So , how does Circl approach this ? The Circl inclusive leadership programme puts professional leaders together with young individuals — usually from underrepresented groups — to breed creativity and provoke new perspectives that can be applied to their everyday working lives . “ We help organisations build more inclusive cultures by giving their leaders the skills and experience to be inclusive . We do that by training them up on inclusive coaching skills , which is all about helping people find their own solutions to their answers ,” says Stainforth .
He explains that “ at some companies , they already have leadership academies and it won ' t surprise you that a lot of those leadership academies focus on inclusive leadership . We provide the coaching skills element to that with young people , the future leaders , being the core aspect of that coaching skills programme .”
The organisation has also found that growing firms — such as groups like Mention Me and Trustpilot — are implementing the programme on a quarterly basis to embed inclusivity into their daily operations . Meanwhile , large corporations benefit from the applicable skills that employees gain from the programme , which allows leaders to implement what they have learned and develop their roles .
Queue the ‘ Circl Match ’ The accredited programme , recognised by the Association for coaching , sees groups of 20 leaders from an organisation — predominantly middle managers — paired with 20 ‘ future leaders ’ with shared interests , from outside the company , to participate in a series of online workshops with an accredited executive coach . This process is called the Circl Match , which is geared towards openness and allowing
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