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  • Book cover titled 'Benefactum Consulting: 5 Tips to Being a Male Ally in the Workplace' with a large white 'B' on an orange background and smaller text about being an ally.

    5 Tips to Being a Male Ally In the Workplace

    The impact that men can have as allies has thus far been relatively underrated. We tend to think about gender equality being an issue that's for women to benefit women. But, men are key, …

  • Green and white flyer for Benefactum Consulting with text about engaging with a Black colleague, featuring a large stylized white letter 'B' on a green background.

    How Leadership can engage with their one Black colleague

    It can feel comfortable to say because there is only one Black colleague, that it makes no sense to put too much effort in making changes, as It feels like you are giving preferential treatment to this one person.

  • Cover page of a consulting guide titled 'Benactum Consulting' with a subtitle about recognizing symptoms of a dissatisfied employee and turning things around. The background is dark purple with large white letters and a large white question mark graphic.

    Recognising the Symptoms of A Dissatisfied Employee & How to Turn Things Around

    Some economists approach the Great Resignation mainly as a consequence of the global pandemic. Without minimizing the effects of a public health emergency on individuals’ decision to leave jobs …

  • Header with bold white text reading "BENEFACIUM CONSULTING" and a subtitle "Harnessing the Power of Money to Create Change." Background is teal with large white dollar symbols and overlaying black text discussing factors influencing purchasing decisions.

    Harnessing the Power of Money to Create Change

    … the conversation around, how money can be used by the individual or a corporate to make change is not always explored, further than the fact that money gives us all options.

  • A black and white graphic with the title 'BENEFACTUM CONSULTING' and the subtitle 'It's True What They Say about Assumptions...'. The design includes large stylized letter 'B' and 'C'. There is a paragraph of text that reads, 'To encapsulate Black women's experience in the workplace, we must always start with recognition of the assumptions in play.'

    It's true what they say about Assumptions

    Human Resources managers often cannot understand the basis of this sense of isolation because they themselves hold the same set of assumptions that exacerbates the divide.

  • A dark green background with large white text reading 'Benefactum Consulting' at the top. To the right, smaller white text says 'Unpacking Gender Equality'. In the center, a large white ampersand symbol, with a paragraph at the bottom left that states: 'Gender equality can seem like one big homogeneous bowl of intentions demonstrating that we care about women.'

    Unpacking Gender Equality

    Gender equality can seem like one big homogeneous bowl of intentions demonstrating that we care about women. In many cases, that is an apt description: companies do care about women, people within companies care, and there is a general understanding that when women win, everyone wins.

  • A bright yellow and white infographic about workplace complaints of Black women, featuring bold text and stylized pill shapes.

    How to Effectively Address the Workplace Complaints of Black Women

    An obvious starting point is that the specific individual a Black woman speaks to in HR will dictate, or at least strongly influence within the structure of the corporate policy, how the process unfolds.

  • Cover page of a document titled 'Benefactum Consulting' with a subtitle 'The Onboarding Process An Inclusion Blind Spot' and a line 'How companies can fail to make a good impression after the interview process' on a white background with blue accents and large abstract shapes.

    The Onboarding Process - An Inclusion Blind Spot

    In many ways, the interview is very predatory. Candidates offer themselves up as victims to the process, to prove their worth and show that they do indeed belong within an institution.