Human Assets

Wendy Lyons comments on Harvey Weinstein and the gender imbalance that still exists in many  organisations.

http://metro.co.uk/2017/10/13/hollywoods-gender-imbalance-is-to-blame-for-the-silence-of-women-abused-by-harvey-weinstein-6993020/

Wendy Lyons comments in The Times on Xennials – a newly defined generational cohort.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/don-t-fit-in-you-must-be-a-xennial-6hm8n2ksb

What is social mobility? Why is it important? How should you tackle it?

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Wendy Lyons comments on a new study about how guilt-prone individuals are less likely to engage in unethical behaviour at work. http://www.bps.org.uk/news/why-guilty-people-can-make-good-employees

Finding a selection method that does not disadvantage ‘protected’ groups is a laudable goal. However, it might be harder than the image of fairness of a situational judgement test or assessment centre would have you believe.

While one approach to getting more women into senior positions is to prepare them better for these roles, another way forward is to prepare the roles for women. This month’s newsletter focusses on a couple of articles that take this latter approach.