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

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Organisation assessment

1 - 3 Days

• Understanding organization, culture and staff demographic

• Evaluate current female experience across the firm

• Identification of male champions across business groups

• Agree engagement approach

Building the champions network

1 Day

Immersive workshop covering:

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• Men’s position in the workplace

• The business case for diversity

• The female experience

• Practical action

• Supporting research

Male allies workshop

1/2 Day

Workshop targeted at men (especially managers), covering:

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• Sharing their views

• The business case for diversity and supporting research

• Their colleague’s experience

• 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

• Find joint solutions to improve everyone’s experience in the workplace

• Increase understanding of subjects that can be sometimes difficult to discuss

Maintaining momentum

1 hour (monthly)

• Monthly 1 hour dialogues with selected cohort groups to:

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• Continue to explore the latest research in diversity and inclusion

• Evaluate learning from all diversity and inclusion efforts

• Led by a combination of male champions and women’s network leaders

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