PAST EVENTS
May 2010
Diversity: a man’s point of view
A sell-out event that broke new ground in exploring perspectives on gender diversity in the workplace.
Moderator: Gay Huey-Evans, Barclays Capital
Panelists: Andrew Rashbass, The Economist Group; Chris Sullivan, RBS; Woody Kerr, BNY/Mellon; Richard Turnor, Maurice, Turnor Gardner LLP.
Alison Maitland, co-author of ‘Why Women Mean Business’ closed the event eloquently and with her own illuminating perspectives.
Three key points
- quotas vs business practice change vs targets
- women taking a commercial approach to flexibility
- need for organisations to experiment and adopt flexibile policies, and senior men and women themselves more openly and emphatically setting examples in this regard.
Best bits
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The differing views on the value of mentors (all agreed on the vital benefit of role models) and informal vs formal mentoring. The panelists articulated a need for building strong relationships with people who can help you and from whom you can learn, the benefits of using internal networks, and getting noticed.
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Speakers presented nuanced views and tested out some new ideas, and were very generous with their time.
Susannah Nicklin
