Cultural Diversity – The Challenges and opportunities for NZ organisations
This article was originally published in the HRINZ section of Employment Today some time before the Rugby World Cup. We looked to the All Blacks for lessons on how organisations might best harness the talent NZ’s growing diversity offers them. Since then the All Blacks have won the 2015 Rugby World Cup to become the first team to win consecutive Rugby World Cup tournaments.
Getting the best from the diversity in your team
The face of New Zealand’s workforce is changing. It is becoming more culturally diverse. One in four people living in New Zealand in the 2013 Census was born in another country, our migration flows are changing, our traditional workforce is ageing, we have growing Asian and a youthful Maori and Pacific population entering the workforce.
With these changing demographics, what are the implications for NZ businesses and organisations? What are the opportunities and challenges that lie before us as a young nation seeking to make its voice heard in the international arena? What are the skills that are needed to lead and manage in this exciting and dynamic environment?
A useful approach to this topic is to consider one of the icons of New Zealand society, the All Blacks.…
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