Shaping Culture from Within; DEI – A Lever for Culture Change

As Airways reset their strategy post COVID-19, they recognised there was a need for greater diversity in their business if they were to achieve their strategic objectives. To achieve this Airways needed to ensure their current employees felt safe to be their whole self at work, and the organisation was demonstrating their commitment to diversity to potential talent. Growing diversity, equity and inclusion was built into their ten year strategy to ensure focus and resources are committed to building the diverse and inclusive workplace now, and for the future workforce.

This session will cover:

• Overview of Airways (who, what, where, strategy, our people, culture)
• Starting off the DE&I journey – why, how
• DEI workplan – who, how, reporting
• The wins, the work on’s
• Key learnings
• Next steps

3 Key Learnings

• Start small and use the power of the people
• Commitment from Executive and Board
• Use of external partners

About Lisa

Lisa heads up the Organisational Development function at Airways New Zealand, covering the disciplines of leadership development, organisational learning and capability, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and Employee Experience. The key focus of the team is shaping the workplace and its people for the future of work, to ensure Airways continues to achieve its purpose of safe skies today and tomorrow. To do this, the team brings a human centred design approach to develop meaningful solutions to the business.Lisa is passionate about developing business learning, leadership and cultural change solutions, enhancing a truly inclusive culture, and connecting all these organisational cultural levers together to make a real impact for both the organisation and its people.