Inclusive Leadership Training
Inclusive leadership training for managers who want results, not slogans
Managers shape the day-to-day experience of work more than any policy or strategy. Who gets heard in meetings, who gets the stretch project, who feels able to raise a concern: these are leadership decisions. DiverseCT's inclusive leadership training gives managers the skills and confidence to lead teams where everyone can contribute and progress.
What is inclusive leadership?
Inclusive leadership is leading in a way that makes everyone in your team feel respected, heard and able to do their best work, whatever their background.
It's not a personality type. It's a set of everyday behaviours: how you run meetings, give feedback, share opportunities, make decisions and respond when something goes wrong.
The good news is that behaviours can be learned.
Why it matters
Better decisions
Teams that hear a range of views spot risks and opportunities others miss.
Staff who stay
People are more likely to stay, and to speak up, when they feel they belong.
Meeting your duties
Managers make many of the decisions the Equality Act 2010 and, for public bodies, the Public Sector Equality Duty apply to, from recruitment to service changes.
What the training covers
The inclusive leader
What inclusive leaders do differently, and how to assess yourself.
Psychological safety
Creating a team where people can raise ideas, mistakes and concerns.
Fair decisions
Reducing bias in recruitment, allocation of work, appraisals and promotion.
Inclusive meetings and communication
Making sure every voice is heard, including remote and quieter colleagues.
Difficult conversations
Responding to inappropriate comments, conflict and complaints with confidence.
Leading for equality
Your responsibilities under the Equality Act and the PSED, and how to use tools such as Equality Impact Assessments well.
Two ways to train
Main option
Training for your organisation
- Face-to-face or live online sessions for managers, senior leaders and leadership teams
- Built around your organisation's values, policies and real scenarios
- Can be combined with unconscious bias training or EIA training
Online course for individuals
- Self-paced eLearning, works on any device
- Certificate on completion
£79£39.50 for waiting-list members
Who it's for
- New and experienced line managers
- Senior leaders and leadership teams
- Recruitment panel chairs
- Team leaders in councils, the NHS and public services
- HR business partners
- Staff network chairs and EDI champions
About your trainer
Sultan Mahmood, director of DiverseCT, has over 30 years of public sector EDI experience. He has designed and delivered inclusive leadership, unconscious bias and equality training for public bodies, and hosted EDI conferences and events.
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