Your Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Masterclass

Sustained organisational health should be about creating the capacity for change and requires not just strengthening diversity in talent and leadership, but also engaging your people effectively to reduce change failure, and ensure business transformation takes place at scale.  

Areas of Discussion: 

• How do we expand the role of HR in responding to the challenges of accelerating organisational change as a result of integrating AI into our processes? 
• How do we expand DE&I from a talent recruitment, retention and reskilling investment to a process that supports successful strategic business transformation and accelerated profitability? 
• How do we prioritise impact collectively by engaging functional budget owners and creating and deploying KPIs that support change and engagement?

Practitioners recognise the crucial role data plays in delivering data-driven DE&I transformation; to make the right people decisions, we need to have access to evidence-based insights. But what does this mean in practice?  

Areas of Discussion: 

• What opportunities does data present for leadership DE&I sponsorship? 
• How do organisations leverage data to make good people decisions? 
• How can data be collected and used to effectively measure progress? 
• How can we collect inclusive DE&I data while respecting data privacy policies such as GDPR? 

As a society, Ireland is becoming more diverse, and with this, attitudes and actions towards differences must also change. Racism can be experienced differently by different groups but combating racism is a responsibility we all share, including our business communities.  

Areas of Discussion: 

• The impact of systemic racism is seen in inequalities of outcome for multiply-marginalised communities, so how do businesses counter this through impactful community partnering?  
• How do businesses not just safeguard their people from experiencing racist microaggressions, prejudice, and discrimination in their workplaces, but also ensure those who do, are heard? Do they feel safe and comfortable reporting? 
• What accountability infrastructure such as policies, processes, and responsibilities need to be in place to ensure businesses are truly anti-racist? 

Transformational Leadership demands a new practice; one that is inclusive, values-led, purposeful, and underpinned by Cultural Intelligence CQ®. 

Areas of Discussion: 

• How do cultural values influence our ability to lead in effective ways?  
• How does CQ allow us to grow our inclusive leadership capabilities? 
• How can we bridge differences across borders, international teams, and generations to build cultures of belonging?   

This session aims to synthesise key takeaways from the day, and is an opportunity for delegates to reflect on immediate steps they can action, but also better understand those they need further support with. This is about building a ‘community of practice’.