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NHS Trusts

Leading Inclusion Intentionally with CQ® across NHS Trusts and National Bodies

Work Successfully with Difference

We provide tailored solutions for NHS Trusts and National Bodies that will help you take your Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategies to a place where it makes a real difference for the whole NHS Trust / National organisation.

Make a Real Difference

CQ® goes beyond existing approaches of cultural sensitivity, unconscious bias and cultural awareness and sets out the skills, abilities and capabilities that individuals and NHS Trusts need, to successfully and respectfully work with difference and diversity.

Intentionally Inclusive and Culturally Intelligent

We are committed to working across the Health and Social Care landscape to build intentionally inclusive, culturally intelligent organisations and teams where the diversity of the workforce is positively leveraged to produce better outcomes for patients, staff and communities particularly those from marginalised communities.

Supporting the Journey

Explore our solutions and find out how we can partner with you to achieve a Culturally Intelligent and Inclusive organisation.

Who We Partner With

We are driven by creating a better, fairer and more inclusive UK public and community sector.

“I’ve learnt so much about my cultural values and how they could have been perceived as negative. I now have an understanding of what it is that I found negative in others, now I have a grounding to see beyond that. This experience has enabled me to see interactions as challenges that can be overcome to bring about a positive solution, not just at work, but in all areas of my life.”

“I have found that Above Difference can equip staff with a toolkit of skills, knowledge and top tips to navigate the complicated demographic that we serve. I feel this programme is potentially a game changer and highly recommend it as exactly that.”

“We believe that the CQ^® masterclasses delivered by Jennifer Izekor, Founder of Above Difference, to our middle and senior leaders have significantly enhanced their capability to relate effectively and perform in the culturally diverse context of our organisation and wider society. This has been particularly important in support of our drive to improve the confidence in policing of all our communities and increase our ability to attract the very best talent from the full range of diversity.”

“Cultural intelligence (CQ^®) is not just about your knowledge of others and how this influences your relationships but it helps shape you as a person and allow you to put your head above the parapet and be strong. Since plucking up the courage to speak 1:1 with my CEO to share my views on changing the approaches to engage staff and create trust, I am now invited to the table to give my opinion on how we can improve the culture of our trust/organisation.”

“I need more than the usual three stable offers – unconscious bias training, reverse mentoring and BME panel member (inclusion) at interview. This proved what I believe is more than this. It involves moral and emotional commitment but first a cognitive understanding of culture. Fantastic.”

“Has reinforced how complex it is to achieve inclusiveness and that it is a process which is never complete.”

Above Difference Insights

LEADERSHIP

Inclusion in a Very English Way. Why Cultural Intelligence (CQ) Makes Inclusion, Inclusive

Why we need to constantly question our assumptions about what Inclusion looks and feels like from different cultural perspectives.

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DIFFERENCE

Disrupting Unconscious Bias: Recognising Evidence Based Cultural Intelligence and Inclusion

Unconscious Bias (UB) Awareness workshops have been recommended as a panacea to the Diversity and Inclusion concerns. However, at Above Difference we’d like to offer you an alternative.

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DIFFERENCE

Could CQ and Inclusive Leadership be the long awaited catalyst for change?

Is it time to take a different and more radical approach to diversifying the colour of leadership in the public sector? What can CQ offer that hasn’t been tried before?

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LEADERSHIP

What’s a culturally intelligent and inclusive leader and how do you know you are one?

Leading the way to intentional inclusion begins with embracing ambiguity and exploring the depth of difference.

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DIFFERENCE

How does your organisation feel?

Emerging research demonstrates that having a diverse organisation or team is not enough.

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How Can We Help You?

Get in touch with us – we look forward to working with you.

The unique combination of Cultural Intelligence (CQ) and Inclusive Leadership offers a new, innovative approach to the inclusion agenda that is rooted in academic research and based on a clear framework.

At Above Difference, we equip leaders and organisations to move from to ‘managing diversity’ to ‘leading inclusion’. By developing CQ and Inclusive leadership styles in individuals and organisations, we develop individual’s ability to decisively and intentionally create inclusive workplace cultures where diversity is recognised as one of the organisations greatest assets and all cultures are valued and respected.

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