Developing a Strategy for Leading Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in Organizations: A Personal Pr

Part A: Developing a strategy to lead equality, diversity and inclusion

Learning Outcomes 

LO1: Critically evaluate ethical and inclusive approaches to leadership and diversity in professional practice

LO2: Critically reflect on the qualities and skills necessary for effective leadership in cross cultural contexts from a personal professional development perspective

Task 1

Create a presentation (10 key slides plus additional slides with supporting notes) for the manager in the case study on leading in the context of equality, diversity and inclusion in the organisation. The presentation must include the following:

a) A critical evaluation of the issues the organisation is currently facing and how they might be resolved.

b) Critical discussion of why equality, diversity and inclusion is important to the organisation, the individual and the team as an enabler of performance.

c) Explain and analyse how a strategy for equality, diversity and inclusion strategy could be implemented for cultural change in the organisation.

d) Critically evaluate and discuss how the leadership style impacts upon equality, diversity and inclusion in the organisation.

It is expected that appropriate models, academic sources and good practice theory will be applied and be academically rigorous to support your work.

Task 2

Your case study organisation has recently undertaken a brief staff survey to be more informed on how they are leading and developing people within the organisation. Draft a set of briefing notes in response to the survey findings to present to the organisation to guide their future strategy.

The survey has revealed the following:

• 65% look forward to going to work in the morning;

• 80% feel valued and supported by their work colleagues, 55% by their line manager, but only 20% by senior managers;

• 60% are satisfied with their physical work environment;

• 21% are satisfied with their pay and benefits, but no-one says they are ‘very satisfied’

• 55% are happy with their work life balance;

• 33% are satisfied with their training and development opportunities;

• 83% say their workload has increased in the past year;

• 70% are satisfied with their promotion opportunities;

• 90% say that they ‘sometimes feel stressed’ when they are at work;

• 74% say they ‘feel safe’ at work;

• 88% are happy with the business’s equality and diversity practices;

• 28% are ‘listened to when they are at work’;

• 36% are happy with their job security;

• 27% say they feel their efforts at work are properly recognised;

• 54% are actively seeking alternative employment.

The set of briefing notes must:

a) Identify which THREE of the key findings from the survey, the manager and senior team should prioritise for immediate attention and strategic action. Provide a critical rationale for your answer, explaining whythese THREE findings are important in leading and developing people in the organisation.

b) Use your answers to part a (above), to choose and critically evaluate ONE strategic initiative, which should be developed and embedded into the organisation to improve one of the findings identified in part a.

c) Include a draft email. The company is keen to send an email to all staff headed, ‘You Said, We Listened’,  summarising the company’s leadership and management perceptions of the staff survey findings and setting out what practical steps it is intending to take. Prepare the draft, ‘You Said, We Listened’, e-mail that should be sent.

Task 3

Write a reflective personal and professional account

Create a journal entry reflecting on any one of the professional areas from the CMI Code of Conduct and Practice, www.managers.org.uk/code ensuring you also elaborate further on how you would apply it to your own current or future professional career.

Overall presentation and application (applies to both parts A and B) Ability to communicate arguments in a clear and appropriate structure and professional writing style with appropriate sources accurately referenced and listed.