SEPTEMBER 15: Who gets to feel at home?
Creating workplaces, communities and everyday spaces where everyone feels seen, valued and able to be themselves.
What does it mean to truly feel that you belong somewhere? Perhaps it is the sense that your presence matters, that your voice is welcome and that you have some opportunity to influence what happens around you, rather than simply being expected to fit into a space that has already been shaped by everyone else. In the workplace, these feelings can have a powerful influence on how connected, valued and confident people feel, particularly when they know that their experiences and perspectives have a genuine place in the wider conversation.
Today is International Day of Democracy, which gives us a timely opportunity to think about participation, representation and the importance of having a voice in the decisions that affect our lives. While democracy is usually considered in terms of society and government, the principles behind it can also make us pause and think about our workplaces, where participation can help people move from simply being present to feeling that they are genuinely part of the organisation they work for.
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Black History Month: The Audacity To Occupy Space: Reimagining Leadership Through an Equity Lens
Tuesday 06 October 2026
12:00 - 13:00
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This webinar explores the structural and cultural conditions that determine who is seen as a leader, and challenges how institutions define, reward, and retain leadership. It asks what it takes to occupy leadership spaces when they were not designed to be inclusive especially for racially marginalised people and what must change within organisations to make leadership genuinely equitable.
This session is not about ‘inviting’ people into leadership. It’s about interrogating the gatekeeping practices, racialised expectations, and hierarchies of legitimacy that shape who gets to lead and how they are treated when they do.