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Inclusive Interviewing at BT

BT has a strong commitment to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workforce and has made significant progress, building up a wealth of experience in this area. Several teams in BT’s Enterprise division were due to carry out large amounts of interviewing. They saw an opportunity to upskill hiring managers and HR Business Partners to apply […]

Written by on July 11, 2019

Stand in My Shoes: Race and Culture in Parliament

To celebrate the launch of their report on Race at Work, ParliREACH (a Workplace Equality Network in support of increasing awareness and appreciation of race, ethnicity, and cultural heritage issues) hosted an event with presentations and panel discussions on this particular topic. The distinguished guest panellists and speakers included a number of prominent names in […]

Written by on May 29, 2019

Positive Action Programme for BAME staff

In 2015, we were approached by members of the Diversity and Inclusion team at the Cabinet Office who wanted to address a perpetual problem of BAME employees being under-represented at senior grades.  Pearn Kandola were selected to work with the Cabinet Office because of our research into successful positive action programmes, discrimination in the work […]

Written by on May 10, 2019

Understanding bullying and harassment in CLSICO

Most service providers only offered half a day “familiarisation” on harassment and bullying in the workplace. China LNG Shipping (International) Co Ltd (CLSICO) was looking for a supplier, who understood them as a business, to deliver bespoke training, to specifically recognise if and when harassment and bullying is happening in their workplace – a marine […]

Written by on April 29, 2019

Engaging unconscious bias sessions at a top ranking university

A top ranking university got in contact with Pearn Kandola for bespoke unconscious bias training tailored to different demographics – academics, support staff, and students. They wanted the training to meet these needs and work within their working days. Solution We created workshops to cover all the essential aspects of bias whilst tailoring the content, […]

Written by on April 29, 2019

Embedding long-lasting behavior change at HSBC with Inclusive Leadership

The objective set by HSBC was to simply support their organisation’s senior leaders in having a demonstrable impact on the levels of diversity within their teams and across their functions. HSBC asked us to develop an Inclusive Leadership program, based on our extensive research on how to make a genuine difference and to have maximum […]

Written by on April 29, 2019

Tailored unconscious bias training for 3i

Unconscious bias was not a new concept to 3i. Most of their employees had already had training on unconscious bias and its implications. However, they wanted to go a step further – they wanted training that enabled their leaders and managers to make meaningful and positive progress on the Diversity & Inclusion strategy by actively […]

Written by on February 25, 2019

WorleyParsons’ global leaders embrace inclusive leadership and bias awareness

In 2013 WorleyParsons, a leading provider of engineering, procurement and construction management services to the resources and energy sectors, asked Pearn Kandola to deliver a leadership and unconscious bias programme for their most senior leaders. The result was a one day bias awareness and inclusive leadership training workshop delivered by Binna Kandola between March 2013 […]

Written by on July 9, 2018

Culture of leadership drives progress at Hays

Any company going places needs skilful, effective leaders and a results-orientated attitude. Hays’ global management team is working with Pearn Kandola to ensure it’s ready and able to capitalise on the huge business opportunities ahead. This is an exciting time for Hays, the world’s sixth-largest recruitment business. It is well-established in the UK and has […]

Written by on July 9, 2018

Surfacing attitudes to agile working at Coventry City Council

Earlier this year, Pearn Kandola worked with Coventry City Council to support them in rolling out their strategy for increasing agile working. There were a number of important drivers for creating a more agile and flexible working environment, not least of which was the desire to improve efficiencies and capitalise on a move to new […]

Written by on July 9, 2018