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Join us for this interactive session as we explore the role of governance in driving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion
Diversity and inclusion have come a long way in society and in business. They underpin not just recruitment and retention but performance and productivity too. Is there now, however, a backlash against this progress? Has diversity even become a dirty word? Will we ever genuinely have diverse and fully inclusive workplaces or have we stalled? What further value will we get from Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programmes in an increasingly complex business world?
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All members are welcome to attend this event supported by our Women Directors’ Network. Join the Women Directors’ Network shared interest group to receive updates about upcoming events, learnings and networking opportunities.
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Suran returned to New Zealand in 2016 after spending 14 years in the United Kingdom where she became a leading expert on diversity and inclusion. She is the founder and ex Chief Executive of Diversity Role Models (DRM) a charity that tackles gender and sexuality related bullying by encouraging empathy and critical thinking in young people. Prior to initiating this organisation in 2011, she was a teacher in both New Zealand and the UK for twelve years. Suran has written two well-received guides for teachers on how to work with students with special educational needs in a mainstream setting.
Through her work with DRM and now as director of Flipside Consulting, Suran has vast experience of working with corporate organisations to engineer innovate solutions to their people challenges. Passionate about inclusive leadership with a strategic focus on fostering authentic, happy and productive staff teams, she has delivered leadership programmes, team alignment workshops, mediation and hosted events for Google, the Royal Bank of Scotland, Accenture, MI6, Radio New Zealand, the CCHL group, Christ’s College, Forte Health, amongst many others. Suran also holds governance roles; she was on the South Canterbury District Health Board, chaired the local school board and is a trustee of Big Brothers Big Sisters. She is a member of the Institute of Directors, and the Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of New Zealand.
An influential writer and speaker, with numerous awards under her belt, including a Rising Star CEO accolade in 2015, Suran was named the 10th most influential person in the UK on the Independent’s Rainbow List. She is also a patron of the Diversity and Inclusion specialists, UKIED. Suran is one of those obsessive long distance runners, often found in the hills above Christchurch when she isn’t at home being mum to Sonny, her eight year old Chief Disruption Officer.
Twitter: @surandickson
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/surandickson
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/surandickson
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Kim Gerard
Canterbury Branch Executive
+64 21 243 6252
canterbury.branch@iod.org.nz
The Canterbury Branch acknowledges the generous support of
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