Anthony Haynes writes: Matthew Redford, the General Osteopathic Council's CEO and Registrar, tells the story of how the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) went about improving its talent acquisition from the perspective of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

Focusing on the appointment of non-executives, Matthew recounts how the GOsC moved from making appointments that were predominantly white and male to  markedly more diverse outcomes.

Some of the steps were small, some fairly obvious - and some of them were altogether bolder...

Credits

Music: Harry Chalmers
Editing: Simon Haynes

Finally, what we do

FJ Wilson Talent Services provides recruitment and talent development services and also coaching for individuals.

We specialise in professional roles at mid or senior level, Our core market comprises organisations for professionals - typically membership bodies, learning providers, and awarding bodies.

To find out more about our services and to contact us, visit our website fjwilson.com.

Anthony Haynes writes: On this podcast, we've tended to focus on talent acquisition and career development, especially in relation to our core market - which comprises professional organisation (membership bodies, awarding bodies, and learning providers). But we've been intending for some time now to pivot occasionally to feature the work of our clients more broadly.

In this, the first episode of this type, we had the good fortune to interview Dr Valerie Vaughan-Dick (CEO, RIBA). We discuss:

• RIBA's role
• current priorities for RIBA
• acting as a voice of the profession
• the changing needs for skills and human capital
• Valerie's careerl, including her involvement with the built environment and urban regeneration

Link

Royal Institute of British Architects: https://www.architecture.com/


Further listening

We hope you found listening to this episode rewarding. If so, you might also be interested in:

• Establishing a culture of coaching, with Vanessa Harwood-Whitcher
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion, with Olivia Hill (AAT)
• How to improve recruitment practices, with Afrah Qassim (Savera UK)

Finally, what we do

FJ Wilson Talent Services provides recruitment and talent development services and also coaching for individuals.

We specialise in professional roles at mid or senior level, Our core market comprises organisations for professionals - typically membership bodies, learning providers, and awarding bodies.

To find out more about our services and to contact us, visit our website fjwilson.com.

Anthony Haynes writes: Welcome to a new season (our 7th)! In this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Olivia Hill, People Director of Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT). 

We discussed the initiatives that AAT have embedded concerning diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In particular, we focused on:

• the role of data - its collection and reporting - in providing the foundation stones for DEI strategy
• measuring progress and formulating and reviewing targets
• taking action: ensuring that practical measures are taken to have an impact on the organisation and the wider world

In the process we explore such key themes as access to the profession, membership engagement, performance management, and the role of third parties.

Finally, what we do

FJ Wilson Talent Services provides recruitment and talent development services and also coaching for individuals.

We specialise in professional roles at mid or senior level, Our core market comprises organisations for professionals - typically membership bodies, learning providers, and awarding bodies.

To find out more about our services and to contact us, visit our website fjwilson.com.

Anthony Haynes writes: Our experience of working with organisations for professionals (membership organisations, learning providers, and awarding bodies) shows that there is a long-term and still growing trend of wishing to recruit people who can help the employer develop a sharper commercial edge.

In this episode, Fiona Wilson (MD of FJ Wilson Talent Services) provides detailed guidance on where the challenges lie and how they can be avoided or overcome. She focuses on the issues of

• candidate attraction
• selection processes
• induction

This is the first episode in our Talent Report series in which Fiona provides insights gleaned from developments in the talent industry and the market place.

Further listening

We hope you found this episode rewarding. If so, other episodes likely to be of interest include 

• How to improve recruitment practices: Afrah Qassim of Savera UK
• Establishing a culture of coaching, with Vanessa Harwood-Whitcher
• Good practice in onboarding and induction, with Dawn Pike

Credits

• Editing: Simon Haynes
• music: Harry Chalmers

Finally, what we do

FJ Wilson Talent Services provides recruitment and talent development services and also coaching for individuals.

We specialise in professional roles at mid or senior level, Our core market comprises organisations for professionals - typically membership bodies, learning providers, and awarding bodies.

To find out more about our services and to contact us, visit our website fjwilson.com.

Anthony Haynes writes: Once a recruitment agency has been engaged and briefed on a role, the question arises of how to conduct the search for potential candidates.

This entails two entwined considerations, namely how to conduct the search efficiently and how to ensure that the search aligns with DEI factors.

Here Sherah Beckley interviews FJWTS Managing Director, Fiona Wilson, on both aspects of the question.

Their conversation includes a discussion of such factors as search tools and search protocols. The emphasis throughout is on going beyond the obvious to develop flexible, creative, and proactive strategies,

Further listening

We hope you found this episode rewarding. If so, other episodes likely to be of interest include

• How talent acquisition works: the researcher role
• Writing job advertisements: a DEI perspective

Finally, what we do

FJ Wilson Talent Services provides recruitment and talent development services and also coaching for individuals.

We specialise in professional roles at mid or senior level, Our core market comprises organisations for professionals - typically membership bodies, learning providers, and awarding bodies.

To find out more about our services and to contact us, visit our website fjwilson.com.

Anthony Haynes writes: 'Being passionate' has become a cliché of management speech - but in the case of Vanessa Harwood-Whitcher (CEO, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health), the culture of coaching is genuinely a passion.
 
Our conversation explores, in the context of IOSH's culture, the relation of coaching to a range of concepts - notably

• empowerment
• learning culture
• learning from each other - informally as well as formally

In the process, we consider the significance of inclusion, psychological safety, reverse mentoring, feedback, and reflective learning. 

Links

IoSH website: iosh.com


Further listening

We hope you found this episode a rewarding listen. If so, you might particularly enjoy the following:

• Coaching: an inside view

Credits

Thanks to Harry Chalmers for the music and Bart Hallmark for audio editing.

Finally, what we do

FJ Wilson Talent Services provides recruitment and talent development services and also coaching for individuals.

We specialise in professional roles at mid or senior level, Our core market comprises organisations for professionals - typically membership bodies, learning providers, and awarding bodies.

To find out more about our services and to contact us, visit our website fjwilson.com.

Anthony Haynes writes: There's plenty of guidance on how to construct job advertisements - but much of it has little to say about considerations of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

In this episode, Sherah Beckley and I focus on these considerations. There are several widely occurring pitfalls. Simply anticipating them can help to improve your advertisements in terms of DEI.

Here we identify typical pitfalls and outline why they matter.

Further listening

We hope you found this episode a rewarding listen. If so, you might particularly enjoy the following:

• DEI in talent acquisition, with Dawn Pike
• How to maximise candidate attraction, with Fiona Wilson
• Laying the foundations for DEI, with Fiona Wilson

Credits

Thanks to Harry Chalmers for the music and Bart Hallmark for audio editing.

Finally, what we do

FJ Wilson Talent Services provides recruitment and talent development services and also coaching for individuals.

We specialise in professional roles at mid or senior level, Our core market comprises organisations for professionals - typically membership bodies, learning providers, and awarding bodies.

To find out more about our services and to contact us, visit our website fjwilson.com.

Anthony Haynes writes: Many organisations - employers and talent agencies - are reviewing their policies regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In this, the first episode in our occasional series on the topic, Fiona Wilson (MD of FJWTS), Sherah Beckley, and I begin with a broad perspective: how can we lay the foundations for effective policy? And, in particular, what are the pitfalls to avoid?

Further listening

We hope you found this episode a rewarding listen. If so, you may be interested in the following episodes:

• DEI in talent acquisition, with Dawn Pike
• How to improve recruitment practices, with Afrah Qassim

Credits

Thanks to Harry Chalmers for the music and Bart Hallmark for audio editing.

Finally, what we do

FJ Wilson Talent Services provides recruitment and talent development services and also coaching for individuals.

We specialise in professional roles at mid or senior level, Our core market comprises organisations for professionals - typically membership bodies, learning providers, and awarding bodies.

To find out more about our services and to contact us, visit our website fjwilson.com.

Anthony Haynes writes: Though the majority of our episodes concern talent acquisition, we also cover wider aspects of human resources - notably talent development. That is our focus here. 

In particular, drawing on Fiona Wilson's experience of providing coaching services, we reflect on the nature of coaching.

In particular, we explore:

• who benefits most from coaching - and how
• which contexts are most suitable
• how to establish goals, scope, and expectations
• characteristics of getting started and early-stage coaching
• the roles and responsibilities of the coach and coachee

Link
Pilotlight: https://www.pilotlight.org.uk/

Further listening

We hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast. If so, you might find the following episodes of particular interest:

• How to improve your meetings, with Carrie Goucher
• Presenting yourself: 'self-branding'
• Networking: the how and the why

Finally, what we do

FJ Wilson Talent Services provides recruitment and talent development services and also coaching for individuals.

We specialise in professional roles at mid or senior level, Our core market comprises organisations for professionals - typically membership bodies, learning providers, and awarding bodies.

To find out more about our services and to contact us, visit our website fjwilson.com.

Anthony Haynes writes: My impression from attending Recruitment Expo a couple of weeks ago was that a couple of themes were dominating discussion - one was technology, especially AI, and the other was diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI).

When it comes to the latter, we think there's a premium on discussion that is rooted in experience and deals with specifics. In this episode, our returning guest - Dawn Pike of New Dawn Consulting - absolutely fits the bill.

Here Dawn reflects on her experience, especially of introducing DEI policy. with a focus on aspects of recruitment. Dawn helpfully distils the learning points that might prove applicable in other contexts.

Links

The website for Dawn's company, New Dawn HR is here: https://www.newdawnhrconsultancy.com/.

Further listening

If you enjoyed listening to this episode, you might find the following of particular interest:

• How to improve talent acquisition, with Afrah Qassim of Savera UK
• How employers are failing to hire - and what to do about it

Finally, what we do

FJ Wilson Talent Services provides recruitment and talent development services and also coaching for individuals.

We specialise in professional roles at mid or senior level, Our core market comprises organisations for professionals - typically membership bodies, learning providers, and awarding bodies.

To find out more about our services and to contact us, visit our website fjwilson.com.