Diversity, Inclusion and Teamworking Flashcards
How could Lendlease improve diversity in the workplace?
- Varied recruitment panel
- Multiple stages of interviews
Why and how is the RICS addressing diversity and inclusion?
- Traditionally suffered a lack of diversity
What are qualities of a good team player?
How do you encourage D&I at work?
- Provide training
- Celebrate holidays
- Use inclusive language (gender neutral terms and pronouns)
- Opportunities for skills development (learn new skills at work and company pays for it)
- I am part of Gender Equity Network where we campaign for gender equality e.g. parental leave is 6 months for mothers and fathers
When have you worked as part of a team?
Currently I am working on the Plot 78 RMA submission. I am working closely with the Project Manager to delegate responsibilities to different consultants. I then work closely with each consultant to ensure we have clearly communicated the deliverables and deadlines. This is a team effort to submit a coordinated RMA.
What behaviours contribute to successful team working?
- Ensure the team is diverse in terms of backgrounds and qualities
What is key legislation relating to D&I?
Equality Act (2010)
What are the 9 protected characteristics of the Equality Act (2010)?
- Gender reassignment
- Sex
- Sexual orientation
- Age
- Disability
- Race
- Religion / belief
- Marriage / partnership
- Pregnancy / maternity
Which Rule of Conduct (2021) does D&I relate to?
Rule 4
What must sole practitioners do to encourage D&I?
- Office accessible for visitors
- Website accessible
- Challenge exclusionary behaviour
- Diversify supply chain and champion minority owned businesses
What must smaller firms do to encourage D&I?
- Recruit a range of talent
- Inclusive job descriptions
- Policies for behaviour, parental leave, caring responsibilities and well-being
- Consistent onboarding
What must larger firms do to encourage D&I?
- Remove bias from recruitment
- Collect and publish EDI data regarding diversity of workplace
- Staff training on EDI and inclusivity
- Support employee groups that support different communities
How might you test unconscious bias?
Implicit Assumptions Testing
What are the RICS doing to address D&I?
RICS, RTPI, RIBA and CIOB have signed a Memorandum of Understanding Action Plan (MoU) intended to create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive sector.
What does the MoU require?
-Organisations determine reasons for poor performance through data collection and education.
How does the Bichard Review relate to D&I?
Requires the RICS to improve diversity and inclusivity in decisions and action relating to its governance
What behaviours are associated with good team working?
- Listening
- Discussing
- Persuading
- Respect
- Helping
- Sharing
- Participating
- Communication
- Reflection
How can you avoid unconscious bias?
Through recruitment
How can you improve teamworking?
- Plan a clear map of where your team wants to go, share goals as individuals with team and work together
- Create a good team culture (internal diversity and inclusion policies, including anti-harassment or anti-discrimination)
- Stick to policies
- Inspire and keep work interesting
- If you are in a management position, try and delegate / offer training
- Don’t be a bad boss, makes team less successful
- Set the right tone
- Accountability goes both ways
What is unconscious bias?
Unconscious (or implicit) bias is a term that describes the associations we hold, outside our conscious awareness and control.
Affinity Bias - Similar characteristics to you
Halo effect - Like one thing about them e.g. went to a good uni
How to overcome unconscious bias?
- Be aware of it
- Multiple steps in recruitment
- Diverse recruitment panel
- Justify decisions with evidence
- Work with a wide range of people and get to know them as individuals
- Focus on positive behaviour of people rather than negative stereotypes
- Employers should implement policies that limit the influence of individual characteristics and preferences
- Communication / collaborate / contribute / encourage all members of the team to contribute
- Some of these might involve negotiation, remember to stand your ground
- Avoid bombarding colleagues with emails
What is key legislation?
The Equality Act (2010)
- Legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and wider society
How is the RICS involved?
- RICS understands it is historically not diverse
- Signed up to ‘Inclusive Employer Quality Mark’ (sign up to diversity and inclusion principles, any company can apply to it)
