Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in the Workplace – with Woosh Raza #021

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in the Workplace - with Woosh Raza #021 Recorded prior to the current COVID-19 Pandemic, Nick Day sat down with Senior HR Leader, Woosh Raza, Head of Human Resources and Learning & Development for a brilliant charity called Phoenix Futures and an individual who is incredibly passionate about Equality & Diversity. I met Woosh recently when he kindly invited me to form part of a CIPD London panel which explored how we can improve diversity and inclusion in relation to recruitment practices. Woosh is an expert in developing strategic people plans that align with organisational goals and leading high performing HR teams. Phoenix Futures are a charity committed to supporting those who suffer from alcohol addiction or substance abuse. The charity is well recognised in the sector.  Woosh has worked in senior HR roles for over a decade in the remit of generalist and as a leader of HR teams so it was an absolute delight to be able to sit down with him and talk all about Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace.  As Woosh articulately tells us on the episode: *  Equality is having a seat on the table * Diversity is raising your voice * Inclusion is about having that voice heard In this “Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in the Workplace” podcast episode, we discover: * Why it is essential HR and L&D teams address issues related to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion * What does Equality, Diversity & Inclusion mean in the workplace context? * What should and can be done by HR and L&D Teams to combat ED&I challenges * Are issues related to ED&I progressing or regressing? * How can technology help in address and improve ED&I practices * What are the common pitfalls that organisations are making when it comes to ED&I? * Why diversity leads to better profits? * What are the immediately implementable actions an HR practitioner can take after listening to this episode of the HR L&D podcast? To find out more about this “Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in the Workplace” episode of the HR L&D Podcast is highlighted below: * Woosh Raza LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/woosh-raza-chartered-mcipd-8a8b3034/ * Phoenix-Futures Charity: https://www.phoenix-futures.org.uk/ * JGA HR recruitment Services (HR & Payroll Recruitment Services) * Nick Day - [email protected] (Contact the HR L&D Podcast Host) * Nick Day: Linkedin Profile Subscribe the HR L&D Podcast: Apple Podcasts| Android | Email | RSS | More Of course, if you are an HR or L&D professional listening to this podcast and you have an HR, HRIS or L&D related vacancy that you would love some specialist HR recruitment support with – please also get in touch with me!

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This HR L&D Podcast is focused on helping HR and learning and development professionals to get the best out of their workforce by providing advice, guidance and best practice initiatives that will help develop the skills and capabilities that can drive the performance of your company. With advice provided by HR and L&D industry leaders, we cover a range of subjects including content curation, technology, organisational development, recruitment, strategy, performance and training practices that will help you to get the best out of your workforce. This HR and L&D Podcast aims to help you boost company performance by unearthing best practice techniques that will genuinely help HR and L&D professionals to align and execute learning, training and development strategies with requirements and priorities of your company. If you are an HR or Learning and Development professional responsible for boosting company performance, evaluating training programmes, delivering coaching and mentoring initiatives or developing training strategy then this HR L&D Podcast is for you. We hope our episodes will become a critical tool that helps you to accelerate your learning so that you can develop agile, innovative and responsive learning and development strategies that will, in turn, provide your organisation with the capability required to execute its goals. Please enjoy, subscribe, like, review and share this HR L&D Podcast and add it your favourites! This HR L&D Podcast is sponsored by Think Learning who empower organisations to create safer and better places to work through the implementation of Totara Learn, a fully featured Learning Management System. Contact [email protected] to find out more (quote the HR L&D Podcast when you make contact) In the meantime, if you have any HR or L&D recruitment requirements that JGA HR Recruitment Services can assist with, please do reach out to me at [email protected]. We are specialist HR recruiters with over 100 years of expert HR recruitment expertise (quote "The HR L&D Podcast" to receive a 20% discount on all Terms of business). You can also download free HR whitepapers and a wealth of HR articles on our website. Find out more by visiting us at jamesgray.wpengine.com. Contact us today to find out more. Tel: 01727 800 377. Email [email protected]