New Year Business Guide - brought to you by APL Media •Wednesday 11 January 2023


Building and leading your winning, inclusive culture


Achieve greater engagement, innovation and business growth with an inclusive culture strategy fi t for your business


Mahogany Inclusion Partners’


purpose is to ‘Make the world a more inclusive place’ through their services, which include: • Board advisory and consultancy: Working with top teams to establish their credible authentic voice and inclusion ambition, providing a safe coaching space for tough questions and partnering leaders as they establish and develop strategies that deliver what their unique businesses need.


Diversity and inclusion are increasingly understood to present multiple opportunities for organisations at all stages of maturity and growth. Numerous studies, research over decades and even critical, logical reasoning tell us that varied experiences and approaches creating products and services for a diverse world will result in better products and services and, therefore, better business outcomes.


At the same time, there are


many challenges for leaders, including lack of confi dence and credibility on the topic, not knowing where to start and fear of getting it wrong. Mahogany Inclusion Partners is a boutique diversity, inclusion and racial equity consultancy with a proven track record of success in supporting organisations to overcome these issues.


• HR and People Team consultancy: Mahogany Inclusion Partners has decades of experience leading big teams, and CIPD strategic professional standards accreditations. It supports HR executives through the entire process, from HR executive education and coaching, and strategy development, right through to implementation and measurement.


• Strategy development and execution support: Mahogany Inclusion Partners works with leaders so they can lead with clarity, confi dence and


credibility supported by a business fi t, eff ective strategy. The strategies are built on foundations of deep insights and tangible, practical application in your organisation to support delivery of diversity and inclusion action plans.


• Learning and education programmes: Developing and delivering transformational programmes, from board education and masterclasses, people team education and masterclasses, line manager specifi c programmes, right through to education


programmes for individual contributors. As a CPD-accredited centre, Mahogany Inclusion Partners also brings an additional level of credibility to your learning.


Clients of Mahogany Inclusion


Partners include Global FTSE 100, several national brands, global charities, large retailers, public sector organisations, insurers and fi nancial institutions. Its accreditations, experience, expertise and credentials enable them to operate with impact as they progress all businesses towards inclusive cultures.


Start creating your winning culture


E: hello@mahoganyinclusionpartners.com or visit: mahoganyinclusionpartners.com


Why the apprenticeship levy could be your next window of opportunity


Dividing the nation since 2017, the apprenticeship levy is like Marmite. Love it or hate it, it’s here to stay


50% discount for readers on the


Potential Realised — an HR and leadership apprenticeship provider, CIPD study centre and consultancy business based in the Northern Powerhouse — is on a mission to make people love apprenticeships. Unlike some, the team of experts off er a rich blend of opportunity for employers to use the levy strategically to support talent planning, accelerate learning, close the skills gap and add value to the bottom line. Potential Realised, founded in


2008 by managing director, Lynn Manir-Jolley — who, 14 years on, has Commercial Director, Ryan, and team of industry stalwarts by her side


— off ers a kaleidoscope of learning programmes across the UK and globally. These include level 3, 5 and 7 HR and leadership apprenticeship training off ering HR professionals options to ‘top-up’ and study for the esteemed CIPD qualifi cations. The fi rm’s diff erentiator? All ingredients are carefully craſt ed and evaluated in-house by an exuberant team, with a growth mindset and genuine passion for learner experience, who always go the extra-mile. Evidence suggests that thousands


of big employers, such as the Royal Mail, Lloyds Bank, the NHS and the British Armed Forces, use their levy funds eff ectively, although billions in apprenticeship levy funding in England remains untouched. Considering the turbulent political, economic and technological climate and skills gap shortage, Lynn says: ‘It’s important to shiſt the paradigm and


educate about the benefi ts of the levy.” Did you know that


expert-delivered one- day innovative Leading


the levy doesn’t just help big business? It also funds apprenticeship training for smaller employers. Those with a total annual pay bill of less than £3m pay just 5% of the cost of their apprenticeship training — and the government pays the rest. Did you know there’s an option


Change Masterclass, based around the game of


Cluedo. Valid until 31 March 2023


Acceptor THE CHASER SHOCK DENIAL ACCEPTANCE FRUSTRATION


EXPERIMENT (WITH NEW WAY)


BARGAINING DEPRESSION TIME INTEGRATION CREATE ALIGNMENT MAXIMISE


COMMUNICATION SPARK


MOTIVATION DEVELOP


CAPABILITY SHARE


KNOWLEDGE STRATEGIES


Enthusiastic Advocate THE CHAMPION


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HR & recruitment • 15 ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE


Passive Resistor THE CHANGEPHOBIC


Active Resistor THE CHALLENGER


for levy-paying employers to transfer up to 25% of unused funding to other employers? What better way to show corporate social responsibility and support others to prosper in times of austerity? Ryan adds, “We also support


change. Our game, inspired by the classic detective game Cluedo, has been revolutionised into a corporate challenge. Strategizing, relationship building, responding to diff ering reactions and inspiring engagement through change are key objectives of this stimulating, eye-opening and thought-provoking exercise.”


For further information


Could levelling up bring more to your table? Contact Potential Realised for a free levy consultation T: 07786 626 150 E: info@potentialrealised.co W: potentialrealised.co


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