Diversity and inclusion

With the global shortage of talent we face today, we can ill afford to exclude people based on their gender, age, race or anything else. 

CHPD's research-based and balanced approach to leadership is fundamental to our work in diversity and inclusion. Our leadership model is based on our own robust research into what makes a high performing leader, regardless of gender, age, race or disability.

Our approach to diversity and inclusion, covers:

• A focus on the 'minority' group, equipping them with the tools to further their careers. For example, we run a 'strategies for success' programme for women leaders
• A focus on the organisation to ensure that any barriers to the development of minority groups are removed

We have studied the performance of men and women leaders and helped many organisations address their gender gap and develop their women leaders. Our women in leadership research has shown that women are as capable as men when it comes to leadership.

Contact us to find out more from one of our experienced consulants in this field. Rachel Woolf has led women in leadership programmes for some of the largest businesses in the UK and Chris Parry has undertaken extensive research into women in leadership and the associated challenges for the last 20 years.

Listen to Chris Parry talk about women in business today. In the interview with journalist, Guy Clapperton on hrpodcast, Chris explores some of the reasons why there are still so few women at the very top in British business.  She explains that the issue often needs tackling at both an individual and an organisational level. (HrPodcast, Episode 1, 25 April 2008)

Read our feature article, 'Where are the women leaders?', to learn more about our research and why we think women are so absent from senior leadership roles.

Download a copy of the article from Personnel Today describing the round table we hosted with senior HR women executives on the organisational challenges of women in leadership. You can also read about the programmes we run on women in leadership by downloading the paper, 'Cracking the glass ceiling'.