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Giving Equity to your team — How it can help attract, retain & motivate talent

Let’s start from the beginning. Is it that common to grant options to employees in the UK? The total number of companies where employees have been granted options or been awarded shares has generally been rising since 2009–10, the data shows that there are 13,330 companies operating Employee Share Schemes in the UK in 2017–2018Continue reading “Giving Equity to your team — How it can help attract, retain & motivate talent”

Diversity & Inclusion is about ‘Progress, not Perfection’

There’s no target or destination. You’re constantly having to evolve. If you have to start all over again, you can lose momentum and traction. To avoid those negative consequences, you need to have someone on staff who is responsible for that diversity work, even better if you can have every individual in the company responsible.Continue reading “Diversity & Inclusion is about ‘Progress, not Perfection’”

Company values are the heart and soul of your business.

Company values are the heart and soul of your business. They’re the principles by which the whole organisation lives, breathes, functions & maybe dies as a result of not abiding by them. For values to be effective every employee should embody them, be devoted to them and that collection embodiment and devotion is truly whatContinue reading “Company values are the heart and soul of your business.”

Why you need to create a D&I committee

Firstly what is a D&I committee? A Diversity & Inclusion Committee is devoted to building consciousness by increasing visibility of D&I standards, resources and best practices for racial, ethnic, religious, sexual orientation and gender differences, as well as diverse skill sets, mindsets and cultures at all levels of the organisation. The people who can trulyContinue reading “Why you need to create a D&I committee”

3 ways to help drive inclusive behaviors in your organization.

Our aim is simple, to help companies include and nurture talent from all backgrounds to reflect contemporary Britain. We are creating a platform for underrepresented backgrounds to find opportunities We have created a few short simple steps for you to help your team drive inclusive behaviours in your startup. Become aware of your biases ExternalContinue reading “3 ways to help drive inclusive behaviors in your organization.”

Why diversity is important to your business

Diversity is an impending crisis that more companies needs to focus on. 67% of candidates want to join a diverse team Are you making any hires shortly? If so, it’s worthwhile to think about how you can showcase your commitment to diversity to your candidates. According to research from Glassdoor, 67% per cent of jobContinue reading “Why diversity is important to your business”

Why having a diverse team is a competitive advantage

Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is NOT We are a platform to connect underrepresented talent with forward thinking companies & help them jumpstart their careers Our aim is simple, to help companies include and nurture talent from all backgrounds to reflect contemporary Britain. We are creating a platform for underrepresented backgrounds to find opportunitiesContinue reading “Why having a diverse team is a competitive advantage”

Sports vs Business 🥊

The Invincibles’ go 49 games unbeaten I love both. The similarity between the two is uncanny Let’s talk about culture. The ideal culture company is a high performing sports team. You have a culture of people wanting to team up and win, by any means necessary. The culture is inclusive, it often transcends race and culture.Continue reading “Sports vs Business 🥊”

Psychological, Internal and External problems of customers

Psychological problems are larger than the story itself. Often talked about using terms like “ought”, “should” or “shouldn’t”. A great example of this is ‘people ought to eat 5 pieces of fruit and vegetables every day as part of a healthy balanced diet ”, how brands catered to this was the inclusion of how manyContinue reading “Psychological, Internal and External problems of customers”

The end of the road #FoundersDoor

Most of the cohort On the 21st of August, we had our FoundersDoor celebration night to celebrate our 6-week journey as the first cohort of the YSYS FoundersDoor pre-accelerator. It’s been a blast. From me sat at work applying to attend the free event hosted by one tech, to pitching to win a place on theContinue reading “The end of the road #FoundersDoor”