Articles by Luke Siuty

Designing a Diverse Culture
By mindfully seeking architects and designers from different backgrounds, one architecture firm proves that variety in staffing results in more creativity, innovation and better problem solving.

Auditing Workplace Diversity
New tools in the accounting industry enable better ways of checking and fostering ongoing diversity and inclusion strategies. Learn what other industries can adopt.

Big Data Uncovers Gender Inequality in Pay
A deep dive in company analytics reveals gaps between compensation and actual performance in men and women.

Testing Engagement’s Strength
Talent professionals have grown enamored with chasing employee engagement — with little success, according to Gallup. Is it time for practitioners to adjust their focus?

Gender Diversity in Executive Management
Despite the fact that women are the primary decision-makers for most consumer purchases, the majority of senior executives at a majority of consumer products companies worldwide are male, leading to missed opportunities for organizations.

Solutions for the Silicon Valley Diversity Issue
Having a workforce where minorities aren’t minor in number is a tangible possibility, even in the male-and-white dominated Silicon Valley.

How Exclusion Can Lead to a Company’s Downfall
Subtle behaviors in a workgroup may leave some employees feel excluded, and when they do, the likelihood of unethical actions is far greater.

Children and Career: Making it Work
As the gender pay gap persists, working mothers need companies to adopt strategies to make work-life balance more feasible.

Lighting up Women’s Careers in the Energy Field
BP Energy traditionally had many more male than female workers, but Dawn Constantin thrived in her career to give an example to younger girls.

Ways Women Can Maximize Compensation Potential without Compromising Personality
It’s not about changing yourself to fit the workplace culture, but making use of your personality strengths to get more benefits.

Are You Developing High Potentials Wrong?
Avoid these common mistakes when guiding future leaders.

Let the Communication Commence for HR
So-called “soft skills” have sometimes been trumped by “hard skills,” but social media creates a higher expectation for meaningful communication across jobs.

Companies Still Staying Away From Stay-at-Home Dad Policies
More men want time off to be with a new child, and while paternity leave has begun to enter the corporate and cultural mainstream, few U.S. employers offer it.

Focusing on Black Female Entrepreneurship
A new fellows program is helping African-American women break barriers and get technology jobs.

How Diversity Affects Negotiations
Negotiation is an art, and diversity can better prepare people by making them more willing to step outside their own perspective.