{"id":96538,"date":"2018-10-12T13:19:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T13:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=e726b0a54bd55cba4b0b76af978be5b7"},"modified":"2018-10-12T13:19:02","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T13:19:02","slug":"news-story-defence-launches-new-strategy-to-boost-diversity-and-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=96538","title":{"rendered":"News story: Defence launches new strategy to boost diversity and inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The strategy will build on work that has already been undertaken to ensure that diversity and inclusion is a major part of all of Defence\u2019s work, including in its workforce policies, culture and behaviours.<\/p>\n<p>It sets out what kind of organisation the MOD and the armed forces aims to be: inclusive, representative and a force for inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>A focus on diversity and inclusion will enable Defence to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>build stronger, more cohesive teams and improve decision making by harnessing the diversity of thought, skills and innovation that comes with a more inclusive workforce and enabling people to fulfil their potential;<\/li>\n<li>create a more engaged and motivated workforce, which should increase retention, wellbeing and performance;<\/li>\n<li>enable Defence to better access and recruit talented individuals from across the whole of society;<\/li>\n<li>generate greater levels of cultural understanding amongst our people, which will aid overseas operations and ensure Defence remains fully engaged with the British society it services and protects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We want our Armed Forces to better reflect the society they serve, so we\u2019re stepping up measures to increase diversity and inclusion across defence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Diversity and inclusion is critical to our success and will give us the operational edge we need. We are committed to delivering a more inclusive culture and a more diverse workforce at all levels.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Defence has launched a new strategy \u2013 a \u201cForce for Inclusion\u201d &#8211; to continue to increase diversity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96538"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}