Recruiting Diverse Leaders - Tackling unconscious bias in the boardroom

This Sector Connector workshop is free to all VCSE organisations operating in the Newcastle, Gateshead, North Tyneside & Northumberland areas.

This event will take place at One Strawberry Lane, NE1 4BX.

Inclusive board recruitment is essential for creating resilient, forward-thinking leadership, and brings varied perspectives, innovative problem-solving, and a greater alignment with stakeholders.

Awareness of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) principals can be a positive step to tackling unconscious bias and foster more informed decision making. Research has shown that a dedication to embedding EDI principles into recruitment processes will enable Boards to access underrepresented talent and better equip the organisation in their delivery.

This workshop will be led by James Carss, CEO of Castle Peak Group - an executive search consultancy focused on diversity. James has 20 years of executive search experience, and is certified in Understanding Diversity and Inclusion, and Assessment, Interviewing & Onboarding qualifications.

The session will help us to gain clarity on unconscious bias and understand…
• The different types of bias
• How to address these biases to create a diverse board
• The 5 Pillars of Inclusive Recruitment
• How we can minimise the impact of bias within an application process
 

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Please note: This workshop is happening in partnership with the Celebrating Trustees networking lunch, taking place immediately afterwards in the same venue. Whilst there's no requirement to attend both, you're very welcome to stay for lunch, but please register separately by clicking HERE.

Connected Voice is committed to reducing our environmental impact and want to champion environmental sustainability to all organisations in the VCSE sector. 
 
To reduce the carbon footprint of our events, we would like to politely request that all attendees make the best effort, where viable, to travel to our events in the most environmentally friendly way possible. 

• The venue has secure bike storage and free to use shower facilities 
• The venue is within 60 seconds from St James Metro Station  
• The venue is less than a 15 minute walk from Central Station  
• The venue is close to 22, 351, 354, 40 and X1 bus links 
• Many city centre bus links are within 10 minutes from the venue  
  
   

Our training and events are funded from a variety of sources, allowing us to offer them for free to eligible organisations. Please check the eligibility requirements for each session before signing up, as this varies from course to course. If your organisation is not eligible for a free session you may be interested in one of our tailored training packages.

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Attendance and value Our team have dedicated significant time and resource to create and deliver our excellent range of training and events. Connected Voice is funded for this work, allowing us to offer these events free of charge. However, we expect people who have registered to prioritise attendance and let us know as soon as possible if there is a barrier to attending. We may follow up with you if you are absent without letting us know.

Delivery method This session will be delivered at One Strawberry Lane, an accessible venue. You can find out more here. 

Accessibility Please let us know in advance if you have any accessibility requirements that would help you get the most out of this session. We will do everything we can to accommodate them. We can provide a BSL interpreter for training and events on request, but ask you to give us enough advance notice to enable this to be organised. To maximise resources, we are unable to provide BSL interpreters for all sessions unless we know this is essential.

Evaluation This event is free to attend but all participants will be required to complete a short evaluation on completion. This feedback enables us to continue delivering a free programme of training and events.

For security and practical reasons: You can only book one place for yourself. If a colleague wants to attend, they will need to book separately themselves. You must give us all the essential information requested so that we know your registration is genuine.

If circumstances change, you must advise us as soon as possible so that the place isn’t wasted as we have limited spaces for each event. You must also advise us if a substitute person from your organisation is attending in your place. We will be monitoring non-attendance, and may not accept future bookings from regular non-attenders.