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Diversity and inclusion

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  • Date:
    20 July 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    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:
    Commentary and insights

    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.

  • Date:
    8 June 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Three steps to becoming LGBTQ+ inclusive all year round

    With Pride Month in full swing, Lynne Hardman shares three ways organisations can ensure support for the LGBTQ+ community all year round.

  • Date:
    25 May 2021
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Neurodiversity

    Dee Caunt, chief executive at the Dyslexia Association, shares her thoughts on how organisations can support neurodiverse employees and benefit from their unique strengths.

  • Date:
    8 April 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Why intersectionality should be considered when forming a D&I strategy

    By failing to recognise how the lived experiences of people with common characteristics can differ, organisations will undermine well-intentioned efforts to improve inclusion. Bianca Moodie and Stuart Affleck outline what intersectionality means and how it can be incorporated into an organisation's D&I strategy.

  • Date:
    30 March 2021
    Type:
    Case studies

    How Auto Trader utilises its employee networks to be more inclusive and enhance engagement

    Auto Trader talks to XpertHR about how it developed its employee networks and overcame the obstacles it encountered along the way.

  • Date:
    8 February 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    How to keep LGBT employees safe abroad

    It may not seem a burning issue amid travel restrictions brought about by the pandemic, but for international professional services firms, there are a plethora of reasons to meet the needs of LGBT+ employees who need to travel or be resident abroad.

  • Type:
    Policies and procedures

    Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) statement for job advert (short form)

    Enhanced to reflect good practice in relation to equality, diversity and inclusion when placing job adverts.