Diversity & Inclusion Programmes

Mentoring for diversity & inclusion, when well-designed and implemented, is arguably the most effective way to help break the glass ceiling. Our programmes cover a wide range of diversity issues including: gender, race, culture and disability, in all sectors of employment.

Our global experience ranges from indigenisation projects in Asia-Pacific, to the mining industry in South Africa and police forces in the UK. Our unique tools and models such as the Diversity & Inclusion Awareness Ladder, provide deep insights into implicit bias and enable people to have “meaningful conversations across the barriers of difference”.

We design and deliver mentoring programmes to support diversity & inclusion objectives both broad (multiple aspects of diversity & inclusion) and narrow (targeted at a specific audience). Among our core principles is handing over the knowhow that allows the organisation to continue the programme using internal resources.

5 MINUTE BENCHMARK

How is your diversity & inclusion mentoring programme performing?

How well do each of the following statements describe you? Score yourself from 1 (not like me at all) to 5 (just like me).

Q1 We are very clear about which groups in our employee community we are targeting – and so are they

Q2 We have the support of an enthusiastic and influential steering community, representing the target groups

Q3 Each mentoring relationship involves two-way learning – mentors learn as much as mentees

Q4 Our mentors and mentees have all received training in working with difference

Q5 Mentoring is not confused with sponsorship (though there may be a separate sponsorship initiative)

Q6 We can point to specific outcomes in mentees’ readiness for promotion, actual promotions and retention of talent

Q7 We can evidence significant learning by mentors in how they embrace and promote diversity in their own teams

Q8 The programme has had a wider impact on employee engagement and positive career expectations of people in the target groups, who have not been part of the mentoring programme

Q9 People in the organization generally feel more comfortable about discussing issues of diversity and equal opportunities

Q10 People in the target groups now get a similar quality of personal feedback as those in more privileged groups

Q11 Mentees from different target groups are supportive of each other

Q12 Many mentees from less privileged groups have gone on to become mentors

Diversity & Inclusion Benefits

Mastery of diversity & inclusion skills enables organisations to:

  • Increase creativity and innovation
  • Align business more closely with their customers
  • Enable organisations to tap into scarce talent resource

Courses

Our courses are aimed at both ‘External’ professional coaches & mentors and ‘Internal’ coaches & mentors for client organisations such as business leaders, managers, staff & HR professionals. All coaching & mentoring by CCMI and its network partners is compliant with the International Standards for Mentoring Programmes in Employment.

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