INSIGHT

Our Insight consultancy services are fully flexible to match organisational requirements and culture as needed.

The Embankment approach to consultancy is client-friendly, offering a mix of solutions supporting a range of different audiences.

Boards, Executive Committees and senior decision-making groups
Collective responsibility for organisational strategy and leadership requires practical understanding in leading diversity as a critical business issue for the future.

Solution - facilitated group discussions/workshops, presentations and interactive learning - covering communications skills, self-awareness, behavioral change and competence development.

Senior Leaders in the public and private sector responsible for/involved in diversity practice in their organisations who want to develop their own personal competence and strategic vision.

Solution - 1:1 work - direct interventions, diversity skills coaching, action planning, communication.

Leadership Development Practitioners who want to make diversity a mainstream element of their leadership programmes.

Solution - strategic diversity training content design/integration and delivery.

Executive and Performance Coaching Professionals - to broaden the coaching toolkit through diversity-specific awareness, skills-building and competence development, enabling leaders to embrace diversity as a mainstream feature of the leadership agenda.

Solution - 1:1 and group work up-skilling coaches, joint ad hoc diversity-specific coaching sessions for individual clients.

Executive Search/Career Development Advisers who need to meet increasingly exacting client standards for diverse shortlists and better understand career development issues for minority candidates.

Solution - 1:1 and group work up-skilling recruitment managers and careers advisers/coaches; tailored awareness and problem-solving sessions for individual client-side recruitment/management development experts.

Organisational Development and Change Managers who want to incorporate strategic change around diversity into their wider OD and organisational change programmes.

Solution – strategic design & integration; 1:1 and group work on skill building and awareness-raising with change managers and team, joint Board/Leadership sessions with OD teams.

In-house experts in diversity, HR and work-life balance - whose leadership teams can benefit from an external perspective on leadership diversity development across a range of different organisations, sectors and industries

Solution - 1:1 coaching and group workshops – aligning HR, work-life and diversity activity through recruitment, retention and employee relations functions. Cross-sector experience brings new perspectives for experienced diversity practitioners.

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Research & Analysis

With experienced associates who have conducted major research projects in large public and private sector organisations in the UK and globally, Embankment is ideally placed to support the development of diversity strategy and expert analysis of its impact, through specialist qualitative research.

Many organisations value an external perspective on their organisational environment and culture as it relates to diversity and inclusion, with the opportunity to learn from the inside out about the real issues affecting diverse employee groups at work.

This analysis offers a strong platform from which to design specific interventions and initiatives, as well as providing a baseline of evidence from which to measure progress into the future.

When matched with organisations’ quantitative employee profile data, our research generates a powerful impetus for change, commanding attention and underpinning action at the highest level.

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Gender-specific solutions and interventions

With 7 years expertise in gender-specific organisational activity, Embankment’s experience and associates can add value by integrating gender-based perspectives throughout the consulting options, as well as tackling specific issues :

Female under-representation in management roles – helping organisations to understand the reasons underlying female under-representation and developing tools to help respond to and overcome the barriers.

Solution – strategic analysis through focus groups and/or structured 1:1 interviews, recommendations for action, and support with implementation.

Women’s development and career progression - working direct with women themselves to understand the culture, better manage their profile in the organisation and set their sights on career advancement.

Solution – workshops and informal “lunch & learn” discussions to provide a safe environment in which to explore the issues facing women as they progress to management and senior roles. Identification of training/development needs and report back with recommendations for action. Signposting to reputable gender-specific training & development providers.

Professional networking for women – exploring the cultural environment for establishing networks and supporting organisations with expertise in empowering women to take ownership and get involved.

Solution – environmental analysis, report-back and recommendations, focus groups and 1:1 interviews with women at senior levels and those entering management positions, working direct with women to demonstrate the personal and professional benefits of networking, providing models and best practice example for setting up women’s networks.

Effective cross-gender communication – exploring the biological influences through gender that shape how women and men tend to communicate in particular styles. Achieving understanding of how to cross the gender communications gap, for more effective working relationships that benefit business and clients.

Solution – ‘Mars & Venus @ Work’ – a fun and interactive learning experience for men and women, in partnership with Eve-olution www.eve-olution.net

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