Interweave Webinar | Diversity and Inclusion

Opportunities & Challenges at work

An interactive webinar to equip organisations to build and sustain a diverse and inclusive workplace

Addressing the business case for Inclusion, workplace bias to move towards Inclusive action

Making Way for All – LGBT Inclusion at workplace

Explore and understand the LGBT+ community to ensure a safe and inclusive work environment

Understanding the legal framework, business concerns and being an ALLY.

Age no bar – Generational Diversity at work

To create an awareness about the value of Generational Diversity at the work place, and to develop a sensitivity in responding to issues arising from it

Generational stereotypes, strategies for collaboration by leveraging strengths

Leadership Dialogue – Interaction with the Senior Leadership Team

An interactive session presenting the business case, current perspectives and best practices to the Senior Leadership team

Understanding the landscape, building appreciation for diversity and the role of leaders in creating change

Inclusive Hirings Sensitisation for hiring managers

Sensitise hiring managers on how personal biases can impact selection outcomes

Ensuring fairness & balance in hiring
Understanding Bias and how it plays out
Handling tricky situations

Duration: 90 minutes - 2.5 hours Includes Panel conversations, Polls and Interaction

Work from home INclusion Toolkit

A webinar + workshop to remind people about Inclusion even under changed circumstances. Managing and handling remote working/WFH as we try and contain the spread of Covid 19. The webinar is a way for employees to understand some simple do’s and dont’s while managing teams of different

Work Essentials What are some of the basic requirements that will help employees deliver what is expected of them
Work Effectiveness What does one need to work and contribute productively and what does it take to sustain that?
CommunicationHow can we run Inclusive meetings and make sure people are feeling involved without micro managing their everydays
Participation ChallengesUnderstanding that everyone's circumstance can be different
Inclusive Behaviours Actions for mangaers and team leaders as well as for employees
Team BondingFinding time to lighten up the day

The Future of Work - Webinar

While businesses are struggling to balance their business continuity and performance plans, it is also equally an opportunity to rethink and reinvent themselves for a better future.

Managing a workforce that has been abruptly forced to work in isolation is not something that most organisations were ready for. Join us as we discuss work in times of COVID-19 with a diverse panel of experts as we reflect on important questions like:

What does it take to manage effectively and inclusively, in the current context?
How can companies be proactive to manage insecurities and set realistic expectations?
Is our technology ready and prepped to deal with the sudden surge in demand for bandwidth?
How do we handle the roles of employees whose work cannot be done remotely.
What if this lock-down is further extended? What are likely implications from a legal and mental health angle
What are the obligations of the employees and their employers during these times?

Duration: 60 - 90 minutes

PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT

‘No Excuses’ Webinar for all Employees

Create awareness around the subject
Comprehensively discuss the nuances around harassment at work
Help employees understand their roles and responsibilities in this area

‘No Excuses’ Webinar for Managers

Create awareness about the subject
Comprehensively discuss the nuances around harassment at work
Liabilities managers may carry
Appropriate response to handle complaints

‘No Excuses’ Webinar for Complaints Committee Members

Create awareness around the subject
Comprehensively discuss the nuances around harassment at work
Liabilities leaders and managers may carry
Appropriate response to handle complaints
Approaches to prevention, best practices and industry case studies
Equip the ICC members to understand their roles and responsibilities, as well as the intricacies of investigation procedure
Appropriate response to handle complaints

Duration: 90 minutes - 3 hours

CONSULTING WEBINARS

Articulating the Business Case for D&I

What and Why of a D&I Business case

Complexiies & nuances

Building the D&I Business case in an organisation:

Components of a D&I Business case
Linkage to business performance
On-boarding the leadership; creating buy-in

Addressing Pay Parity Issues

Defining Pay Parity and Pay Gap

How real is the Pay Parity issue? Is it only about Gender?

India context – legal, social, organisational

Identifying pay parity issues within the organisation:

What data to consider and the lens to apply for analysis
Making inferences and some strategies to bridge the gaps, and the unique challenges involved

Flexible Mindsets for Flexible Work Options

The range of FWO in Corporate India
Invisible barriers to true Flexibility
Reviewing FWO for access and utilisation
Promoting Flexibility in the true spirit across all demographic groups

D&I Metric / Measuring for Progress

Why is this important for Organisations to track and measure the impact of diversity and inclusion initiatives?
What are some of the unique challenges?
Diversity Vs Inclusion Metrices. Tracking Macro Vs Micro impact
Defining meaningful D&I Metrics

Duration: 90 minutes - 3 hours

WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP

Inspired by Interweave’s signature Leadership Development programme: Flying Lessons

Clearing the runway: Self Awareness

Great performance is an amalgamation of competence, focus, ability to overcome self limiting beliefs and developing an internal locus of control. Clearing the runway enables Women Leaders to plan their careers proactively by expanding boundaries.

Planning your career consciously
Identifying concrete goals and setting targets for yourself
Understanding your inherent strengths and barriers to performance

Taking OFF: Personal Branding

One's personal brand is their invaluable asset. This webinar offers the opportunity to reflect and articulate one's personal brand, become intentional about how they want to show up and find the confidence to start putting themselves out there more effectively.

Understanding one's self image, perceptions and how they are viewed by their peers
Identifying the image that they want to present without compromising authenticity
Building a consistent image for oneself and walking the talk with personal branding

Cruising: Networking

What is networking and what are the networks one needs as the journey towards leadership? How can we build networking as a critical business skill? How can Women be strategic about creating a network that vouches for them?

Identifying the network needed to progress in one's leadership journey.
Building connections along the way and leveraging them when needed

Duration: 90 minutes - 2.5 hours

Includes Worksheets and Reflective journals along with the Webinar

ART BASED WEBINARS

A-Z of Harassment

26 story cards are used to explain the simple concepts around harassment and its various manifestations
Polls and interaction is used in this webinar to explain key concepts around prevention of Sexual Harassment
The law is talked about along with do's and dont's in an organisation context
Harassment in the Work from home era

Unbox your unconscious Bias

Using Audio material and poetry, this webinar will question some of our biases and perceptions about gender, ethnicity and generation
The webinar will push participabts to think about aspects from their lives where they would like to be allies
The webinar creates a space for reflection as participants will take questions and process them individually

Diversity Dilemmas - Micro Films

Micro films are used as a trigger to inspire conversations around various Inclusion dilemmas that confront organisations. Themes of Diversity, LGBTQ+, Disability, Gender and Generational dilemmas come alive through the lens of personal anecdotes by various people that one can encounter in the workplace. After every film, a poll is taken from the audience to discover the way the group is thinking. This is followed by a debrief by a domain expert and practical ways to approach Inclusion dilemmas are discussed.

Duration: 60 minutes - 90 minutes

Includes audio recordings, thematic original videos, podcasts and activity sheets

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