Content from Angela Peacock
Angela Peacock is global director of diversity and inclusion at training consultancy PDT Global, part of Affirmity.
‘Bring Your Whole Self to Work’: How Insurance Leaders Can Realize the Promise
The drive to attract, retain and develop the best talent means diversity and inclusion is a key driver and often portrayed as the centerpiece of company culture for many in the insurance profession. ...
Post-Merger Strategies: How to Get the Best of Both Worlds
Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) put a strain on any organization—with employees often reporting feelings ranging from ambivalence to outright fear. In the middle of such complex changes, it is ...
Doomed to Fail: Workplace Diversity Without Inclusion
The insurance industry is one of many sectors seeing workplace diversity not progressing fast enough. The percentage of non-white employees in the insurance workforce, for example, stood at 21.4 ...
Why the Insurance Industry Can’t Risk Downplaying Inclusion
Disasters such as the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion and the Chernobyl nuclear accident are said to have involved flawed decisions, driven by individual perceptions. Not surprisingly, ...
Allyship: How to Keep the Momentum Going Beyond the Headlines
We all need allies—and nowhere is that more true than in the cut and thrust of the workplace. A workplace ally is an individual who is not a member of an underrepresented group but who takes action ...