Diversity

Diversity initiatives run by Paula Hutchings have been described by clients as "Interesting, well-tutored, relevant, useful, practical, refreshing & fun".

British Airways

Managing Diversity is not just about reacting to anti-discrimination legislation. The cost implications of this single approach can result in limited productivity and creativity, low staff morale and motivation, restricted access to new markets and high litigation costs.

Successful diversity management requires more than just compliance. Organisations which are committed to the diversity challenge have acknowledged that their business viability, productivity and competitive advantage depend on it.

A commitment to diversity requires strategic planning and leadership from the top down. And the diversity management capability will enable employees at all levels of the organisation to respond to diversity in a positive and business efficient way.

Many organisations have not yet understood the business case for diversity. Consequently, problems include:

A Human Resources only effort.
A general lack of awareness as to the purpose and direction of the diversity effort.
Limited employee motivation and personal accountability to participate in the diversity challenge.
A lack of structure and clarity in how to embrace diversity in pursuit of individual, team and business objectives.

Benefits

Successful diversity leadership will enable managers to:

Understand and link diversity to specific business objectives.
Access talent.
Create an inclusive environment and adapt working practices and systems in order to welcome and retain employees.
Manage diversity tensions.
Enhance working relationships to generate higher productivity and creativity.

Employees will be clearer on the part they need to play and will feel more motivated to accept change.

Approach

Leornian encourages the development of diversity leaders and champions. We help engage the business and HR in thought and action on diversity. This includes working with key stakeholders on the development of a diversity strategy and helping with its implementation at both company-wide and functional levels.

The approach we use is coaching, consulting and awareness training from strategic to interpersonal levels.

How we work with you

Every company is at a different starting point in the diversity challenge. We will work with you to identify the critical diversity mixtures within the organisation, help build plans and create development solutions to support the specific needs of your people and business. We will also help you identify measures of success so that the business benefits of the diversity effort can be communicated back into the organisation.

Last updated: 12 December 2006