This year’s CIHT Annual Conference fell on International Women’s Day 2018, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. 

 

Looking to develop the talent and skills to match future requirements, Sue Percy, Chief Executive CIHT encouraged conference participants to engage with the CIHT Diversity & Inclusion Charter. 

 

Signatories to this Charter believe that a commitment to diversity and inclusion is essential to reflect the communities we serve. The Institution believes a more diverse workforce makes better business sense as it helps organisations attract and retain the best talent, enables them to understand and meet clients’ needs more effectively and so provide a better quality service. 

 

Sue Percy said: 

“As an organisation we strive to encourage best practice in recruitment, retention and career progression practices across our sector. At CIHT we support the development of good diversity and inclusion policy by collecting and sharing examples of practical activities that contribute to progress with CIHT and other signatories. 

 

“We work together to develop and adopt future protocols and practice that support the implementation of the aims of this Charter. We recognise, respect, capitalise and celebrate contributions from different people to strengthen team performance.”

 

In support of International Women’s Day, CIHT carried out several activities, more detail of which is available here.