Strategic Approaches to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – CMI Level 7
Equity, diversity, and inclusion are matters of the highest profile and importance in work and society in today’s Britain. No organisation can ignore the potential impacts in terms of employer branding, customer/client reach, and products and services. DEI is a source of genuine concern for employees as well as a source of lasting competitive advantage in the workforce market of today. The benefits to be gained in each of these areas through progress and success are as substantial as the potential risks to reputation and standing through missteps and ineffective action.
Beyond the business case, there is now substantial evidence that a holistic, strategic approach to DEI is most likely to deliver the desired results in the long run. Success requires nuanced, insightful leadership – much of which can be learned from the accumulated wisdom relating to effective organisational change. There are, however, additional, and highly particular sensitivities to observe and navigate. Effective change leaders in this field require a dedicated space to identify and hone the personal and professional skills they need.
The course will touch on all the differing characteristics of diverse workforces, and the considerations for leaders in establishing valuing of difference in your organisation, from the legal framework, understanding unconscious bias, challenging non-inclusive behaviour, allyships and becoming an active bystander, moving from equality to equity through the understanding of structural inequity and more.
Participants will leave this programme with the understanding of how to appraise your organisation’s data to inform your strategic priorities, ensuring alignment with the organisation’s objectives, from developing to implementation tools.
InPD’s Strategic Approaches to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programme provides that space. The programme is unique in accommodating practitioners at all levels, from seasoned experts to newcomers in the field. All will benefit from the highly collaborative and participative facilitation and delivery, and all will leave with enhanced clarity about their role and effectiveness as change strategists and leaders.
Course Summary
CMI Level 7 Award in Strategic Approaches to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - Optional
Duration:
3 Day
Location:
Virtual Central London Central Manchester
Delivery Method and Price:
Virtual Classroom:
£1,600
Face to Face Classroom:
£1,900
About Us
About the Programme
This course is ideally suited to;
- Organisational decision makers.
- Formal workforce advisory panel members or workforce committee members.
- Designated non-executive directors responsible for engagement with the workforce.
- Senior leaders, executives, and directors accountable for implementation of DEI initiatives and practice within their organisation, whether it constitutes the primary focus of their role or a part of a multi-faceted role.
- Practitioners with prior knowledge and experience with DEI implementation and looking to gain a broader understanding.
- Leaders looking to develop in-depth understanding of equity, diversity and inclusion at a strategic level and develop strategic priorities.
- Those wanting to be able to identify evidence-based approaches to removing structural inequality both within an organisational and social context.
- Those wanting to develop an understanding of approaches to comply with legal and good practice around the influence of equity, diversity, and inclusion.
- Those wanting to return to the workplace with a comprehensive plan for the integration of strategic priorities into organisational culture.
Session 1
The Strategic Case for DEI
Key themes include:
- Welcome, introductions, and course overview.
- DEI as social change – a global historical timeline; social value, shareholder activism & procurement process led change.
- Distinguishing ‘equity’ ‘diversity’ and ‘inclusion’
- Complying with legal requirements and delivering best practice interventions; pay gap reporting: gender, ethnicity and LGBTQ+, equality impact assessments, accessible information standard.
- The elements of a creating an DEI strategy; appraising data (incl. benchmarking) to inform priorities, developing priorities, from implementation to embedding change, incl. examples of strategies in practice.
- Stakeholder engagement and cultural congruence incl. internal (workforce) and external relationships (customers or service users) impacted through DEI.
- Evidence led approaches incl. strategy case studies
Session 2
Personal Skills for DEI Leadership
Key themes include:
- Key change leadership skills for DEI incl. self-care
- Framing ‘diversity’ inclusively
- The performance case for diversity; DEI influences on organisational objectives
- Exploring and overcoming personal and systemic bias incl. critically assessing structural inequity within an organisation
- Creating an inclusive culture: challenging non-inclusive behaviours, exploring allyship, positive action initiatives
- Taking the stand: exploring ‘courageous conversations’
Session 3
Towards Action
Key themes include:
- Inclusive leadership: the key traits
- Psychological safety: what it is and how to promote it
- Comparative perspectives: case study exercises
- Co-consulting on personal projects
- Programme round-up and close
Next Steps:
- Strategic Wellbeing and Resilience Programme
- Strategic Decision Making for Leaders
The CMI Level 7 Award in Strategic Approaches to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Assessment
The CMI Level 7 Award in Strategic Approaches to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion is designed for Directors and Senior Managers who have the authority and personal inspiration to translate organisational strategy into effective performance.
This qualification requires senior and aspiring senior leaders to build on their skills in strategic management and leadership and to focus on the requirements of inter-organisational strategy. You will be required to take the theory, thought leadership and research discussed on the programme, and implement it in your professional life by focusing on your own leadership development, and positively challenging organisational strategy.
Delegates will be required to complete one assignment (between 3500 – 4000 words) that requires taught theory to be applied to the strategic organisational context, with a focus on strategic approaches to equality, diversity and inclusion:
- 715: Strategic Approaches to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Benefits of completing the qualification include:
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Learners also receive:
- Targeted tutorials run by our CMI-qualified tutors, to help learners complete the assignment writing phase.
- Dedicated support from the Quality Assurance Team here at In Professional Development, including regular CMI learner drop-in sessions.
- Access to a wealth of CMI online learning resources through their Management Direct website.
Please take a look at our CMI FAQs to find out more about how the qualification works.
Fitzroy Andrew
Tutor
Fitz’s 45-year career encompasses director and CEO-level experience since the mid-1990s, award-winning research, and strategic leadership and governance roles with agencies tackling some of society’s most complex challenges including sustainability, community development, and youth violence and knife crime.
His outlook combines enduring and related interests in leadership and inclusion, grounded in a belief that they are foundational to each other – creating inclusion requires leadership, and leadership at its best requires an inclusive approach. Fitz’s work incorporates open and bespoke programme design and facilitation, alongside leadership coaching.
Fitz continues to play a significant role at INPD as a key subject lead on inclusion, evolving a philosophy which goes beyond a more commonplace ‘EDI’ narrative.
Naomi Buthee
Tutor
Naomi Buthee is an experienced, CIPD qualified people management professional with experience of designing and deploying strategies across multiple sectors. Outside of her corporate experience, she works with various organisations and individuals, providing support and advice on a range of people and strategic issues. Naomi's knowledge, enthusiasm and energy brings her courses to life.
Sophie Hunter
Tutor
Sophie is a qualified HR Professional and specialises in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. She has over 15 years’ experience across HR specialisms including HR General, Recruitment, Pensions and Learning and Development. Sophie has over 8 years’ experience as an EDI Lead for large organisations and has developed and delivered their Equality Strategy, advised on policy development and undertaken multiple corporate risk assessments for organisations across the public, private, and third sector.
Sophie is an established trainer on leadership, and both general and bespoke EDI subjects. She has delivered a wide range of training to employers and employees, including bespoke training to internationally recruited delegates regarding UK laws and customs regarding equality and inclusion. She has developed and delivered training sessions on inclusion to Chester University Students and has also worked with ILM, delivering programmes, examining and verifying assessment work. She is passionate about equipping organisations and employees with the competences needed to make their working environment psychologically safe, friendly and inclusive. She has an interest in the effects on culture within organisations, and helping employers avoid unnecessary litigation and disruption within the workplace.
Sophie has skills and knowledge in a wide variety of subjects and has developed courses and delivered subjects in a range of areas including:
- Leadership and Development,
- Equality and Inclusion Training (General)
- Unconscious Bias,
- Neurodiversity
- Bystander Training
- Setting up and Engaging with Staff Networks
- Bullying and Harassment
- EDI Allyship(including bespoke such as LGBT+ Allyship or Carer Allyship)
- Ethnic Leadership courses (that address the impact of race on career progression)
- Management bespoke EDI courses including ‘Inclusive interviews’ and ‘Providing Reasonable Adjustments for Staff with Disabilities’.
Tash Thomas
Tutor
Tash (she/her) is an Inclusion and Diversity Consultant, presenter, speaker and LGBTQIA+ Activist, who is at the forefront of conversation. Tash uses her lived experience and identity as a Black queer woman to continue the focus on diversity and inclusion in society and in the workplace. She provides valuable insight into how to remove barriers associated with diversity and constructively ensure that opportunities can be accessed with equity in both the workplace and wider in our local and global communities.
She is also co-founder of ‘Breaking the Distance’, a unique LGBTQIA+ travel and relationship blog, (alongside her wife, Marthe). Breaking the Distance aims to educate and promote positive LGBTQIA+ visibility, whilst also providing a safe space for people to be their authentic selves.
Currently Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the European Coworking Assembly, Tash’s responsibilities lie in developing a working and actionable guideline for advancing EDI and creating safe spaces within the coworking industry.
Originally trained as a Musical Theatre performer, Tash’s style of delivery is engaging, fun and positive, as she focuses on providing information in a way that allows participants to reflect and relate the content to their own lives. She is a believer in the power of story-telling and often incorporates her own lived experience into her delivery.
Tash is a seasoned and experienced speaker and panel member on equality and diversity discussions, and has spoken at events for organisations including the Women’s Equality Party UK, International IDEA Project, Mercedes Formula 1 and Skyscanner. As well as being a Queer Leader for the non-profit, We Create Space.
She is a Certified Diversity Professional from the North Hertfordshire College and is a Certified NLP practitioner from iGNLP/ABNLP.
Zara Sloane
Tutor
Zara is a certified Executive Coach and has worked globally with a range of businesses and senior leaders, as well as emerging and young leaders. Her energetic, professional, and results-oriented approach – paired with her passion for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion – has been critical to her diverse portfolio of roles and projects on which she has worked. Her 20 years corporate experience prior to consulting, includes having operated and led in global commercial roles as well as functional specialist roles in Talent, leadership, Diversity & Inclusion, Organisational Development and Organisational Effectiveness.
Zara has worked across both the public and private sector and has supported organisations in their development of more inclusive cultures through discovery, strategy, education, and coaching. One of her defining approaches is to work with managers and leaders as key levers of change with a view to creating the systemic conditions for success.
She is passionate about the extraordinary benefits that DEI bring to business and society. Zara seeks to provide leaders with a deeper understanding of inclusion with respect to the personal and business benefits, and to help them develop strategies on how to avoid potential pitfalls, ultimately incentivising action.
Alongside her client work Zara volunteers as a coach and mentor for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, supporting them with the knowledge, network, skills, and confidence to support their success and happiness.
Her areas of expertise include Organisational Development, Talent Management, Equity Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership Development, Coaching, Performance Enablement, Early Careers and Mentoring.
Qualifications and tools:
- Certified Executive Coach 2008 AoEC
- Neuro Linguistic Practitioner 2009 Pegasus NLP
- Be Talent Strengths Insights and decision Styles Accreditation, Zircon
- Motivational Map Practitioner
- Hogan Certified
- Gateway to Team Coaching 2020 – Clutterbuck & Hawkins
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