EDI training
Staff networks that work
Setting up, supporting and getting real impact from staff networks, and leading them sustainably.
What the session covers
Content is shaped around your organisation, but a typical session includes:
- What good staff networks look like, and what they are for
- Setting up purpose, terms of reference and governance
- The roles of chairs, members and executive sponsors
- Turning activity into impact, and evidencing it
- Working with leadership and holding it to account
- Keeping networks sustainable and avoiding burnout
What is included
Every booking includes the following as standard:
- A scoping conversation beforehand, so the session fits your organisation and your people
- The session itself, delivered online or in person
- Slides and any handouts used on the day
- A practical takeaway so people leave with something they can act on
- Time for questions and discussion, with an option to gather questions anonymously in advance
- Accessibility considered throughout, including captions online and materials in advance on request
What your organisation gets from it
- Networks with a clear purpose and workable governance
- Chairs and sponsors who know what their role actually is
- A way of turning network activity into evidenced impact
- Sustainable ways of working that avoid burning out volunteers
Who it is for
Network chairs and committee members, executive sponsors, and the EDI or HR colleagues who support them.
Formats
This training can be delivered as:
- Lunch and learn, a short session that fits into a working day
- Half day workshop, the most commonly booked format
- Full day workshop, where people work through the material in depth
- A programme or series, for change that needs more than one session
- Train the trainer, so your own people can deliver it afterwards
- Online or in person, across the UK
Pricing depends on format, group size and travel. Get in touch and I will give you a clear figure with no obligation.
Interested in this training?
Tell me about your team and what you are hoping will change. I will tell you honestly whether this is the right session, or whether something else would serve you better.