Is your Diversity & Inclusion Vision in the right hands?
You do have a Vision for Diversity and Inclusion in your organisation, right? Ok well, possibly not!
There’s a plethora of value statements, visions and goals out there nowadays, some seem empty and most probably feel irrelevant, a corporate idea forced in by HR in order to appease the board or because someone heard its a good idea that everyone else is doing. There is often very little buy in, communication, or in fact any long term strategy or goals.
The business demands a “quick fix” with some eLearning or an hour long “Intro to Unconscious Bias” training session. No wonder we are not making much of an in road, there is no vision.
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Joanne Lockwood is interviewed by Amanda Parvin of Ethical HR Solutions
Recently our very own Joanne Lockwood was interviewed by Amanda Parvin of Ethical HR Solutions to discuss Trans inclusion in the workplace, and how employers can ensure that are providing a supportive culture and environment.
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The Path to Gender Parity @ #HIRE18, Berlin
This is the video from Hiring Success in Berlin last month where Natalie Mellin & I tackle the #GenderBinary, discuss #Intersectionality, #Bias and the #GenderExpectations from the main stage… via SmartRecruiters
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My Journey to Rebrand and Reorientate…
I recently took part in an “Inspire Recruitment” event where I talked about my own journey to rebrand and start up my business over the past two years.
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Terminology – Introduction to Gender Identities
One of the questions I am asked all of the time is; “what is trans”.
Well… that is a big conversation, but the long and short of it is that “Trans” means is from the Latin and means “on the other side of” whilst “cis” means “on the same side of”. So both cis and trans are an antonyms paring. A non-trans person is cis.
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Joanne Lockwood appointed as an “Advisory Friend” of the IEDP
It was an honour and a pleasure for Joanne to be invited to become an advisory friend of the Institute of Equality and Diversity Professionals.
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Keynote Speech @ #RecFest18
I was invited by The Recruitment Events Co to deliver my keynote at RecFest 2018 at Hawker House in July to an audience of over 300 recruitment focused professionals from all over the UK and Europe.
My talk was entitled; “Recruiting and Retaining Trans and Gender Non-Conforming Individuals in the 21st Century” and was followed up with a Q&A afterwards.
The key messages and takeaways were;
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Transgender Awareness Lunch & Learn Hosted by Elite HR
I was invited by Elite HR to talk to some of their clients and business partners over lunch to deliver a Transgender Inclusion and Awareness talk in Portsmouth. The audience feedback was extremely positive and even seasoned professionals still had plenty to take away from the session.
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SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity)
SOGI is an inclusive term that represents all individuals regardless of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity. It includes lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit, heterosexual and cisgender.
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Keynote at #IWD2018 hosted by NatWest
I really enjoyed delivering a keynote at NatWest’s Entrepreneurial Spark Hub in Leeds yesterday in support of their International Women in Business event #IWD2018. I talked about my own life and entrepreneurial journey, developing my mindset, overcoming my own limiting beliefs and impostor syndrome.
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