Managing Diversity in organisations

Dr.B.Sudhakar, Director, SIMS

Today companies are facing serious challenges in executing diversity and inclusion policies. Experts say that unconscious and conscious biases are the reasons for the failure of implementation of diversity and inclusion policies in the organization.  Homophobic behavior towards employees results in such acts by people at the helms of affairs. Hence organizations need to look at the criteria of selecting people to top positions based on the emotional quotient and their demonstration of compassion in their previous employments. Many experts have suggested that an appropriate use of psychometric tools and other methods during the selection process would help the companies to identify the right person for the position. Every company is focusing on this to bring in equity across the work place and bring in inclusiveness of all communities so that people are able to meet the challenges of biasness in the workplace.  Companies can ensure that the top leaders undergo necessary training on how they need to reflect of biasness and manage the workplace without any issues.  They need to understand the basics of this and have a rational mindset to understand and assimilate to act upon. Hence the roles of the HR need high Emotional Quotient to boost diversity at work. Recruiting the right person becomes important for corporate to face this challenge.