A half day workshop for circa up to 10 Company Directors aimed at meeting the IoD ‘Fairness’ principle.
Workshop Outcomes :
At the end of the workshop participants will be able to :
- Demonstrate the importance of fairness in leadership and its impact on culture
- Make decisions that are justifiable, impartial, consistent and merit based
- Treat people equitably without discrimination or bias
- Embed fairness into decision-making process
| Duration (4 hrs) | Topic | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 30 mins | Welcome and Introduction | Welcome and introductions. Welcome participants Session outcomes and Conditions for Success Setting context : The significance of fairness in leadership Icebreaker : fair or unfair? |
| 09:30 60 mins | Understanding fairness in decision making | Understanding fairness in decision making Defining fairness : what it means to make fair decisions as a Director Card sort exercises : Key principles of impartiality, consistency and merit. Key to justifiable decisions Case study : the consequences of unfairness. What went wrong? Fairness ‘audit’ : how are you – your organisation shaping up? |
| 10:30 15 mins | Break | |
| 10:45 60 mins | Treating People Equitably Equality v Equity Bias Equity in action | Treating People Equitably Exercise : Equality versus Equity? Unconscious Bias : Exercise : Identifying and addressing bias (how bias impacts fairness) Mitigating bias Case scenarios : Equity in Action |
| 11:45 60 mins | Fairness – Leadership practices Building a culture of fairness Fair processes and standards Fairness framework | Fairness – Leadership Practices Trainer input on building a culture of fairness Group exercise : Leadership’s role in promoting fair practices Trainer input on establishing fair processes and standards Group exercise : Fairness Framework : Participants develop a framework for ensuring fairness in a specific area of their leadership (e.g. performance evaluation, resource allocation, etc) Debrief and agreement on how to implement their frameworks |
| 12:45 | Action Planning | Action Planning and Next Steps Key takeaways and EBI (what next) |
| 13:00 | Close |
