Nancy RobertsThe Gender Pay Gap 2: Visualize your pipeline — UmbrellaSince the publication of the first set of Gender Pay Data in 2018 we at Umbrella have been tracking the metatrends in the data. One of the…Mar 10, 2020Mar 10, 2020
Nancy RobertsThe Gender Pay Gap 1: Understanding Means and MediansAs we approach the 2020 Gender Pay Gap reporting deadline, many employers are now looking at three years’ worth of data and wondering why…Mar 2, 2020Mar 2, 2020
Nancy RobertsA simple thing every business can do to improve the diversity of your talent poolAccording to 2018 research from the Manpower Group, 50% of large companies in the UK are struggling to fill roles as a result of low…Dec 13, 2019Dec 13, 2019
Nancy Roberts4 Signs Your Company is Really InclusiveMeasuring inclusion can feel hard, and indeed current measures often fail to identify genuine issues. Just a few weeks ago, global…Dec 6, 2019Dec 6, 2019
Nancy Roberts4 Reasons To Embrace Pay TransparencyAccording to the latest figures from the World Economic Forum, at the current rate of progress it will take another 202 years to close the…Nov 25, 2019Nov 25, 2019
Nancy RobertsWhy we believe data is the key to workplace equalityIt often seems that society is becoming increasingly tolerant, that inclusivity is becoming the norm. Certainly, there is greater…Nov 20, 2019Nov 20, 2019
Nancy RobertsImposter Syndrome: the answer is not to “fix” women!A report published today tells us that women leaders are twice as likely as men to feel imposter syndrome, which it defines as “a…Oct 25, 2019Oct 25, 2019
Nancy RobertsBack to Basics 2: Quantifying CultureOne of the responses we hear a lot at Umbrella when talking to clients about improving diversity and creating an inclusive culture is a…Jul 22, 2019Jul 22, 2019
Nancy RobertsBack to Basics 1: What is data anyway?In a series of posts over the next few weeks, and in response to various questions I’ve received both on social media and in person, I am…May 24, 2019May 24, 2019
Nancy RobertsMillennial-bashing is ageist. 5 reasons why it must stop.Last week a headline popped up on my Twitter feed, advising businesses to “Stop Millennials using phones at work” in the hope of…May 7, 2019May 7, 2019