Beyond the Rainbow: How managers can support LGBTQi+ staff

While diversity and inclusion has climbed corporate agendas over the past decade, many LGBTQi+ employees continue to face discrimination and discomfort in the workplace. 

Join this on-demand webinar as our expert panel explore the hurdles and challenges LGBTQi+ professionals face at work, as well as outlining the actions managers and leaders can take to overcome them.

Our guest speakers share insights into:

  • The primary challenges faced by LGBTQi+ professionals at work, as revealed in the Robert Walters D&I Strategy Report
  • Key advice for building relationships and providing opportunities
  • Actionable recommendations from experts and employers to drive inclusivity in the workplace

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Speakers

Sasha Scott

CEO & Founder
Inclusive Group

Sasha Scott is the Founder and CEO of Inclusive Group and is an expert in diversity, bias, inclusivity and managing psychological health. She understands the commercial drivers behind reducing bias within the workplace and the critical need to promote and sustain inclusive workplace cultures, in order to attract and retain talent.

Sasha’s reputation has grown as an "international thought leader in diversity issues" and she has appeared on the BBC, and has been published in The Times, The Guardian, City AM, The Lawyer, Law Gazette, Accountancy Age, Complient , Personnel Today, and Recruiter magazine.

Daisy Reeves

Global Inclusion & Diversity Client Relationship Partner
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Daisy is a known game-changer in the field of Inclusion & Diversity, both within the legal industry and more widely. In the 2020 OUTstanding LGBTQ* Executives Role Models List, which features C-suite and business leaders worldwide across 24 countries and five continents, Daisy is globally ranked as the No. 1 female lawyer, No. 1 female in professional services and No. 15 overall for her efforts in making the global workplace more welcoming for LGBTQ* populations.

Peter Macdonald Hall

Principal Consultant
VERCIDA Consulting

Peter has been delivering diversity, inclusion and leadership development programmes for over 20 years. He brings a wealth of expertise in helping leaders to think creatively and pragmatically about how to leverage diversity and inclusion to positively impact on high team performance.

Peter has supported executive management teams to embed cultural change both in the public and private sectors and he has designed, facilitated and presented bespoke leadership programmes, seeking to challenge assumptions at an executive level to ensure change is meaningful, participative and actioned.

As a trained facilitator and presenter Peter has in-depth knowledge in people engagement. His engaging and strong facilitation style enables Peter to challenge a leaders’ current ways of thinking and working and as a result encourages leaders to adopt more inclusive and collaborative work styles.three bio. 

Host - Tom Lakin

Senior Innovation Manager
Robert Walters Group

Tom leads the Innovation team at Resource Solutions, exploring the trends and technologies that are shaping the future of work and recruitment.

With 15 years’ experience within recruitment and HR technology, Tom advises major employers on all aspects of innovation in recruitment.