{"id":7349,"date":"2022-02-22T13:16:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T13:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/?post_type=vlog&#038;p=7349"},"modified":"2022-05-03T13:23:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T13:23:04","slug":"in-conversation-with-european-tours-ben-cowen","status":"publish","type":"vlog","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/videos\/in-conversation-with-european-tours-ben-cowen\/","title":{"rendered":"In conversation with European Tour&#8217;s Ben Cowen"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/euro-tour-ben-cowen-feature.png);\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                22 Feb 2022                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/videos\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Videos<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">In conversation with European Tour&#8217;s Ben Cowen<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <section class=\"es-section theme-light hero__sidebar-wrapper container\">\n        <div class=\"hero__sidebar\">\n                            <div class=\"category-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Category<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/category\/equality-diversity-inclusion\/\" rel=\"tag\">Equality, Diversity &amp; 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I\u2019m here today to hear what other companies are doing and what their strengths are and hopefully we can possibly take learnings from them<\/em>.\u2019 \u2013 Ben Cowen speaking prior to the Leaders Meet: Diversity Series forum, in partnership with Meta, at Twickenham Stadium in October 2021.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In this short interview, recorded behind the scenes at Leaders Week London 2021 and alongside Sky Sports News Presenter Jaydee Dyer, he shares his thoughts on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How the organisation are considering EDI policies and strategies from an operational and internal standpoint, as well as through the eyes of the players.<\/li>\n<li>The need to strike the right balance between \u2018getting the house in order\u2019 and wanting to implement actionable change as soon as possible.<\/li>\n<li>How the Tour are looking for best practice from other organisations who\u2019re evolving their EDI strategy, as a source of inspiration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"col visibly-hidden col--flex-align-right\">\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":7350,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[57],"pathway":[],"topic":[],"sport":[],"class_list":["post-7349","vlog","type-vlog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-equality-diversity-inclusion"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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