Diversity Works Conference: BT Offices, St Pauls, 11 June 2008
The focus of Scope's Diversity Works Conference was to address the barriers of attitude and access faced by disabled people in becoming business leaders, why it makes organisational sense to develop a diverse workforce and how this can be achieved in practice. The Conference was fully supported by Scope's Diversity Works Partners; acas, BT, Capital One, KPMG and Lehman Brothers.
View the agenda (pdf download 76k) for the day and also the summary report (pdf download 616k).
The majority of the conference key speeches and workshop presentations are downloadable by clicking on the links.
Welcome and Introduction
Andy Rickell, Chair of the Diversity Works Partnership Board and Disability Commissioner.
Scope Setting the scene for the day's agenda
The landscape: why disabled leaders?
Anne McGuire MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Disabled People
The Government's role in promoting leadership opportunities for disabled people
Jon Sparkes, Chief Executive, Scope
The glass ceiling faced by disabled leaders
Caroline Waters, Director of People and Policy, BT
Presenting the business case for disabled leaders
Panel Discussion: How do we move the agenda forward? The role of government, business and disability organisations.
The perspective of an aspiring disabled leader from KPMG (Download, Powerpoint Presentation 4.1MB)
Parallel Workshop Sessions - the what and how of growing talented disabled leaders.
Workshop A: Developing Role Models, a perspective from BT. (Download, Powerpoint Presentation 208K)
Emma Newman, Martha Wiseman, Helen Chipchase
Workshop B: The race for talent recruiting the best graduates, a perspective from Lehman Brothers and Scope. (Download, Powerpoint Presentation 1.3MB)
Beth Rice, Gaynor Arnold
Workshop C: Learning the lessons from BME leadership development, a perspective from Path National UK. (Download, Powerpoint Presentation 212KB)
Bal McVeigh
Workshop D: Leadership Development, a perspective from the Cultural Leadership Programme (Download, Powerpoint Presentation 1.4MB)
Sarah Pickthall
Workshop E: Executive coaching for middle and senior managers, a perspective from disabled professionals. (Download, Powerpoint Presentation 1.1MB)
Danny West, Clare Walker
The challenge ahead
(Download, Powerpoint Presentation 728KB)Kevin Hogarth, Managing Vice President and Human Resources, Capital One
Chair's summary of the day
(Download, Powerpoint Presentation 160KB)Andy Rickell, Chair of the Diversity Works Partnership Board and Disability Commissioner, Scope