INCLUSION & DIVERSITY
CHANGING THE NARRATIVE Accenting the Festival of Global People’s key focus – how to build, engage and enable global teams – Boughey’s new title, Closing the Gap – 5 steps to creating an Inclusive Culture, is a motivational account of how to acknowledge and champion the possible in everyone. The book brings to bear Boughey’s 25 years’ experience in
corporate HR and this was clear in her inspiring keynote, which was highly relevant for global managers and teams as they look to deal with the talent challenges of today and the coming years. She identified some “quick wins” for companies choosing
staff to go on international assignments, such as, “ensuring that when you look for staff to be sent on global mobility assignments you don’t always pick the same people to go forward. It is about broadening your scope and ensuring those opportunities aren’t narrowed because of someone’s race, gender or personal situation. I think it is absolutely vital not to make assumptions that people don’t want to be included.” In her speech, Boughey discussed the practices that really
should be ingrained within an organisation and how they will attract individuals with purpose who are keen to go overseas for assignments. Having worked with companies in the retail, general insurance,
travel and tourism industries, Boughey said that “what’s really apparent in those businesses is they want to do something about building a workplace culture that is not only a great place to work, but that is also an inclusive place to work.” Part of this is making the case and recognising that not everyone understands or sees the importance of inclusion in creating a great
place to work. This is where Closing the Gap’s TRIBE methodology – a five-step cyclical approach – really gains traction, including for companies and individuals who value inclusion, but are struggling to go beyond one-off initiatives and really embed its values. Boughey explained, “I am on a personal mission to become the beacon of responsibility and so that’s why I created my TRIBE method to inspire others. I genuinely think we all have unique differences and it’s about how we enable organisations to create a culture that really values those and allows those to shine through.”
INCLUSION MEANS BUSINESS – FOR EVERYONE Since setting up Jungle HR a decade ago, Boughey noticed that many companies show willingness to change, but that their approaches aren’t holistic or embedded, meaning business as usual takes over. Boughey acknowledges the vital role of leaders in all areas and
at every level, making inclusion count at work, including with the introduction of the gender pay gap reporting requirement for the UK’s largest employers. Boughey is on a mission to help 10,000 companies – the number of organisations required by law to report their gender pay gaps. Crucially, those that already report their gender pay gaps are
not the only companies in Boughey’s sights. “I was talking at an event recently where many of the companies represented fall just below the 250-employee mark, so don’t have to report by law,” she explained. “But my challenge was that gender pay gap reporting is as relevant to you as it is to the largest companies. You are in a great place to be able to tell your stories and to do something about inclusion.” ➲
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