• Beautonomics – why employers need to dig a little deeper than first impressions.

    Samantha Brick, and her claim that her extraordinary beauty has affected her employability and life experiences,  is trending for the third day on Twitter.  The Daily Mail must be delighted, as must she even though some of the comments about her have been needlessly harsh.  For employers her story (whether you believe it or not) has raised some interesting questions about how we judge people, and how we identify talent.

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  • Inclusive behaviours bias and barriers

    Where: National Theatre

    London, SE1 9PX

    This engaging session explores unconscious bias, assumptions, first impressions and the nine characteristics.  Included, involved and inspiring – this diversity and inclusion event gets people thinking and doing things differently. It's about developing tools and techniques that enable inclusion, supporting a focus on valuing all difference and nipping discrimination in the bud.

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  • Lost in Translation? Developing support for transgender employees and their colleagues

    Where: The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, The County Hall, London

    The Inclusive Employers Foundation presents:

    • Are employers meeting the needs of transgender employees?
    • What are the challenges facing transgender employees?
    • Do employers feel confident about the legal framework?
    • How do employers manage the issues transgender raises in the wider workforce?

     

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  • Report on boardroom representation. Conclusion: could try harder.

    One year on, Lord Davies and his review panel have published a progress report.  For the Government and opponents of quotas it has made cheerful reading.  Progress has been made:

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  • Questioning quotas or talking about targets?

    Where: London. 

    In partnership with Cass Business School.

    Should we be more radical enough to increase diversity at the top of organisations? 

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