How is language being used in performance evaluations? The gender differences in the words used can have a powerful effect on people’s careers and could be a factor influencing who is reaching the top roles in organisations.
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Jill Miller, Policy Adviser, Diversity and Inclusion
Jill is Senior Policy Adviser for Inclusion and Diversity at the CIPD. Her work focuses on the areas of gender, age and neurodiversity and she has recently led work on race inclusion, managing drug and alcohol misuse at work, and supporting employees through fertility treatment, pregnancy loss and still birth. Earlier in her career, Jill specialised in small business growth through good people management and employee wellbeing.

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