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Review of Progress on Inclusion & Diversity

Our 2008-9 strategic review of their progress on Inclusion & Diversity won the Inclusive Culture Award at the Opp Now Awards in 2010. This involved a comprehensive review in the US and the UK of “the current state”, involving focus groups and interviews with key leaders, as well as statistical data.

Findings showed patchy progress, driven by the degree of buy-in of individual leaders and whilst employees knew about diversity, they were unclear about inclusion. Similarly, there was a danger that the I&D goals were seen as ends in themselves and not as measures of progress towards specific business goals.

Accordingly, we developed a set of proposals for the Executive to re-position fundamentally the work on I&D. This included the development of:

~ An Inclusion Charter
~ A leadership programme for the top 200
~ A new statement of the business case and linked I&D global goals
~ Revised positioning of employee networks and I&D governance
~ A 12 month road map

These proposals were all accepted by the Executive and in 2009 we completed the rollout of the training to the senior leaders. It is the subsequent positive impact on the company’s ability to attract, promote and retain its female employees that was recognised by Opportunity Now.

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