154. How building allies builds your inclusive culture with Natalie Quilter
Release Date: 03/17/2025
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154. How building allies builds your inclusive culture with Natalie Quilter
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How building allies builds your inclusive culture On today's episode we are chatting with the amazing Natalie Quilter. A diversity and inclusion specialist Natalie is an accomplished operations and inclusion leader within the housing sector, currently leading the G15s inclusion strategy. Motivated by her own mental health challenges and being a caregiver for her mother, Natalie uses her lived experience and specialist knowledge to support employees both within the sector and beyond. She partners with organisations ranging from small to global enterprises – delivering...
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153. How accountability is the best way to build male allies in the workplace with Josh Nesbitt
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152. Why I am talking more about men for this years International Women's Day
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151. How to make sure women in midlife get the recognition they deserve
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150. How do you know if you need a female focused leadership development programme?
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149. How to make sure you have the best role models for an inclusive culture
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148. How to authentically embrace visible leadership in the workplace?
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How to authentically embrace visible leadership in the workplace with Sara Roxby (WDH) Today's episode is part of the mini series we have focusing on the importance of visible leadership for women in housing. If you are tuning in and work in the housing sector and know that there are women in your organisation that would benefit from from by increasing their confidence with visibility, raising their profile and proactively seeking out opportunities to further their career progression at your company then do get in touch about the RiSE collaborative coaching programme that is having a...
info_outlineHow building allies builds your inclusive culture
On today's episode we are chatting with the amazing Natalie Quilter. A diversity and inclusion specialist
Natalie is an accomplished operations and inclusion leader within the housing sector, currently leading the G15s inclusion strategy. Motivated by her own mental health challenges and being a caregiver for her mother, Natalie uses her lived experience and specialist knowledge to support employees both within the sector and beyond.
She partners with organisations ranging from small to global enterprises – delivering impactful talks and workshops on topics in the ED&I and wellbeing realm - specialising in supporting carers in the workplace. Natalie has also authored impactful case studies for the National Housing Federation, CMI and Carers UK, and earned recognition from Investors in People, Working Families, Reward Gateway and recently was named Unpaid Carers Ambassador of the year 2024.
Listen in to hear more about Natalie's own experiences of how allies have shaped her career progression and the powerful and often life changing impact that they can have on individuals.
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