Melanie Richards is described as one of the most prominent activists for Gender Equality in UK business
A Founder Member of the 30 Per Cent Club Steering Committee and Vice Chair and Partner at KPMG in the UK
In this rare interview she shares her considerable experience with us.
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Here’s some key messages from this episode:
– How the 30 Per cent Club benefitted from a “Happy Coincidence”
– The importance of targets to increase Diversity within the workplace
– The potential of employee resource groups to drive change in an organisation
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Here’s some key takeaways from this episode:
The difference between Targets and Quotas
“People get very confused, when I advocate the need to publish targets, people think you’re talking about quotas.”
Voluntary Business Led Change
“We can’t diminish the role of government in continuing to shine a light on it and hold people to account in a constructive collaborative way”
A Data Driven Approach
“I think the benefit of data is that it helps you to unpick the why”
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Here’s some resources so you can go deeper:
The Equality Act (2010) Gender Pay Gap Information
KPMG sets diversity targets across gender, race, disability and sexual orientation
Use this for your own development
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