Pay Gap Strategies for HR Leaders

Michelle Gyimah is a pay gaps and pay transparency strategist for UK corporates with EU offices and supply chains. She specialises in supporting organisations to develop pay gap strategies that make the most impact. This podcast will deliver proven strategies, expert insights, and practical solutions to turn data into action and build a fairer, stronger workplace. If you are a HR leader who wants to learn how to close your pay gap and implement pay transparency you are in the right place! This show will answer questions like: "How can we close our pay gap?" "How do we communicate our pay gap to our employees?" "How do we measure and report our ethnicity pay gap?" "How can we align UK pay practives with EU standards?" "What are the best communication strategies for effective pay transparency?" "How do we manage employee reactions to pay transparency?"

23. How ESG S scores and pay gap data influence investor decisions 07/23/2025

22. What boards really want after pay gap reporting 06/26/2025

21. How national gas increased female leadership by 7% — and what’s next (Special Guest Sarah Stanton) 04/22/2025

20. Gender pay gap reduction case study: 14.9% improvement in three years 10/07/2024

19. What employers get wrong about pay gap success 09/30/2024

18. Common pay gap mistakes: using metrics that don’t close the gap 09/23/2024

17. Why menopause plans will soon be mandatory in gender pay gap reports 09/16/2024

16. Equal pay certification explained: Interview with Equal Salary Foundation 07/21/2024

15. Cadent Gas: An inclusive approach to closing the pay gap 07/14/2024

14. Gender diversity challenges and solutions in the energy industry 07/08/2024

14. Gender diversity challenges and solutions in the energy industry Today, host Michelle Gyimah interviews Sarah Clark, the Decarbonisation Delivery Manager for Europe, Middle East & Africa and co-chair of the AXIS Network, a gender equity group supporting the energy transition in the UK. Throughout her career, Sarah has held a variety of process engineering and project management positions in the UK and Poland, which includes design, offshore and site-based roles, as well as corporate consulting positions within O&G and military sectors. Sarah is passionate about the promotion of women in business and women in engineering and volunteers her time leading Wood's gender equality group and co-leads AXIS Network promoting gender parity. Sarah completed her Executive MBA in April 2022 and following an 18-month role working directly for the CEO and the executive team of a FTSE 250, Sarah recently joined the Decarbonisation team as the Decarbonisation Delivery Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Sarah lives outside of London with her husband and their two cats. In this conversation we explore the challenges in attracting young talent to the energy sector and potential impact of ethnicity pay gap reporting and the importance of creating an environment where people feel safe to disclose their data. The episode concludes with a discussion on the immediate challenges for organisations in addressing pay gaps and the need for systemic change. Sarah encourages listeners to join the AXIS Network and participate in its initiatives to drive gender equity in the energy sector. For more information and to sign up for the AXIS Network, visit their website () or email Quote Highlight: “Emphasising the importance of senior leadership commitment to achieve impactful change, rather than viewing diversity and inclusion as solely an HR responsibility” ------------------------------- Need 1:1 support? Book your free consultancy call here: /episode/index/show/bettermoneyconversations/id/32046327