TERESA BOUGHEY
INCLUSION & DIVERSITY
Teresa Boughey, CEO, Jungle HR
Helping companies to foster a diverse and inclusive culture
Fresh from toppling two best-selling authors from three of Amazon’s business lists with her new book, Closing the Gap – 5 steps to creating an Inclusive Culture, Teresa Boughey – CIPD fellow, CEO of Jungle HR and policy influencer – opened Relocate’s Festival of Global People in May with an inspiring and accessible keynote speech. Marianne Curphey reports.
“I
nclusion is the role and responsibility of everyone at an organisation,” Teresa Boughey explained in her keynote speech on creating an inclusive culture. Boughey is a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women at Work
and has a wealth of experience working with executive boards and leadership teams during times of change. She urged businesses to take stock of their current position, look
at gender pay data, how talent is recruited and the diversity of the selection panel. “Where do you get your talent from and does the process enable you to search from the greatest possible range?” she asked. “Do your recruitment partners challenge you and is the selection panel diverse? Bring on junior members if it is not.” Boughey spoke about the importance of ensuring that the reward
of individuals is fair and consistent – is performance management affected by bias and what is the level of staff engagement?
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The role of leadership is also key to setting the tone in an
organisation, Boughey said. There is a need for “credible and authentic” leaders who understand the impact they have on others. Inclusion is not the role of one person, but it’s about educating and supporting everyone. “Mentoring is vital, but what training do you give to your mentors? Consider stretch assignments to help people build confidence and look around at what is happening. Listen to what your workforce is telling you,” she advised. Boughey warned that it might take time to create a culture
change. “It’s a marathon, not a sprint. You are going to have to unpick generations of mindset and working practices – and it’s going to take time. The key issues are to analyse your data in order to learn where you can achieve the biggest improvements and commit to an action plan,” she explained.
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