Companies know that employee diversity in the workplace ultimately promotes acceptance, respect and teamwork. However, these diversity efforts many not address three areas that can have a major impact on corporate culture and team success: diversity of thought, personality diversity and socioeconomic status.

How can improving workforce diversity programs allow HR to achieve corporate goals and create “feel good” options with people of different racial and ethic backgrounds working in tandem?

In this month’s Performance Perspective we explore:

• What diversity of thought is and how to support it
• Personality diversity and the positive effects it has on organizations
• How socioeconomic status diversity can be both a challenge and a benefit to businesses
• The real benefits of broader diversity