Enabling an inclusive culture through flexible working.
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About this event
The Swindon Inclusion and Diversity Network
At The Swindon Inclusion and Diversity Network, we aim to bring people together to enable cultural change in local organisations.
For some time now, flexible working has been vital to enable certain employee groups, such as working parents and carers, to stay in the workplace through being able to flex when and where they work. Some organisations have understood the benefits gained from flexible working and have adopted it as a way of working for everyone. Others have stayed resolutely 9-5, workplace-based cultures, whether through an unwillingness to change or through delivering frontline work that isn’t easy to flex.
Covid-19 has challenged this status quo, forcing many businesses to adopt a more agile approach to work for all of their employees. As we begin to consider the working world post Covid-19 and what this means for flexible working, this INTERACTIVE webinar will allow you to reflect on -
• What is the business case for flexible working post Covid-19?
• What are the common challenges of flexible working?
• How do we address these challenges with practical solutions at the organisational, manager and individual level?
This webinar will be facilitated by Clair Hodgson, EMEA Director from How Do You Do It. Established in 2006, How Do You Do It is an International coaching consultancy, working with organisations to support the retention and progression of working parents, carers and those working flexibly regardless of reason. They work with individuals, managers and their teams to enable individuals to thrive and organisations to benefit from the broadest talent pool. How Do You Do It work with clients such as Deloitte, Allianz, the BBC, Microsoft, Sony, Linklaters and JLL.
In order to ensure a prompt finish, the WebEx will start promptly at 18:00.
We will send the WebEx details two days before the event.
Frequently Asked Questions:
1. How can I contact the organiser with any questions?
Please contact the founders by email or through LinkedIn with any questions you may have.
2. Is it ok if the name on my ticket doesn't match the person who joins?
I'm afraid not. If you are unable to attend and a friend or colleague will be taking your place, they will be required to register. WebEx details will be sent to all registered attendees ahead of the event.
Organiser The Swindon Inclusion and Diversity Network
Organiser of Enabling an inclusive culture through flexible working.
This Network was founded by Emma Feltham, Nicole Hardiman and Claire Farrow, but will be led by its members and what you would like to gain from it. We take feedback following all of our events, and with the help of a number of volunteers from within the Network, design a programme of events to suit you, the members.
Meet the Founders
Emma Feltham, Head of IT Delivery, National Trust
Emma has worked at National Trust since September 2012 in a variety of senior leadership roles in IT. She is responsible for the end-to-end IT portfolio for public-facing and revenue-generating IT services, delivering projects and programmes and supporting the associated live services. Emma has chaired the Collaboration, Innovation, Technology Forum (CITF) Gender Balance and Diversity Committee since January 2017. She has been involved in the group since 2015. She was shortlisted for the Women in IT Advocate of the Year Award in January 2018.
Emma says, “Diverse teams enable us to be much more effective, bringing different experiences and varied perspectives to everything we do”.
Nicole Hardiman, Digital IT Practice Manager, Nationwide Building Society
Nicole has worked for Nationwide for two years. During this time she has been a Technical Lead and seconded in to a Digital Practice Manager role. Her previous experience includes Service Management Lead at National Trust and Global 2nd Line Support Manager for Cloud Solutions within Intergraph. She has evolved a technical career spanning 20+ years to a management one focussed on people as individuals. Her background allows her to speak to the technical teams on their level with a good understanding of their issues. In 2018, Nicole was one of the co-creators of the Nationwide Ada Lovelace Day event, promoting women in IT and encouraging them to consider working in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). She was awarded one of the coveted Nationwide Building Society quarterly awards for her efforts. Keen on coaching and mentoring, Nicole believes that anyone with a passion for what they want to do can succeed.
Nicole says, “Businesses need to recognise that their customer base is very diverse and to represent them effectively the workforce needs to be as well. Our differences make us stronger”.
Claire Farrow, Consultancy Services Business Partner, Outsource UK
Claire is Outsource’s Consultancy Services Business Partner. She works with Clients to create an inclusive culture where everyone is welcome, highlighting areas for improvement in attraction and hiring processes in order to widen the candidate pool. Claire started her career with Outsource in 2009 as a recruiter for a number of key accounts. From there, she moved over to programme manage Outsource’s two largest financial services accounts, supporting with contract, executive and permanent hiring strategies. In 2017, Claire set up the Diversity Matters team to highlight the worrying lack of diversity in technology and engineering. She regularly delivers Client hosted events in order to ‘Inspire Inclusion in the Workplace’.
Claire says, “To adopt truly inclusive recruitment practices, it is necessary to support everyone in their career search. The aim of inclusive recruitment shouldn’t be to target one single group, but to ensure that the best talent is presented for every role, by increasing the candidate pool and reaching out to EVERYONE. By this, I mean enabling the underrepresented to have the same opportunities as the next person and recognising when to adapt the hiring process to ensure equity”.
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