Male Allies Programme
How to engage men in diversity and inclusion
Aim: to engage men in gender diversity dialogues, hear their perspective and build a supportive network of allies
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Ensures men (especially those who are managers) increase their understanding of their female colleagues and their experience in the workplace
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Helps develop men as managers and leaders by comprehending the business importance of diverse teams and how to enable great performance for all their team members
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Gives them a pathway to explore their own gender based challenges and enhance engagement across all diverse groups
Organisation assessment
1 - 3 Days
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Understanding organization, culture and staff demographic
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Evaluate current female experience across the firm
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Identification of male champions across business groups
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Agree engagement approach

Building the champions network
1 Day
Immersive workshop covering:
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Men’s position in the workplace
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The business case for diversity
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The female experience
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Practical action
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Supporting research

Male allies workshop
1/2 Day
Workshop targeted at men (especially managers), covering:
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Sharing their views
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The business case for diversity and supporting research
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Their colleague’s experience
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New approaches to hiring, career development, performance mgt and promotion

Diversity dialogues
1/2 Day
Workshop for men and women to:
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Share perspectives on issues facing both men and women in the workplace
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Find joint solutions to improve everyone’s experience in the workplace
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Increase understanding of subjects that can be sometimes difficult to discuss

Maintaining momentum
1 hour (monthly)
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Monthly 1 hour dialogues with selected cohort groups to:
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Continue to explore the latest research in diversity and inclusion
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Evaluate learning from all diversity and inclusion efforts
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Led by a combination of male champions and women’s network leaders

WHAT PEOPLE SAY

Senior Manager at BP Global Energy
The best diversity event I have attended in 12 years at BP – pragmatic, real and meaningful

Academic, University of Southampton
Gary's summary was excellent and if ECS has a visioned recovery plan this will secure our future and the prosperity of the School

Professor Neil White, University of Southampton
Gary worked closely with us to provide a series of seminars and workshop activities on a variety of diversity issues. His enthusiasm and dedication were apparent from the outset and he engaged well with the audience. We have gained a valuable insight into gender inclusivity and have developed some novel approaches that will allow us to push the agenda forward.