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Management & Leadership Development
Leadership is increasingly recognized as a key factor in sustaining a successful organization. Investing in the development of management and leadership skills has a direct impact on an organisation’s performance.
We work with organizations to ensure that equalities issues are an integral part of the management and leadership development process. We create a customised management development programme for your organisation, with additional support available through one-to-one coaching and consultancy.
Our programmes take into account existing structures and policies, such as competency and performance management frameworks and management behaviours, and are designed to support managers in real-life scenarios, providing practical outcomes that can be implemented easily within the workplace.
Case studies:
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Equality Works has been working in partnership with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) for six years. This has involved working with elected Council members, senior managers and middle managers on a wide range of interventions to support the strategic objectives of this complex organisation.
Our work has included designing and delivering a leadership programme and awaydays for the Senior Management Team, delivering a management development programme for middle managers, working with elected Council members and delivering coaching and training on:
London Borough of Tower Hamlets: Facilitation Support & SMT Away Days
Since 2006 Equality Works has been providing a range of on-going facilitation support to a range of audiences with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. This work has involved supporting the Senior Management Team (SMT) and the Equality Action Team (EAT) within the Communities, Localities and Culture (previously, Environment and Culture) directorate, the Corporate Equalities Steering Group (CESG) and the Disability Access Forum, to identify key priorities for embedding equality and inclusion into a range of work streams and activities.
National Probation Service Hertfordshire: Management Development Programme
We have been working with NPS - Hertfordshire for over 5 years, providing a wide range of services. One of our commissions was to design and deliver a Management Development programme specifically for them..
National Probation Service Essex: Recruitment and Selection Training
Our partnership with NPS - Essex goes back over five years working on many levels of diversity and equality. We have designed and delivered training on: Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion; Recruitment and Selection; Performance Management; and briefings and facilitations for senior staff on a range of issues. We are currently involved in developing management development training programmes for middle and senior staff for six and twelve month periods. This training would support the Recruitment and Selection and Equalities training that we are currently providing in Essex.
Barnet College: Management Development Programme
Equality Works were commissioned to carry out a skills-based management developement programme with the College values and management framework at its core. The programme was for managers who were new to their roles and who may or may not be experienced at managing people, teams and functions.
The main features of the programme were:
The Equality Works intervention helped my managers to develop confidence in their own leadership abilities
Nigel Austen, Assistant Chief Officer, London Probation
