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A guide to having inclusive meetings
Ensuring that meetings are as inclusive as possible is a powerful shift that can unlock greater productivity, creativity, engagement and performance.
Here is a three-step framework for how to hold inclusive meetings.
Tip of the month: Keeping an open mind
Every month, we share an expert tip on mentoring from one of the Moving Ahead team or faculty members.
This month, Director of Programmes at Moving Ahead, Rebecca Davies, shares the idea of everyday mentoring moments.
“The second edition of ‘Connect’, our mentoring and development newsletter is now out!
Our Founder and CEO Liz Dimmock reflects on Moving Ahead's 10 year journey and looks forward to the future
Holiday Phillips tackles how to be a better ally and educate oneself about LGBTQ+ issues
Celebrating our Programme Partners
Last week we were delighted to hold our 2024 Programme Partner Conference at the vibrant offices of Gerald Eve in London.
We convened for a time of reflection, learning and celebration, acknowledging the generosity of our Programme Partners who are a vital link between Moving Ahead, mentors and mentees and the wider organisations that they are a part of.
Tip of the month
Every month, we share an expert tip on mentoring from one of the Moving Ahead team or faculty members.
This month, creative problem solving expert and Moving Ahead Ambassador, Kirk Vallis, shares the idea of everyday mentoring moments.
Inclusively yours: May 2024
Dear Holiday,
I've been following the discussions around DE&I initiatives, and while there's a lot of emphasis on individual responsibility, I wonder about the role of systems in fostering inclusivity. How can organisations strike a balance between individual change and systemic change to truly create inclusive environments?
Diversity champion Ann Cairns joins as Chair to help drive Moving Ahead’s strategy
Leading mentoring company Moving Ahead has announced that diversity champions Ann Cairns and Sir Trevor Phillips have joined forces to turbocharge the company's trajectory, with Cairns taking the position of chair.
Celebrating the Black British Business Awards
Moving Ahead founder and CEO, Liz Dimmock, describes the motivational buzz of being in the company of this year’s winners
How to ensure your DE&I programmes provide impact and value for money
In-house DE&I programmes can seem like a failsafe money saver - but these expensive experiments can sometimes underdeliver. Rebecca Davies unpicks the research
Human connection and the power to create change
Rebecca Davis, Head of Programmes at Moving Ahead discusses why human connection is important and looks at how it can create change.
Six reasons why cross-company mentoring works
Moving Ahead’s head of programmes Rebecca Davies tells us how cross-company mentoring can change lives, careers and even the way you do business.
“People leave these mentorship programmes with a lot more compassion than when they first came in.”
Benjamin Beckhart is Chief Engender Officer at Beckhart Engendra, and also the Golden Thread Facilitator on Moving Ahead’s US 30% Club Mission Gender Equity cross-company mentoring programme.
““If I had one word to describe Moving Ahead, it would be ‘transformative’.”
Mary Yun, Senior Vice President, Data Platform, Technology at Brown Brothers Harriman, mentor for Moving Ahead’s 30% Club cross-company mentoring programme talks about how she found it “enriching, empowering and fun”.
“The programme has given me the confidence to become more understanding and empathetic.”
Cross-company mentor Claire Vetori shares her insights as part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the 30% Club cross-company mentoring programmes.
Impactful and inspiring: the strength of cross company-mentoring
Trust, honesty and fresh thinking are hallmarks of the Moving Ahead mentoring programme. Kate Rimmington reports on its transformative power.
“The secret of corporate creativity? Boosting diversity through mentoring”
Kirk Vallis, innovation and creativity expert at Google explains all businesses can benefit from the creativity that true diversity can bring by taking part in a cross-company mentoring scheme
Congrats to the Lionesses! Now it’s time to shift the goalposts even further
Achieving greater gender parity in sport shouldn’t have to be such an uphill struggle, writes Moving Ahead founder and CEO Liz Dimmock
“Being mentored by someone outside of your organisation means you can focus on yourself.”
Mariam Shahbazuddin, senior scrum master at Fidelity Investments, found her experience evoked childhood memories of the most important role model in her life.
“Mentoring allows you to unlock ideas – which then allows you to unlock your potential”
Olympic athlete Sarah Winckless was at a life’s crossroads when she left the world of elite sports and then she discovered Moving Ahead.