How to tell if your prospective new employer really cares about diversity and inclusion
Top tips to establish whether a potential employer really cares about diversity and inclusion.
Top tips to establish whether a potential employer really cares about diversity and inclusion.
By Marissa Ellis, Founder and CEO Diversily Forward thinking organisations are waking up to the importance of workplace diversity and inclusion. They see it, not as a compliance box ticking exercise, but as an embedded cultural shift that drives performance. My personal mission is to change mindsets, by helping leaders develop, what I call, ‘inclusive …
A couple of years ago I had a surprising realisation. I realised that I am a role model. In fact, we are all role models. What we choose to do with that responsibility is entirely up to each of us. What I hadn’t fully appreciated was that when you are a minority, as I am …
I joined IMG, virtually to share my story and talk about leadership, change and inclusion. It was a great honour to be the crescendo of their leadership series. I planted some seeds that will change the way people think, forever. If you are reading this, I hope you too will find some inspiration in my story …
Most of us belong to the neutral middle — but being neutral is no longer enough. Frankly, it isn’t actually neutral, either. It’s a tacit agreement that things are okay as they are, when they patently aren’t. Marissa Ellis, Founder of Diversily and creator of the Change Canvas was interviewed on the Inclusion Works podcast. What we talked about: …
The outbreak of the Corona pandemic has wide reaching implictions. All around the world people are trying to navigate their way through this unpredidented event. We all face changes. Big and small. We all have a different journey ahead from the one we imagined at the beginning of the year. There is so much we …
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Hello! Marissa here. Diversily Founder & CEO. On the 12th December 2019 I was featured in the DisruptSW blog talking about why diversity matters. As much as I wish this was just an accepted norm that was well understood, it isn’t. So for the record here is what I had to say. Please share this …
Marissa Ellis, the Diversily founder joined Julia Streets and Jane Welsh to record an episode of the DiverCity podcast. It is all about diversity and inclusion in financial services. The podcast seeks to shine a light on positive progress, call out areas requiring further focus, and offer lots of ideas to help drive change. DiverCity® …
It was about this time last year that I had a thought. Where are all the women? After many years simply accepting that this was just how the tech industry was, I decided it was time for change. First I needed to understand why and then I was going to do my bit (no matter …
“With the end of the year approaching, several people mentioned that they would like to use The Change Canvas for a year-end team review and planning session. It is the perfect tool as it gets everyone involved, allows conversations to be opened up and ideas to be generated in an action-orientated, results-focused way. I’ll really …
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