EDI Strategy

Putting inclusion at the heart of your business strategy

Evidence shows that inclusion in the workplace is more than a nice-to-have. It’s how organisations achieve more on multiple metrics: quality, innovation, growth.

In reality, organisations aren’t buildings or bottom-lines, they are groups of people. And when people group together, they become communities and form cultures. To do their best work, everybody deserves to feel that they belong. And this means workplaces need to be fair to all, whatever their circumstances.

We’re emerging from a long era of command and control management, bias, and inflexibility. But there is a different way: using inclusion as a business driver.

A consultative approach to deliver the best results

Our consultative approach is critical to our success. To every engagement we bring:

  • Genuine problem-solving
    Solutions tailored to the organisation, responding to current challenges

  • Proven qualitative methods
    Rigorous scientific approaches informed by academic research

  • A bird’s eye view of the organisation
    A strategic, consultative outlook, engaging with the dynamics at play

  • Partnership for the long haul
    Working with organisations on all aspects of inclusion, leadership, culture and performance

  • A safe space for challenging conversations
    Carefully designed approaches led by highly qualified and sensitive consultants

How we partner with you

We provide a team of high calibre consultants with academic credentials, deep EDI expertise and big four consulting know-how. These consultants act as an extension of your team, providing the challenge and support you need across three core areas:

Strategy

We work with your senior leaders to help shape your EDI strategy. As part of the process this can include:

  • Outlining what an inclusive culture looks like for your business

  • Articulating your vision and goals and developing your narrative

  • Reviewing your existing HR processes, including hiring and performance management

  • Assessing your existing policies, communications and strategies

  • Producing an EDI roadmap, with clear objectives, goals and activities

Governance

We help you put the structures in place to ensure your strategy it is followed through and makes any impact in the right way. This can include:

  • Reviewing existing EDI governance and providing recommendations on changes

  • Developing meaningful metrics to track strategy outcomes, both qualitative and quantitative  

  • Setting up analytics and reporting routines across your organisation to track progress and comply with regulatory requirements

  • Running senior leadership coaching and workshops to support your most senior leaders to own and champion your strategy and hold themselves accountable

Execution

We support you with the implementation of your strategy across your organisation. This can include:

  • Bringing the strategy to life for your people through effective communications

  • Establishing and engaging employee networks in their role in influencing and achieving the goals of the strategy

  • Reviewing existing training and development methods and outcomes, and making recommendations on impactful updates

  • Evaluating the impact of your strategy against your goals for your people, leaders, clients/customers, communities, and suppliers

View our case studies

  • Improving work place behaviour

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    Understanding and tackling exclusionary behaviour in the public sector.

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  • Supporting work-life balance

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    Helping a major law firm retain and recruit talent to update and modernise their flexible working policies.

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  • Boosting women's representation

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    Revolutionising the people management process at a major frontline public service.

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