SUSTAINABLE WORKFORCE SERIES
How to attract a wider Talent Pool to your organisation
First broadcast on Tuesday 1st August 2023
Are you ready to revolutionize your organization’s workforce? Join us for an insightful and empowering webinar on how to attract a wider talent pool to your organization and improve your demographics.
In today’s competitive business landscape, finding and retaining top talent is a game-changer for any organisation. Embracing diversity and fostering inclusivity are the keys to unlocking a powerful and innovative workforce.
This webinar will provide you with the tools and knowledge to attract a broader talent pool, bringing a diverse array of skills, perspectives, and backgrounds to your team.
What you will learn:
🎯 The Power of Diversity: Discover how diversity drives creativity, problem-solving, and overall business success. Learn how to harness the unique strengths of a diverse team to take your organization to new heights.
🔍 Overcoming Unconscious Bias: Uncover and address unconscious biases that may unknowingly impact your hiring decisions. We’ll show you how to create a fair and inclusive recruitment process.
🌱 Building an Inclusive Culture: Learn strategies to cultivate an inclusive work environment where every team member feels valued, supported, and empowered to thrive.
💡 Revolutionary Recruitment Strategies: Explore innovative approaches to sourcing candidates from diverse backgrounds and industries, opening up new avenues for talent acquisition.
📈 Measuring Diversity Initiatives: Understand how to measure the success of your diversity initiatives and continually improve your organization’s demographics.
🌍 Embracing the Global Talent Landscape: Gain insights into attracting talent from different cultures and regions, creating a global network of diverse professionals.
Who Should Attend:
This webinar is designed for forward-thinking HR professionals, hiring managers, diversity and inclusion advocates, and all those passionate about cultivating an enriched and diverse workforce.
Agenda
12:05pm EDT / 5:05pm BST
Panel Discussion: Fostering and Supporting Neurodiverse Individuals at Work
In this panel, join us as we focus on the importance of fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace culture that values neurodiversity and provides accommodations and support for neurodiverse individuals to thrive in their careers.
– Identifying the benefits of neurodiversity in the workplace such as enhanced creativity and problem-solving skills
– Overcoming common challenges faced by neurodiverse individuals at work such as sensory overload and discomfort, communication barriers and social interaction difficulties, difficulty with time management and organization and challenges with task completion and following through
– Identifying strategies for accommodating and supporting neurodiverse employees
– Building awareness and understanding of neurodiversity among all employees
– Encouraging open communication and feedback
Panellists:
Andrew Eddy, Co-Founder, Untapped
Paul Fox, Vice President, Customer Acquisition (Workplace), Texthelp
Meike Bliebenicht, Neurodiversity Programme Lead, BP
Our Speakers
Paul Fox, Vice President, Customer Acquisition (Workplace), Texthelp
Paul is Key Account Director and UK & Ireland Acquisitions Manager for Texthelp. Working across a number of key sectors including Government, Public Sector, Health, Third sector, Housing and Private Sector SME’s, Paul and his team provide assistive software solutions that help support those organisations in their diversity, inclusion and accessibility journey.
Prior to joining Texthelp in 2017, Paul spent 20 years with a leading Irish bank where he held positions including Area Manager and Head of Direct Sales & Service and more recently has also worked with the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Having spent a number of years as Volunteer Director and Chair of Stepping Stones NI and with close personal experience of learning disability, Paul has developed a keen interest in accessibility, diversity and inclusion and is passionate about promoting workplace equality and creating opportunity for all.
Outside of work, Paul is a dedicated husband, devoted father of three, musician and most recently qualified pilot!
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What you will gain:
Flexible access to content
Our online conference portal offers a personalised content experience. You can join in with the sessions at work and on the go, live and on demand, and join in the conversation in-session with fellow attendees.
An opportunity to make new contacts
After the learning, join us to meet speakers and fellow attendees and make new contacts at our exclusive after-show digital meetup.
Tuesday 5th June 2023 | Agenda
11:00am EDT / 4:00pm BST
Key advice on how to achieve wellness and wellbeing in the workplace
– Reviewing the wellbeing strategies which are working at Mazars – tips for other practitioners
– Highlighting strategies to address anxiety and depression and other mental health issues
– Protecting physical wellbeing in an age of flexible yet static desk-working
– Tackling wellbeing issues connecting with the cost of living crisis
– Measuring levels of content and taking a proactive approach to wellbeing issues
Sonal Dhulashia, Head of Inclusion, Diversity & Wellbeing, Mazars
in conversation with Georgina Wilczek, Chair, Diversity Network
11:25am EDT / 4:25pm BST
Panel Discussion: Improving employee wellness and wellbeing, belonging and inclusion
– How can organisations ensure that wellbeing is a priority?
– How is the recession affecting budgets for wellbeing initiatives? What low-cost initiatives still might help?
– Best practices for including mental health first aid training in your organisation
– Identifying particiular wellbeing challenges of our age, such as hybrid and remote working
– Identifying the economic value of investing in workplace wellbeing
Moderated by
Georgina Wilczek, Chair, Diversity Network
Panellists:
Mark Jones, EMEA Wellbeing Manager, Randstad
Caroline Creven Fourrier, VP Global Head of Wellbeing, Novartis
Louise Aston, Wellbeing Campaign Director, Business in the Community (BITC)
Access BITC’s latest report
Our speakers
Sonal Dhulashia, Head of Inclusion, Diversity & Wellbeing, Mazars
Sonal is an MCIPD qualified inclusion, diversity and wellbeing specialist who brings experience working both strategically and operationally to create inclusive workplaces. Ability to utilise commercial HR experience from a variety of sectors including retail, legal and professional services to drive workplace cultural change.
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How to attract a wider talent pool | Agenda
11:00am EDT / 4:00pm BST
Interview: Strategies for increasing staff diversity
– How to change the way an organisation thinks about attracting and retaining employees
– Why the traditional way of recruiting is old fashioned and outdated and what needs to change
– How to find unique individuals that can add real value, different perspectives
– Developing creativity and innovation to ultimately benefit the organisation in terms of profitability
Liane de Liz, Head of Search, Recognition One
11:30am EDT / 4:30pm BST
How to attract a wider Talent Pool to your organisation and improve your demographics
– Building partnerships for recruitment with organisations which are diverse in their membership / community
– Understanding candidates’ passions, strengths and values and how these are congruent with organisations
– The role of mentoring toincrease opportunity and help to attract wider demographics
– Strategies for gaining vital senior leadership buy-in and backing to get the whole organisation behind your recruitment plans
Moderated by Georgina Wilczek, Chair, Diversity Network
Panellists:
Lena Patel, Chief External Affairs Officer, Responsible Business Initiative for Justice
Cindy Nicholson, CEO, Braintree Consulting
Daniel Holt, Pupil Barrister, 39 Essex Chambers and Founding Chair, Association for Disabled Lawyers
Our Speakers
Lena Patel, Chief External Affairs Officerand Diretor of Strategic Partnerships,
Responsible Business Initiative for Justice
Lena is Chief External Affairs Officer and has been with RBIJ since 2019. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, she is responsible for supporting the CEO in developing and implementing the strategic vision and plan of the organization. Lena also leads RBIJ’s international business relationships and project manages some of RBIJ’s key projects and campaigns.
With over 25 years experience in stakeholder engagement and management, in both the public and corporate sectors, Lena’s varied work experience includes the Greater London Authority, where she led the Mayor’s Private Sector Team; Nesta, where she managed corporate affairs; and more recently, as Head of Public Affairs for German-owned myLotto24, part of the Zeal Group, where she led on international public affairs and corporate social responsibility for the group. Lena has a BA (Hons) Law and Business and an LLM International and Commercial Law from the University of Sheffield. She is a mentor with One Million Mentors and a Trustee at UpRising.
Click here to connect with Lena on LinkedIn
Cindy Nicholson, CEO, Braintree Consulting
Passionate about Transformation, Cindy Nicholson is a world class Executive Coach with a track record of success delivering sustainable transformation and is a Leader of Change for Individuals and Organisations.
Cindy works with Executives and C-Suite across organisations in the Financial Services Industry, as a trusted adviser and coach.
Bringing over 35 years expertise, and as a pioneer for consumer centric digital identity verification, Cindy led a tier one organisation through its own digital transformation embracing emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain. Cindy knows it’s not just about technology, it includes embracing culture and a growth mindset that enables an organisation and its people to remain relevant, valuable and grow in a landscape that’s never been more competitive. With a natural ability to form trusted professional relationships, Cindy challenges the status quo with the art of the possible.
A Certified Executive Coach, Cindy helps organisations transform leaders into the modern age with proven tools and methodologies. She balances technology solutions with human growth and development by empowering organisations and individuals.
Cindy has a rare combination of experience across the business and technology ecosystems, expertise accumulated from her career that spans investment banking, management consulting, software vendor and telecommunications across the UK, USA, Japan, and Asia.
She has worked with organisations ranging from start-ups to large enterprise including leading a $70M transformation program with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia to building international software companies from Silicon Valley and Ireland, successfully taking them to acquisition and IPO.
An internationally recognised thought leader, she was an ‘Entrepreneur’ finalist of the ARN Women in ICT Awards in 2017, and named one of the 10 Most Impactful Women in Technology 2021.
Click here to connect with Cindy on LinkedIn
Daniel Holt, Pupil Barrister, 39 Essex Chambers and Founding Chair, Association for Disabled Lawyers
Passionate about Transformation, Cindy Nicholson is a world class Executive Coach with a track record of success delivering sustainable transformation and is a Leader of Change for Individuals and Organisations.
Cindy works with Executives and C-Suite across organisations in the Financial Services Industry, as a trusted adviser and coach.
Bringing over 35 years expertise, and as a pioneer for consumer centric digital identity verification, Cindy led a tier one organisation through its own digital transformation embracing emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain. Cindy knows it’s not just about technology, it includes embracing culture and a growth mindset that enables an organisation and its people to remain relevant, valuable and grow in a landscape that’s never been more competitive. With a natural ability to form trusted professional relationships, Cindy challenges the status quo with the art of the possible.
A Certified Executive Coach, Cindy helps organisations transform leaders into the modern age with proven tools and methodologies. She balances technology solutions with human growth and development by empowering organisations and individuals.
Cindy has a rare combination of experience across the business and technology ecosystems, expertise accumulated from her career that spans investment banking, management consulting, software vendor and telecommunications across the UK, USA, Japan, and Asia.
She has worked with organisations ranging from start-ups to large enterprise including leading a $70M transformation program with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia to building international software companies from Silicon Valley and Ireland, successfully taking them to acquisition and IPO.
An internationally recognised thought leader, she was an ‘Entrepreneur’ finalist of the ARN Women in ICT Awards in 2017, and named one of the 10 Most Impactful Women in Technology 2021.
Click here to connect with Daniel on LinkedIn
Liane de Liz, Head of Search, Recognition One
Liane is a headhunter specialising in data, integration, devops and cybersecurity. She is passionate about technology, innovation, and people, and a diversity and inclusion advocate.
She says: “It matters who you work with, especially in today’s challenging economy. We leverage our global tech talent network to place key leaders and senior contributors where they can make the biggest impact.”
Click here to connect with Liane on LinkedIn
Georgina Wilczek, Chair, Diversity Network
Georgina is an experienced journalist, researcher, conference producer and event host. She creates market-leading digital content and virtual, hybrid and in-person conferences and events on a wide array of topics and has devised and produced award-winning commercial events for some of the world’s largest events houses. She also spent five years as a Researcher and Producer for BBC Radio 4, producing many high-profile national radio programmes. She is passionate about creating first-class content which can make a positive contribution to society.
Click here to connect with Georgina on LinkedIn
Why attend?
Why Attend?
Gain unparalleled insights: Delve into the latest research, best practices, and case studies from global companies that have successfully implemented greater diversity among their staff. Learn from pioneers who have navigated the challenges and harnessed the opportunities that arise when establishing greater diversity within all areas of their internal and external operations.
Empower your organisation: Gain practical strategies and actionable takeaways to empower your organisation to build a richer and more diverse supply chain. Gain the knowledge and resources needed to drive lasting change, and help your organisation to establish a solid reputation for its inclusive culture and best practice principles.
Be at the forefront of the DEIB movement: As the world continues to grapple with complex societal issues, be a part of the movement that is shaping the future of DEIB. Contribute to thought-provoking discussions, challenge conventional norms, and gain inspiration from thought leaders who are leading the charge in creating a more equitable world.
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