Leaders Meet: Diversity

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Allyship

The Allyship community is open to all executives in the sports industry (at any seniority) who’re committed to driving towards a more diverse and inclusive professional sports industry.

The community is structured to allow industry executives from all backgrounds to self-reflect, and take action on, their personal contribution to a more diverse and inclusive sports industry.

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Black Excellence

The Black Excellence community provides and assists black and ethnically diverse professionals with access points and opportunities to curated programmes centred on expanding their network, professional development and potential.

The community is open to aspiring and established black executives working within professional sport globally, on and off the field.

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Women in Sport

The Women in Sport community is open to aspiring and established women working within professional sport globally, on and off the field.

The community aims to provide a supportive and business focused environment for women in the workplace by providing networking and personal development opportunities for career progression.

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Resources

Unleashing The Power of Diversity Through F1

In recent years, Formula 1 have made significant changes to make the sport more attractive to new audiences across the globe. Here’s how the organisation aims to unleash the power of diversity, remove barriers, nurture talent and inspire change on and off of the track by 2025.

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Best Practices for More Diverse Marketing

Today’s consumers are increasingly diverse, and our ability to connect in a way that shows that we understand them as authentic individuals is more than socially responsible, it’s good for business. Here’s how Getty look to build inclusivity across their visual communications to drive their marketing.

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Breaking Through Unconscious Bias

Unconscious biases impact all of the decisions that we make as managers. Nielsen‘s ‘Breaking Through Bias Toolkit’ provides a series of recommendations and steps you can use to make your decisions more conscious and avoid the unintended impacts of unconscious bias.

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The Football Leadership Diversity Code

The Football Leadership Diversity Code, launched in October 2020 by The FA, has been developed in collaboration with club executives, players, coaches and HR directors in a bid to tackle inequality across senior leadership positions off of the pitch.

Best practice and supporting information