If you are an employer looking for an employee that shows up
on time for work, is rarely absent, has a positive attitude and improves the
work environment around him or her…. Hire an individual with Down syndrome!
As someone intimately involved in the Ds community, of
course we already know that hiring people with Down syndrome is beneficial to
companies. However, it is quite nice when a studies are published that back up
what we already know. In a study by McKinsey & Company that was published
in March of 2014, entitled, “The Value that Employees with Down syndrome can
add to Organizations” the authors Vicente Assis, Marcus Frank, Guilherme Bcheche
and Bruno Kuboiama found that, “companies
that employ people with Down syndrome often report significant improvements in
their organizational health”.
People with Down syndrome have a positive impact on a number
of organizational health dimensions including but not limited to:
·
Leadership;
·
A positive impact on client satisfaction;
·
Culture & climate;
·
Motivation and coordination;
·
Control.
It is known that
there is a direct, mapped relationship between increased, organizational
health and business performance therefore, the bottom line is that the
positive impact people with Down syndrome have on, organizational health also
has a positive effect on business performance. In addition, individuals
with Down syndrome tend to have very low levels of absenteeism. So, there you
have it folks, if you would like an employee that shows up on time for work, is
rarely absent, has a positive attitude and improves the work environment around
him or her…. hire an individual with Down syndrome!
Dedicated to enhancing
the lives of individuals with Down syndrome,
Lisa Wells, Executive Director
