Valuing Diversity, Managing DifferenceOur Approach

• Leadership

• Management Capability

• Individual (skills and strategies)

• Sensitisation

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Encouraging Participation & Building Commitment

There are three strategic priorities:

• Awareness: ensuring that top managers in Public Management understand what managing diversity means and how it enhances what they do

• Leadership: developing leaders who can demonstrate a commitment to diversity and take personal responsibility to develop and meet diversity objectives

• Management Capability: equipping, developing and supporting managers to promote and be accountable for managing diversity

From Equality to DiversityImperatives for Change

Group Focus

Exclusive applications

Piecemeal initiatives

Integrating into existing culture

Removing barriers

Complying with the law

Individual Focus

Inclusive applications

Business linked strategy

Inclusion into an open culture

Nurturing potential

Developing best practice

Actions for Change

• Leadership -The strategic imperative

• Leadership - The fit for purpose imperative

• Learning & sharing in our workplaces/organisations and across public service

• Learning & sharing, forging strategic alliances & partnerships across sectors