I have been asked to design a coaching course for companies and organisations who would like to develop great transgender policies, schemes and procedures.This course will be evaluated for inclusion in the course curriculum at BSY Online College. I am currently in the design stage and would be interested in hearing examples of the most difficult situations and any suggestions that would make working life better for transgender people and their work colleagues. I've done a considerable amount of research but always place great value in consulting with key people - ie people who are involved in some way either personally or professionally.
I'd be delighted to hear your comments lynne.paris@my-diversity-coaching-gymn.net
Do you feel stuck with your organisations response to Diversity Duty and how to develop a Scheme which demonstrates commitment to providing a safe and respectful environment for transgender people to work in? It's hardly surprising given the volume of European legislation that business has to implement.
Can you bear another day trawling through endless business and public sector websites to crib schemes, action plans and behaviours from other organisations and then attempt to adapt them to your own business, which feels a bit like wearing a dress two sizes too big/small and inside out. Invariably the style and content are so long and tedious that it would bore the pants off even the most anal Director or Executive Board Member.
Briefing for David Blunkett, former UK Secretary of State was challenging and sometimes difficult because of his visual impairment and because it was an exercise in communicating complex and difficult issues very briefly and simply to transfer to audiotape. This experience fostered, in me, a strong dislike of wieldy, inaccessible documents that demand the victim take a power snooze before even contemplating a read.
If you are looking for something concise and a perfect fit for your organisation, don't let others dictate what you want your transgender policies to look like - tell me what you want and I will listen and incorporate them into the design for the new Transgender Equality Business Tools Coaching Gymn to develop great transgender policies for your business.
I will be unable to respond to emails -- which may as always be anonymous -- until I return from summer in France.
Together everything becomes possible
Lynne Paris
Diversity Coach
