Online Programme: Equity, Diversion & Inclusion

Programme

• Introduction
  • Hopes and Fears
  • Clarifying terminology and fears
  • From Fears to the 3 Cs: Curious, Courageous, Compassionate conversation 

• Developing your D&I Strategy
  • The Business Case
  • Clarifying 'The Why’ - benefits of D&I to clarify your purpose
  • Common Pitfalls & Consequences Of Getting It Wrong
  • Gaining buy-in across your organisation 

• Ambition and Goal Setting
  • Time travel into the future - what does excellence 'look like'?
  • Enablers: Working backwards to identify the steps to get there
  • Good practices 

• Representation – Nothing About Us Without Us
  • Diverse voices shaping strategy, policy & practice?
  • Co-creation to avoid costly course correction? 

• Inclusive Leadership – Nurturing the know-how and qualities for Inclusive Leadership
  • A Representative Workforce:? Tips on recruitment, retention & progression of diverse talent?
  • Success stories 

• Why is the regulator involved?
  • Government direction and recommendation
  • Healthier firm culture
  • Reduced group thinking
  • Unlock new talent
  • Addressing evolving consumer needs 

• Rules and Proportionality
  • Summary of rules; how we got here
  • Timelines to implementation
  • Splits by firm type and size (tabular representation) 

• Non-financial misconduct
  • Fit and Proper
  • Threshold Conditions
  • Conduct Rule liabilities 

• Annual Reporting
  • Requirement
  • Challenges
  • Systems
  • People 

• Target setting
  • Senior Managers
  • Data
  • What good looks like 

• D&I Reporting
  • Ownership
  • Data gathering and accuracy
  • Monitoring and Testing
  • What good looks like 

• Publication of Strategy & Success
  • Psychology of public disclosure
  • Mechanics
  • Reputational risk 

• SMCR/Renumeration
  • PRA only
  • Incorporating D&I in performance objectives and remuneration scorecards
  • Consequences for failing to achieve objectives 

• Success Against Strategy
  • Publication
  • Disclosure
  • Measurement