Equality Diversity and Inclusion Case Studies

Leadership Development Programme for BAME Police Officers

We have designed and are delivering a leadership development programme for Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Police Officers up to the rank of Chief Inspector within a Police Service. The overall aim is to enhance the personal and professional leadership development of these officers that will allow the Service in increase its talent pool of future senior leaders that will reflect the local communities that it serves.

We are working in close partnership with Learning & Talent Team on the design and delivery of this strategic programme which forms an important part of the organisations' core leadership development programme. Following an intensive and rigorous assessment process, which tested the degree of potential and aspiration shown by the candidates, selected candidates attend four 2-day non residential modules of 'Understanding Self', 'Embodied Leadership', 'Leading Teams' and 'Understanding Organisational Context'. While independent, there are key themes that run through all the modules aimed at enhancing participants' knowledge and understanding of their own leadership journey. The content of these modules are custom designed to meet the specific needs of participants that enable them to consider the fit between personal and organisational culture thus develop their own individual leadership styles. The specific design of the modules is supported by information obtained from the completion of self assessment materials, including MBTI profiling, 360˚ feedback and personal reflection.

Each module is followed by a 1:1 coaching session to assist participant to consider how to embed what they have learnt into their daily practice, consider barriers and/or opportunities that subsequently arises. To demonstrate how they have addressed their development needs, all participants are required to complete a work based project, supported by their line manager and the Learning & Talent Team, which they are required to present at the end of the Programme.

This is a current project subject to ongoing evaluation and review to ensure the modules, coaching format and project remit, remain suited to meeting the needs of the participants. A full evaluation report will be produced on completion of the Programme.

Equality and Diversity Consultancy

We have recently worked with a regulatory body providing specialist advice and expertise to develop equality and diversity policy and six separate equality schemes attached to this on race, age, gender, disability, religion or belief and sexual orientation. The focus of this work was equality and diversity with the aim of meeting legal requirements and fostering an organisational environment where everyone's contribution was valued and equality of opportunity exists for all. This also involved developing a strategy for reviewing current guidance and policies against the equality schemes to assess their impact and relevance.

Additionally, we developed proposals for an equality and diversity unit, setting out its objectives, roles and responsibilities in accordance with the organisations corporate objectives and performance targets. Once approved, we successfully recruited the Head of Equality and Diversity and the Equality and Diversity Manager to the unit in collaboration with the client and provided equality and diversity training to the unit so they had the expertise and knowledge to guide the organisation.

Both the client and BCL felt that the work delivered had been successful. All schemes and guidelines were produced within the required tight timescales. The organisation demonstrated an increased awareness of equality and diversity, understanding around the Equality Impact Assessment Process and of their statutory requirements.

For further information on our Equality Diversity and Inclusion programmes please email alethea.mcintosh@berkshire.co.uk or call a member of our team on 0118 932 3580.