Embracing diversity
A diverse workforce attracts talent and creates a dynamic, innovative culture. Diversity in the Partnership is based on three values:
* Partners are treated as individuals, with respect, honesty and fairness
* our employment policies are fair and provide equal opportunities for all, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, social background, religion, disability or sexuality
* the Partnership respects and reflects the communities we operate in. Following feedback from the 2010 Partner Survey, we have set three key objectives to focus on, and we have established a diversity working group to deliver these:
* improving the proportion of ethnic minorities in our management teams
* providing better support to our managers to manage their increasingly diverse teams
* understanding, valuing and supporting disability in the workplace.
We support and assess our performance with Race for Opportunity, which campaigns for improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities, and the Employers’ Forum on Disability, the leading employers’ organisation focused on disability as it affects business.
John Lewis won the
Workingmums.co.uk Top Employer Award 2010 for Employee Engagement, with particular recognition for how engagement fed into initiatives that improved parents’ work–life balance. For example, the Partnership owns and operates a number of hotels, lodges and caravans for Partners to stay at with their friends and family.
Our commitment to diversity extends beyond our business to members of the community, helping those from disadvantaged backgrounds to gain skills, qualifications and experience. For example, we offer a Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) placement programme to build students’ confidence and help them to develop workplace skills.
We also partner Government agencies and non-profit organisations such as JobCentre Plus and Remploy, which provide opportunities to those with the greatest barriers to employment.
(Photo of Glyn Cheshire)
Glyn Cheshire’s 20-year airline career ended at the age of 43 when he found out that he had epilepsy. But as a result of getting in touch with Remploy – an organisation that provides services for people experiencing barriers to work – Glyn gained employment at John Lewis in Solihull.
(Photo of Tracey Killen)
“ We want to be a diverse business and our aim is for all Partners to have a consistent, equitable and motivating experience. This goes to the heart of our ultimate purpose and drives business advantage.”
Tracey Killen, Director of Personnel,
John Lewis Partnership
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