Member events
Our acclaimed member events cover a broad range of inclusive leadership topics and are aligned with key awareness days.
We host peer roundtables for sharing best-practice and facilitating connections, and a monthly bite-sized inclusive leadership learning series - impactful virtual sessions for up to 50 people managers per member organisation, designed to provide inspiration and practical tips for those responsible for leading people in an inclusive way.
Events are only open to Encompass Equality members and can be booked using the registration buttons below. Find out more about benefits of membership on our membership page.
What’s on - Upcoming events
Member Peer Roundtable Lunch for HR and inclusion professionals
Thursday 4 September 2025
12-2 pm (BST)
Kindly hosted by Leathwaite
Equitable House, 47 King William Street, London, EC4R 9AF
This lunch is for HR and inclusion professionals from our member organisations to share best-practice and make connections. At the lunch, Edward Haigh will lead a discussion on our latest research ‘Women in Leadership: Strategies from FTSE 350 organisations leading the way’. We will also invite members to contribute ideas and explore potential themes to help shape next year’s research agenda.
Lunch and Learn with Julie Dennis, Menopause specialist
How leaders can support menopause at work
Thursday 25 September 2025
12-1 pm (BST)
Virtual via Zoom
Join our menopause specialist, Julie Dennis, as we explore how leaders can support employees navigating menopause at work. This session is in advance of Menopause Awareness Month in October, and World Menopause Day on 18 October 2025. You’ll gain insights into how menopause can affect employees at work, the role leaders play in supporting their people, and practical strategies for creating menopause-inclusive policies and conversations. Whether you're directly impacted by menopause or want to better support colleagues, this session will equip you with the tools and understanding to lead more inclusively.
NEW - Monthly bite-sized inclusive leadership learning for people managers
Challenging what leadership really means
Tuesday 7 October 2025
12-1 pm (BST)
Virtual via Zoom
Join us for our new bite-sized inclusive leadership learning series - impactful virtual sessions for up to 50 people managers per member organisation, designed to provide inspiration and practical tips for those responsible for leading people in an inclusive way.
This session on ‘Challenging what leadership really means’ explores the received wisdom and traditional approaches to leadership. To what degree do they serve leaders and organisations? What if we viewed leadership through a different lens? This learning complements our Encompass Leadership Frameworkᵀᴹ by focusing on The Purposeful Leader attribute - connecting to your why as an individual, team and organisation.
Monthly bite-sized inclusive leadership learning for people managers
Why connecting to individual, team and organisational purpose matters
Tuesday 4 November 2025
12-1 pm (GMT)
Virtual via Zoom
Lack of employee engagement is a growing problem for business globally. Purpose and meaning are fundamental human needs. In this session we explore how supporting leaders and teams to understand their roles, their interconnectedness and how their efforts matter - to themselves and the wider world - can influence the bottom line. This learning complements our Encompass Leadership Frameworkᵀᴹ by focusing on The Purposeful Leader attribute - connecting to your why as an individual, team and organisation.
Member Peer Roundtable Lunch for HR and inclusion professionals
Supporting trans and non-binary people at work
Tuesday 11 November
12-2 pm (GMT)
Kindly hosted by Leathwaite
Equitable House, 47 King William Street, London, EC4R 9AF
This lunch is for HR and inclusion professionals from our member organisations to share best-practice and make connections. We will be joined by Emma Cusdin, Director at Global Butterflies who will share an update of the legal framework and case law impacting trans and non-binary people at work, what’s changed and what has not changed. She will also lead a discussion on what this means for supporting trans and non-binary people at work, and the main considerations for employers, HR and inclusion professionals, and people managers.
Monthly bite-sized inclusive leadership learning for people managers
The attitudes and mindsets that support inclusive leadership
Tuesday 2 December 2025
12-1 pm (GMT)
Virtual via Zoom
What does it take to be a leader? It’s not what most of us have been taught to believe. In this session, we challenge long held views of what attitudes and mindsets support leadership and how adopting different ones can actually make leadership easier and more effective. This learning complements our Encompass Leadership Frameworkᵀᴹ by focusing on The Humble Leader attribute - building your self-awareness and being ready to learn and grow.
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