5 Competitive Benefits of Diversity in the Workplace in NSW Building a diverse workforce is not just beneficial; it's a major factor of success in NSW business landscape. Organizations that seek, celebrate, and embrace diversity have several very real advantages over their competitors. It's not just about building a heterogeneous workforce, though. In order to truly benefit from the myriad advantages diversity in the workplace offers, it's important to understand diversity's many strong points, and how they can help your organization grow. 1. Diverse competencies Each employee brings a set of skills to the organization. By its very nature, a diverse workforce provides a diverse set of competencies. A homogeneous workforce often suffers the disadvantage of a narrow skill set. While that narrower list of competencies may be perfectly suited to the current goals of the organization, it's not going to remain that way indefinitely. What's more, a homogeneou