All Open Plan articles – Page 9
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ProfessionalTreading the path for women in property
Career education and visible female role models are needed to get more women into property.
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InsightMaking property as diverse as the Notting Hill Carnival
Yesterday evening, Sociable Surveyors hosted its fourth annual awards event at the Spitalfields offices of international lawyers Allen & Overy.
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ProfessionalShaping the future diversity of the property sector
Showing students the opportunities for a career in property is having measurable effects in Reading.
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InsightCreating trust, openness and respect will boost diversity
Editor, Having a more diverse workforce is not just about doing the right thing; it is one of the most important factors in running a dynamic and successful business.
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ProfessionalHow to attract and retain the best disabled employees
Recruiting and maintaining a talented, diverse workforce that reflects the range of customers a company serves is incredibly important for any modern business.
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InsightPathways to Property: new heights in teacher engagement
With an event at the Shard and a second summer school, Pathways to Property continues its drive to introduce young people to the property sector.
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InsightThe diversity umbrella
If we are to make the industry more diverse, we must work together and learn from those who have already started to.
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InsightThe Curzon Group: diversity on an EMEA scale
The Curzon Group at DTZ is promoting inclusivity across the company, with events such as an ‘unconscious bias’ workshop.
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InsightWomen in Property: students discover the Ladies Bridge
The Association of Women in Property is using history to engage schoolchildren.
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MarketsInstitutional investors increasingly eye up alternatives
With investment in alternatives on the rise, there are opportunities across all elements of the risk spectrum.
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InsightUrbanPlan: attracting A-level students to real estate
A new scheme encouraging students from all backgrounds to consider the property industry as a career is being introduced from the US.
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ProfessionalBeware unlawful tokenism when appointing women
How companies can promote more women to boards without falling foul of equality law.
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InsightTraining is all very well but where’s the progression?
If I had a pound for every time a managing director, headhunter or senior partner told me that he would love to see a woman on his board/leading a division/setting up the office in Hong Kong (delete as appropriate) but that he didn’t know where to find one, my piggy ...
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OnlineWhy career success is never a solo endeavour
If we’re not careful, the female-orientated focus of the diversity debate threatens to sidetrack it.
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ProfessionalThere are ways out there to help foster diversity
Working on social mobility across all professions will benefit property. By Mark Walley.
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OnlinePodcast: Open Plan special discussing diversity in the industry
Why does the property industry have such a problem with diversity, or is it all a fuss over nothing?
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InsightThey back Open Plan. Do you?
Leading names in property debated the diversity issue last week at Property Week’s first Open Plan roundtable. Felicity Francis reports.
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NewsOpen plan: The debate begins
Property Week’s first roundtable discussion on its Open Plan manifesto took place last week.
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InsightHeadhunting for professionals: how not to hire an army of clones
Agreat deal of effort is going into projects to attract a more diverse intake to the property industry and quite right too: most of us instinctively know that if we don’t develop our range of employees to match our client base we will be leaving ourselves at a competitive disadvantage.
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ProfessionalApprenticeships and traineeships help businesses thrive
Employers are backing young people, says Sue Husband, executive director apprenticeships and delivery at the Skills Funding Agency
