Developing and Integrating a Diversity Strategy

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Access the knowledge and skills required to design a tailor-made diversity strategy for your business and learn how to embed this into your organisation`s policies, procedures and practices
1-day interactive seminar
London - 1 Dec 2010, 14 Apr 2011, 11 Aug 2011, 1 Dec 2011
Central London £550 + VAT

In brief:

Understanding and implementing diversity goes beyond legal compliance and employment best practice. It is an effective means of engaging and motivating staff, and establishing and developing customer and client relationships. In today's business climate, an effective and well-integrated diversity strategy will set you apart from your competition - both in the war for talent and with your new and established client base.

This innovative, business-focused seminar provides guidance on how to design and integrate an effective diversity strategy for your organisation and how to ensure this is streamlined and embedded at all levels. You will learn how to: conduct a diversity analysis of your business; get buy-in from your senior team; communicate the strategy for maximum impact and engagement; proof your policies, practices and procedures effectively; utilise the strategy in your recruitment process; and measure its impact.

This event is CPD accredited.

Designed for:

Organisations that:
- Are putting a diversity initiative in place for the first time
- Looking to refresh their diversity strategy and initiatives
- Seeking new ideas for an established strategy and initiative
- Want to deepen their understanding of how to embed their diversity policies and aspirations

HR professionals and directors, marketing, communication, business development and customer services managers, internal and external advisors and consultants and everyone with a stake in delivering diversity-proofed policies, procedures and processes

Seminar highlights:

  • Learn the skills required to assess policies and procedures through case study analysis and interactive discussion
  • Learn how to design and integrate a tailor made diversity strategy throughout your business
  • Get to grips with crucial aspects of diversity and learn the importance of embedding diversity into your organisation's policies, procedures and practices
  • Get key insights into appropriate assessment methods to measure the impact of your diversity strategy

The Programme

09:00
Registration and Coffee
09:30
Welcome, introduction and objectives for the day
09:45
Developing a diversity strategy - first things first
  • Assessing the diversity of your business : where are you now and where do you want to be?
  • Implementing a diversity audit – what to assess, monitor and analyse
  • Which aspects of diversity are strong within the business? And which need work?
  • Going beyond legal compliance and creating a culture of inclusiveness
10:15
Understanding the business case for diversity – and getting the necessary buy-in from your top team
  • An overview of today’s market place – and where you fit in to this
  • The war for talent
  • Evolving customer and supplier demands and relationships : what does this mean for organisational diversity?
  • HR or leadership driven: where does accountability for the diversity strategy sit?
  • Identifying and overcoming the challenges driving diversity forward
11:00
Coffee
11:15
Interactive exercise: a diversity analysis and checklist
Participants will have the opportunity to critically assess diversity levels in a number of areas including talent attraction, promotion, who’s leaving and why, maximising the leverage from your diverse workforce to gain maximum value from people’s perspectives and ideas.
11:35
Designing a diversity strategy for your business
  • Linking your diversity strategy to business strategy and objectives
  • Rolling out a diversity strategy at individual, group and organisational level
  • How do you mainstream diversity into your business strategy and operation?
  • Knowing what you want to achieve: positioning your business on the continuum between compliance and best practice
  • Making it flexible – one size does not fit all!
12:00
Dealing with challenges and resistance
  • Understanding resistance
  • Using change management techniques to drive progress
  • Knowledge is power
12:30
Lunch
13:30
Communication and engagement

  • Articulating your diversity vision and mission throughout the business
  • How can you engage all staff in the diversity initiative and reap the benefits of employee participation
  • Using motivators and incentives and celebrating the successes
  • Changing behaviours
  • Using diversity champions to encapsulate diversity principles across the business
14:00
Diversity proofing your policies, practices and procedures

  • Identifying which key policies need changing to support your diversity strategy
  • Putting into place new policies and procedures
  • Training line management on the implementation of amended policies
  • Communicating your menu of policies, practices and procedures at all levels of the organisation
  • Anti-discrimination legislation: keeping yourself and policies up to date
14:30
How to utilise diversity to make the most of your talent pool

  • Maximising the diversity of your business and tapping into new markets
  • What is the business imperative for diversity from a retention perspective?
  • Your employer brand – is this helping or hindering your access and uptake of diverse talent
  • Integrating key tools and techniques into your recruitment methods to tap into a diverse talent pool and successfully attract top talent
15:00
Tea
15:15
Assessing the impact of your diversity strategy
  • How do you know how well you are doing?
  • How do you define impact success? Measuring the return on investment of your diversity and equality initiatives
  • What tools and techniques can you use to measure the impact?
  • The global perspective: balancing commercial, moral and legal requirements
16:15
A forward looking approach – using what you’ve got
  • Experiments and quick-wins
  • Managing diversity successfully : nurturing creativity and innovation to improve performance
  • The role of training and education
  • Changing mindsets – an process in progress
16:30
End of seminar

Client testimonials

It was practical & stimulated the mind to consider the impact and method of change

—Jason Silk, HR Director, Hill McGlynn & Associates Ltd

Engaging & worthwhile

—Karen Irvine, Project Manager, BAE Systems

I found this event enlightening & informative

—Rachel Billington, Deputy Head of Diversity, Surrey Police

Excellent; the pace was just right and anecdotal evidence useful. The trainer is really knowledgeable, practical & realistic in terms of advice

—Julie Gaukrodger, HR Manager, BAE Systems

Venue details

Venue details will be confirmed shortly.

For further information on the training facilities we use, please call us on +44 (0)20 8371 7010

Consultants

Our People

Diane Hodgson

Diane Hodgson, Director of Coaching and Management Development - has been a trainer for the past 20 years, designing and running training and consultancy projects in a wide range of organisational, management and personal development areas. She has a BA in Psychology, an MSc and Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapy and is a UKCP Registered Psychotherapist. Diane works across all industry sectors. 

In addition to training and consultancy projects, Diane provides one-to-one coaching, skills development, stress management and counselling to individuals and company employees. Diane also has a private psychotherapy and counselling practice. She is also a therapist with one of the national employee assistance programmes. Diane designed and delivers several of JSB’s HR strategy Seminars including Developing and Integrating your Diversity Strategy, as well as undertaking various related consulting projects.

Having worked as a consultant with the Commission for Racial Equality, Diane is currently a member of Diversity and Equality Committee of the UK Council for Psychotherapy.

Key areas of expertise:  

  • Equal Opportunities, Managing Diversity, Dealing with Discrimination and Harassment 
  • Interpersonal and Communication Skills 
  • Equal Opportunities and Diversity 
  • Counselling, Coaching and Monitoring 
  • Stress Management 
  • Assertiveness and Influencing Skills 
  • Recruitment and Selection 
  • Team Building, Facilitation and Group Process 
  • Performance Management and Appraisal Skills

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Testimonials

“Excellent; the pace was just right and anecdotal evidence useful. The trainer is really knowledgeable, practical & realistic in terms of advice”

— Julie Gaukrodger, HR Manager,
BAE Systems

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  • Tailored content
  • Significant cost savings
  • Choice of time and location
  • Flexible delivery options

 

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+44 (0)20 8371 7011
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