Joanne Lockwood
assoc IEDP
HPH, UKJoanne Lockwood
Transgender Awareness and Inclusion Specialist
Joanne Lockwood is the founder and CEO of SEE Change Happen, an Equality Diversity & Inclusion Practice specialising in providing Transgender Awareness and support to organisations and businesses all over the UK.
Joanne is the first openly transgender past National President of the 90-year-old 'Men's Club', The Round Table. In 2016 she embarked on her personal rebrand, selling her successful IT services businesses that she had built up over 25 years and transitioned.
Through these experiences and others, she delivers keynote, seminars and workshops to promote and support Transgender Individuals and break down many of the myths, misunderstandings, and most importantly the fear of "getting it wrong".
Here mantra is Smile, Engage and Educate and she passionately believes that "people are people" and, no matter who they are, deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.
Whether it is engaging in a recruitment process, supporting trans or gender non-conforming individuals and their co-workers, building staff networks or working with your customers and stakeholders there can be a fear or anxiety of upsetting someone - Joanne is able to deliver a workshop or keynote to dispel myths, explain language and terminology to promote inclusion.
SMILE | ENGAGE | EDUCATE
...because the world isn't just black and white
Joanne Lockwood
Transgender Awareness and Inclusion Specialist
Joanne Lockwood is the founder and CEO of SEE Change Happen, an Equality Diversity & Inclusion Practice specialising in providing Transgender Awareness and support to organisations and businesses all over the UK.
Joanne is the first openly transgender past National President of the 90-year-old 'Men's Club', The Round Table. In 2016 she embarked on her personal rebrand, selling her successful IT services businesses that she had built up over 25 years and transitioned.
Through these experiences and others, she delivers keynote, seminars and workshops to promote and support Transgender Individuals and break down many of the myths, misunderstandings, and most importantly the fear of "getting it wrong".
Here mantra is Smile, Engage and Educate and she passionately believes that "people are people" and, no matter who they are, deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.
Whether it is engaging in a recruitment process, supporting trans or gender non-conforming individuals and their co-workers, building staff networks or working with your customers and stakeholders there can be a fear or anxiety of upsetting someone - Joanne is able to deliver a workshop or keynote to dispel myths, explain language and terminology to promote inclusion.
SMILE | ENGAGE | EDUCATE
...because the world isn't just black and white
Recruiting and Retaining Trans and Gender Non-Conforming Individuals in the 21st Century
Join Joanne to understand the challenges being faced by Trans and Gender non conforming people. These challenges affect every aspect of daily life - in the workplace and in our wider society,
This session is particularly relevant and timely as the results of a Stonewall commissioned 'You Gov' survey indicated that 1 in 5 LGBTQ people do not feel able to be open about their sexuality at work: furthermore 77% of those who'd experienced a serious work place incident said they'd prefer...
Diversity & Inclusion plus Trans Awareness 101…
- The unpinning concepts of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Understanding Individuality and Intersectionality, Biases, Privileges and Oppression
- Navigating The Equality Act 2010 and Gender Recognition Act 2004 - treating everyone with Dignity & Respect
- The basics - language and familiarity surrounding Trans and Gender non-conforming individuals
Diversity & Inclusion: Beyond the Trans 101…
- Highlight language and the basics on how to be Trans Inclusive as an organisation
- Understand whether existing recruitment methods contribute to discrimination against Transgender individuals
- Highlight ways that employers could do more to support Transgender individuals more effectively
- Discuss the role employers should play in supporting employees who have...
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion: People Are People
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion: People Are People
Key Messages:
- Exploring our own Intersectional Individuality and recognising that our biases and that first impressions do count.
- Highlighting why is Inclusion important with diverse teams and we need to move on from simple Equality & Diversity
- Understanding the impact of "phobias", "isms" and "banter" on Mental Health and the Role Business Can take to...
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