Diversity and inclusion

New and updated

• Type:

  Good practice manual

  Advancing gender equality in the workplace

  Updated to include additional information on the disparity between men and women at work, recruitment and selection, supporting employees during the menopause, and recent research and current practice on gender equality.

• Date:

  12 September 2021

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Top of the podcasts

  We round up some of our most popular podcasts published this year.

• Date:

  27 July 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Unconscious bias training: Make your strategy and workshops a success

  In his second article on unconscious bias training, Gareth Buchanan sets out the practical steps that you can take to make your unconscious bias training a success and to maximise the impact it has on your organisation's diversity and inclusion strategy.

• Date:

  22 July 2021

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Webinar: Diversity and inclusion - closing the gap between rhetoric and action

  Committing to a more diverse and inclusive workplace is one thing. Achieving it is another. In this webinar, you will learn how to bridge the gap between your organisation's good intentions and meaningful action - without fear of getting things wrong.

• Date:

  20 July 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Six steps to embedding a diversity and inclusion strategy

  Having a diverse and inclusive workplace is important not only ethically but also for improving employee morale, boosting innovation and enhancing business success. We set out six practical steps that employers can take to embed diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

• Date:

  20 July 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Unconscious bias training: What you need to know before you start

  Unconscious bias training has been part of the diversity and inclusion practitioners' toolkit for a number of years, but criticism from both sides of the political spectrum has many questioning its impact on our rights, workplaces and communities. In the first of two articles, Gareth Buchanan shares his views on why unconscious bias training has been making headlines of its own.

• Date:

  6 July 2021

  Type:

  Case studies

  How Masthaven Bank improved gender diversity across senior roles

  Masthaven Bank talks to XpertHR about its Women in Leadership initiative, a programme to improve gender diversity across senior roles in the business.

• Date:

  17 June 2021

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Creating a transgender inclusive workplace

  Joanne Lockwood, transgender awareness specialist, shares her experience as a transgender woman in the workplace and explores how organisations can cultivate transgender inclusive practices.

• Date:

  8 June 2021

  Type:

  News

  Businesses with racial equity achieve 58% higher revenues

  Businesses that actively confront racism with practical measures usually see an improvement in employee job satisfaction, loyalty, creativity and value.

• Date:

  8 June 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Neurodiversity: how accessible is your recruitment process?

  Organisations need to devote more thought to neurodiversity - a less visible and obvious form of diversity - and appreciate that intelligence comes in many forms. They can start by improving their recruitment processes and making themselves more accessible, argues Dr Louise Karwowski.