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Thursday, February 7, 2008

Diversity at the Board

The Diva is pleased to see that the sherpa workhorses are on message when it comes to the steps that deliver diversity.  Lynn, the chief map reader at sherpa can be found in the pages of issue 14 of the Health Service Review making a plea for executive appointments to measure understanding of diversity beyond a tick box mentality.  Check out what she has to say.  

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Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Targets at any cost

Aargh!  It's happening again.  Government Targets driving employers to think the only way that diversity can be achieved in the workforce will be through a introducing positive discrimination.  
Martin Tiplady at the Met has gone on record to say that positive discrimination is the only way they will achieve their employment target.  There are no doubt a number of factors that lead to this conclusion, but the Diva doubts positive discrimination can be the real answer. 

Push for the quick fix if its a numbers game, but be warned 'success' will be short lived. How many people want to be the token square peg squeezed into the round hole?  
Address culture and perceptions and diversity will fall into place.  
Chase a target for targets sake and you might win a race, but will never get the prize.  

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Tuesday, February 5, 2008

To Toss or not to Toss

Today is one of the Diva's favourite days in the new year.  Yes  - hang the diet, the Diva will be tucking into pancakes a plenty.  So whether you are having a wee drop scone, an American pancake, a Polish naleŚniki, a Russian blini or even doing it French style - have a great pancake day. 

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