People are an organisation’s greatest asset, and many high performing 21st century businesses now understand the benefits that both a diverse workforce and a truly inclusive culture can bring. This includes the ability to better reflect and respond to client/customer needs, greater scope for innovation and fresh ideas and, as is increasingly reported, direct benefits to the bottom line.
Why ‘training’ isn’t enough
Many organisations implement company-wide Diversity & Inclusion ‘training programmes’ that focus on the statistics and theory behind bias and diversity, on the consequences of getting it wrong and the risks of non-compliance. There is an earnest desire to inform and educate – but then frustration when the change doesn’t happen.
Our Steps to Change will allow your people to really ‘get it’, see how current behaviours and practices could be impeding inclusion and actually change how they operate at work.
Our Approach
We believe that to achieve success, everyone in the business needs to be taken on a journey, to See things as they currently are, consider the part everyone has to play in developing the right kind of inclusive culture and the practical ways to get there.
Drama is an incredibly powerful tool in holding up a mirror to workplace behaviours. It enables people to See what inclusion, exclusion and bias look like in a recognisable context, explore how to do things differently moving forward and begin to Live the change.
Specifics…
Steps has a rich history of designing and delivering Diversity & Inclusion programmes (live workshops and scalable digital solutions) in specific key areas, including:
- Unconscious Bias
- Actionable Allyship
- Building an Inclusive Culture & Inclusive Leadership
- Bullying & Harassment including Anti Sexual Harassment
- Cross-Cultural Working
- Inclusion in regulated environments e.g. SMCR
- Microaggressions
Case Study- Working with Aviva Digital to build a series of workshops exploring Unconscious Bias and Inclusive Working...
Case Study- During 2016 and 2017, Steps worked with Penguin Random House UK to answer some of the questions surrounding...
Case Study- Steps partners with Tesco to help them define and explore what Inclusion means to their people...
Case Study- Creating a blended learning programme on Diversity and Inclusion to reach all 35,000 employees within...
Case Study- Creating a highly practical, engaging approach to unconscious bias, that could be used globally by Vodafone...
Case Study- Equipping staff to effectively challenge inappropriate behaviours and truly live a culture of respect...
Case Study- Engaging EY’s dynamic workforce in understanding the impact of inclusive behaviours in the workplace...
Case Study- Steps has a long standing relationship with the CIPD at both National and Regional level, and on Tuesday...
Case Study- After an exciting period of growth in one of its business areas, DAC Beachcroft was keen to bring people...
Case Study- Steps works with a global investment bank to promote inclusion across their Asia Pacific territories...
Case Study- Creating a ground-breaking programme using experiential learning to tackle some of the sensitivities and stigmas attached to mental health at work
Case Study- Working in partnership with fellow consultants Schneider-Ross to create culture change and turn Unconscious Bias to Conscious Inclusion.