Developing and Integrating your Diversity Strategy NEW

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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

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

Interactive exercise: a diversity analysis and checklist

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!

Dealing with challenges and resistance

• Understanding resistance
• Using change management techniques to drive progress
• Knowledge is power

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

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

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

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

Case study: implementing a diversity strategy at Ernst & Young

• How Ernst & Young designed and integrated a diversity strategy for their business
• What has been the impact of the strategy: key lessons learned
• The diversity strategy and employer brand: key considerations

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

Action planning

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