An essential first step on your EDI journey is identifying the inclusion challenges within your organisation. This will be used to tailor interventions to your requirements and create a bespoke pathway to transformation. While there may be a known issue in the organisation, it often takes an outside, objective assessment to identify all areas where intervention is necessary – to spot the first ripples of a potential problem rather than allowing it to fester and build into a tsunami. The assessment is also essential in order to ascertain the scope of the issues that arise and engage those affected by it, both positively and negatively. This is key to creating long-term change.

 
 
 

People Data Analytics tools allow us to cluster data and find themes, outliers and points of interest, looking specifically at new hires, promotions, dismissals and income differentials. We also conduct an Engagement Survey Analysis, exploring the most recent results through an inclusion lens. At the end of this process, we design and disseminate a customised Inclusion Survey to answer any questions that remain unanswered or uncover more details where needed.

Our Policy Benchmarking Exercise involves benchmarking key policies against local, global and industry-wide standards and reviewing them through an inclusion lens.

Once the data has been collected, collated and analysed, we draft our Inclusion Assessment Report. We then liaise with the organisation’s leadership to get their feedback before finalising the report. Organisation-wide town halls are used to share the report’s findings and outline the next steps.