Roundtable for people leaders

When diversity targets meet real performance pressures in senior leadership. Specifically: the gap between boardroom representation (now at 40% on FTSE 350) and actual influence in executive roles (still predominantly male).

This session is for HR and people leaders navigating diversity commitments while managing restructuring, skills gaps and depleted teams. We'll surface what the data shows and what the data misses - the human cost when tensions go unspoken.

You’ll takeaway:

Clearer language for dynamics that usually go unnamed (tokenism, silencing, perceived unfairness)

Practical questions to ask in your own boardroom about influence vs. headcount

Peer connections facing similar challenges

This isn't about finding the right answer. It's about holding space for the complexity and recognising the human cost when these tensions go unresolved.

Arrival from 18.00, we’ll start promptly at 18.30.

Coffee and hot food provided along alongside honest, strategic conversation.

About the Facilitator:

Juliet Morris is an executive coach and private adviser to C-suite leaders. Over 20+ years she built people and talent functions in rapid growth, restructures and everything in between; now she blends boardroom reality with a whole-person approach. Volunteer, CIPD Wessex branch committee.

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