Analysis of diversity at NOVA Consulting, with follow-up workshops.
In 2023, we delivered an analysis of the entire Group, as well as each of the main departments, through the Diversity Index. This highlighted factors such as how diverse the company is, how majorities and minorities experience their everyday working lives and the impact of diversity on KPIs such as job satisfaction, meaning and motivation.
Following up on the analysis, we held workshops at the various departments, both in Norway and Sweden, where management and key personnel gained insight and had a change to reflect on the topic.
In the autumn of 2024, the next stage of the collaboration will begin, where we will start working on relevant initiatives related to where NOVA Consulting wants to improve with regard to diversity management.
The company has also had representatives on courses in diversity management to become certified.
"We notice that it has an effect when you treat this as a separate subject area and not buzzwords. The fact that the work is rooted in research is key. We would never have been able to find specific areas to work with if we hadn't run data-driven insights through the Diversity Index. It was really good."
"Diversity is about everyone. Not just women and ethnicity. NOVA wants to tap into the entire population and work towards a good environment for employees and, of course, be able to perform at a high level. So this work is important to us. This is also about how we meet the market and our customers."
Analysing diversity and providing leadership development at Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk.
NTE was one of the first companies to express an interest in analysing its diversity through The Diversity Index. With several certified diversity managers on staff, they have worked purposefully with the field over time.
Throughout 2023 and 2024, we have used the analysis as a starting point to see specifically how majorities and minorities differ from each other on psychosocial variables, and how well-being and the like are affected by diversity.
In addition, understanding diversity is central to the company's recruitment.
NTE has also set a clear strategy for where they want to end up in terms of diversity maturity, and we are working with them through specialised leadership training and initiative design to achieve this goal.
"Diversity in NTE is a priority and an important issue both in terms of business rationale and as a prerequisite for achieving a good and inclusive working environment."
"The aim of the 'NTE LederLøft' programme is to establish a clearer leadership role, with a common leadership language and leadership culture in NTE: This is how we do it at NTE. Diversity management and diversity maturity, psychological safety and feedback culture are among the topics that our managers will go through during the programme."
For those interested, the Annual report 2023 may be interesting to look at. From page 170 onwards, there is an excellent example of the use of the topic of diversity as a central part of the company's initiatives.
Diversity analysis and related workshops for AS Backe.
Up until the summer of 2024, we analysed the entire AS Backe Group through The Diversity Index. Here we found out what characterises the company as a whole, and also how the subsidiaries around the country have their unique diversity profiles.
After completing the analysis, we held presentations of the results with accompanying workshops at all departments, from Stavanger in the west, Trondheim in the north and all the way via Innlandet to the departments south of Oslo.
The report with results and proposed measures will be used internally in AS Backe, but will also be published to the construction industry as a whole so that everyone can learn from the work that has now been done.
Competence development at Ahlsell.
Ahlsell has certified several of its key managers in diversity management, and has also run several rounds of shorter courses for managers and employees at lower levels. Beyond that, we are continuing to work together to increase the expertise on, and safeguarding of, diversity in the company.
"We recognise that diversity is critical to the company's success. That's why we've implemented a number of measures to ensure that the entire organisation supports and understands the importance of diversity and inclusion. This commitment is evident through our regular assessments, as well as significant investments in leadership training."
"Diversity and inclusion is a key part of our corporate strategy, and we see clear results of this in the form of increased job satisfaction and loyalty among our employees."
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