Imagine meetings where every voice is heard, every idea matters, and every person feels they truly belong. In this session, you’ll discover how practising active allyship in everyday meetings can maximise collaboration, bring your commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (ED&I) to life, and build thriving, high-performing teams. Small actions create big change.
Sophie Waller from RWK Goodman will also be on hand to support on the legal implications / legal questions that arise from the above / points below.
Practical learning points:
Understanding equality, diversity, and inclusion (E, D, & I): We'll briefly explore what Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion mean, and why they are essential for creating a thriving and supportive workplace.
Practising allyship: We'll look at practical ways to actively support and advocate for others, building a more inclusive culture through everyday actions.
Fostering inclusive meetings: Using positive meeting behaviours as an example, we'll identify what makes a meeting genuinely inclusive, and learn how to embed inclusivity before, during, and after every meeting.
Speakers Bio:
Claire Farrow is a passionate culture and inclusion specialist with a background in strategic talent acquisition, spanning financial services, engineering, and defence. She has led inclusive recruitment strategies, launched company-wide engagement initiatives, and built trusted partnerships at all levels. Known for her pragmatic, evidence-based approach, Claire helps organisations transform bold ambitions into lasting, real-world impact.
Branch annual meeting:
You are welcome to stay after this event as we hold our local branch annual meeting. This is an opportunity for you to understand the activities over the past twelve months, the changes in the committee and vote on new committee members. This is open for all CIPD members and should take no longer than thirty minutes.
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