Diversity & Inclusion: What role can Executive Search play? Diversity Inclusion Survey Report | Page 6

01/ How important do you think Diversity & Inclusion will be to your clients in 2019? 1 / Not at all important (2%) 2 / Slightly important (9%) 3 / Moderately Important (25%) 4 / Highly important (64%) According to the findings, Diversity & Inclusion remains of high importance. With the majority of respondents expressing that Diversity & Inclusion is important to their clients this year (only 2% said it was not at all important) we anticipate even greater demands on Executive Search firms to provide diverse candidates. If it’s important to them, it should be important to you In the past few years we have seen an upsurge of interest in greater executive diversity. From media coverage of the pay gap, to company-wide closures for unconscious bias training, to the growing body of evidence that diversity is good for business, there has never been a greater focus on equality in the workplace. For some companies, it’s an issue of regulatory compliance or corporate social responsibility. Yet others regard it as a source of competitive advantage and with good reason: research shows that organizations with greater levels of leadership diversity outperform their competitors. www.invenias.com | [email protected] / 6