Fairness…differently – Part 1
“All…people ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as is in my power, they, and all others, shall have” – Abraham Lincoln
When one looks at it, the term ‘fairness’ has been at the epicentre of some of the world’s key 
historical moments that span through the decades to the present day. Defined as ’the quality of being equitable or just’, a core issue fairness has to deal with is the apparent limitation of human experience to adequately ‘dispense’ fairness to others. This is not to suggest that we are unable or incompetent to be real ‘dispensers’ of fairness. It is rather to recognise that given the complexities of ‘difference’ and ‘sameness’ that are played out in the reality of each individual, being able to positively manage difference is an indispensable quality for adequately ‘dispensing’ fairness.
Positively managing difference is not rocket science. It is simply about recognising individuality. It means being capable and being predisposed to understanding people’s similarities as well as their differences as a matter of normalcy. A bit like holding a coin and recognising that though it has two different sides, it is still one and the same coin. Continue reading
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