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“ The culture has got to be right but it is not just attracting staff it is also about retaining them . You may have a diverse board , but if your employees don ' t feel it ' s an inclusive culture , then you ' ll not retain that diverse talent .
“ The war for talent is one thing we want to win . At the centre of all this transformation is human-centred design , which is what we ' re focused on . The pandemic has highlighted that even more . If you take millennials , 80 % see inclusion as a very important factor when choosing an employer and 39 % of them will leave if it is not inclusive .”( Deloitte University & BJKLI Report – Unleashing the Power of Inclusion ).
Sleight pointed out that figures from the Office of National Statistics showed disabled people suffered more during the round of redundancies during the pandemic . A total of 22.1 in every thousand people that have been made redundant have a disability , versus 13 people per thousand with a non-disability . That ' s a real challenge we ' re having to face ,” commented Sleight .
“ We also recognise that diversity and inclusion is a business critical and strategic imperative . It ’ s not just a gender issue , societal or CSR , and diversity exists beyond gender , LGBTQ + and ethnicity . It should
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