Diversity & Inclusion: What role can Executive Search play? Diversity Inclusion Survey Report | Page 9

“The ‘why’ regarding diverse teams has been well established and bought in to, now we have an opportunity to influence and develop the ‘how’ towards achieving it.” Survey Respondent Findings show that ‘gender’ followed by ‘ethnicity’ are the two most significant diversity traits to be able to report on for clients. This is perhaps not surprising given that an increasing number of companies set internal targets on gender and ethnicity at board and senior leadership level. ‘Industry experience’ was the third most important data point – whilst this is likely to relate to client requests for candidates with X years’ experience in the same industry sector, research shows that having leadership with a wide range of industry backgrounds can improve innovation and reduce group think. www.invenias.com | [email protected] / 9