This document discusses building leadership development programs and provides considerations for doing so in an equitable way. It notes that typical programs focus on diversity rather than addressing racism, with steps like finding Black colleagues to participate or adding terms like "BAME" without real change. Instead, it advocates starting with executive briefings to assess readiness and alignment, followed by an Equity Development Lab program over 4 weeks to create a racial equity plan using impactful actions. Measures of success include levels of introspection, credibility, buy-in, and involvement from those within the organization.

1. CONTEXTUAL + IMPACTFUL
Shereen Daniels, Managing Director with Leanne Mair | LM Consulting
www.hr-rewired.com
HOW TO BUILD
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMMES

2. Shereen Daniels Leanne Mair
Founder + Managing
Director, HR rewired
An advocate for anti-
racism in business,
Shereen is also Vice
Chair of the Black
Business Association
for London Chamber of
Commerce & Industry
An accomplished HR leader , Shereen is cited as
one of the leading voices of anti-racism in the
workplace and is a sought after speaker,
instructor and advisor. Shereen has been featured
in Forbes, BBC Worklife, voted one of LinkedIn's
Top Voices for 2020 and has been nicknamed the
'Oprah Winfrey of Anti-racism' due to the
popularity on her LinkedIn/YouTube live broadcasts
with guests!
Shereen accelerates Board-level knowledge to
implement strategic impactful actions to think
differently about anti-racism and advancing racial
equity.
hello@hr-rewired.com
Managing Director +
Principal,
LM Consulting
Advocating for gender
equality in business,
Leanne partners with
companies to help them
move from conversation
to action.
With over 14 years experience in financial
services, managing complex transactions with a
value of over EUR 100 Billion, Leanne brings both
expertise and personal experience to her gender
equality approach.
LM Consulting uses a 3 step method to improve both
gender and intra-gender inequalities within
companies
Leanne and her team also work with Black women to
provide career and leadership coaching.
contact@lmairconsulting.com

3. “We need more Black people”
Executive
briefings
Equity Development
Lab*

4. Equity Development
Lab* STEP 02
STEP 01
STEP 03
STEP 04 Typical
process
Decision to create a
leadership programme
STEP 01
Scramble to find Black
colleagues who want to
participate in the programme
STEP 04
Find a Black coach or
facilitator
STEP 02
Put the word BAME or Black
in front of it.
STEP 03

5. What have you do so far?

6. Trus
t

7. What is going to be different?
Executive
briefings
Equity Development
Lab*
RACISM NOT DIVERSITY
STATE OF READINESS
ALIGNMENT
START HERE
PLAN
MEASURES
ARE THERE ROLES?
BUDGET HOLDERS

8. Considerations
Executive
briefings
Equity Development
Lab*
INTROSPECTION 85%
CREDIBILITY
RACISM
BUY IN
INVOLVEMENT
ALIGNMENT
50%
40%
90%
100%
80%

9. What is the measure of
success?

10. About us
Executive
briefings
Listening forums Equity Development
Lab*
Knowledge Hub
A 90-min session to
prepare your Executive-
Board to understand the
real issues, context the
strategic imperative and
help them reflect on
their state of readiness
to begin the work that’s
needed.
‘Townhall’ style events
to center the voices of
marginalized employees
so they feel seen and
heard.
An opportunity to
encourage active
listening and the start
of leaning into
conversations about
race.
A 4-week program to
answer the ‘so what’.
Four half day sessions
over 4 weeks, we take
cohorts through the
foundations of building
a racial equity plan
using our proprietary
‘bank’ of actions which
are ranked according to
ease of implementation
and level of impact.
Licensed video content –
off the shelf and
bespoke + retained
support to act as a
safety net to
confidentially upskill
HR and Heads of
Departments to ensure
they are doing the right
thing, in the right way
so they continue the
work even if they make
mistakes.