OMG - the CEO did a rave about improving diversity.
Did I hear him say ‘more progress ’ is required to get more females in the Exec team
Good on him
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OMG - the CEO did a rave about improving diversity.
Did I hear him say ‘more progress ’ is required to get more females in the Exec team
Good on him
No. It is a backward step and should be ringing alarm bells. The only progress required is the hiring of competent people regardless of sex, race religious beliefs LGBTQIAYHYZ (lets just keep chucking letters onto it) status or whatever is lacking in "diversity"
The big risk when talking like this is hiring (women) beyond their level of ability - that is, promoting to highest level of incompetence.
Much more talk of "diversity" will see me selling HBL, probably at a loss. This talk distracts from their main responsibility which is making me (and you) money.
No change to guidance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7nhxeokLCE
Diversity is the new buzzword at the mo, no doubt about it. I agree that the only progress required is the hiring of competent people regardless of blah blah blah. However it is reasonably well recognised that unconscious bias may play a part in hiring and preventing people in achieving their true potential.
In your statement re the big risk, I hope what you actually meant to say here is "anyone" rather than "women". We've only got to look around us to see a bunch of old white men in suits doing substandard jobs in some cases. And lets get real, women are being successful in business as well as running a family. Just how often does dad take time off work to stay home and care for the kids when they are sick.
You are clearly not a millenial (neither am I by the way).... they seem to care about this stuff a lot more and I think it is a good thing HBL is looking at diversity. A diverse, happy, talented group of people working together to make me money, that's what I want.
consider this for a mo:
‘A father and son are in a car crash that kills the dad. The son is rushed to hospital; just as he’s about to go under the knife, the surgeon says, “I can’t operate – that boy is my son!”’ Who is the surgeon?
Just read the agm speeches and presentation.
Simple,and spoken in clear language.
HBL know where they are going,and know how they are going to get there.