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Training That Turns Policy into Workplace Practice

Human by Practice delivers behaviour-led workplace inclusion programmes that help leaders and teams build more inclusive, respectful, and psychologically safe workplaces. From neurodiversity and accessibility to harassment prevention and inclusive leadership, our programmes focus on the everyday behaviours that shape workplace culture.

Based in Edinburgh and supporting organisations across Glasgow, London, the Northeast, and the wider UK, we help organisations translate policies, values, and intentions into everyday workplace practice.

 

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Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Strong workplace cultures are built through consistent action, not one-off conversations. Our workplace inclusion programmes help people understand how inclusion is experienced by colleagues, how workplace behaviours influence culture, and how everyone can contribute to creating environments where people feel respected, valued, and able to thrive.

Everyday Inclusion & Belonging

Practical EDI training that helps people understand the role they play in shaping workplace culture and belonging. Topics include:

  • Finding your own starting point
  • Understanding unconscious and implicit bias
  • Noticing impact over intention
  • Creating inclusive team norms
  • Using respectful and inclusive language
  • Everyday habits that shape belonging

Neurodiversity & Accessibility in Practice

Training designed to help organisations create workplaces where neurodivergent people can contribute without unnecessary barriers. Topics include:

  • Understanding neurodivergence at work
  • ADHD, Autism, AuDHD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, and wider neurodivergent experiences
  • Reducing unintentional exclusion
  • Strengths-based approaches
  • Supporting managers and leaders
  • Creating accessible environments and processes

Banter, Harassment, Bullying & Boundaries

Workplace behaviour training that supports respectful communication, healthy workplace relationships, and greater awareness of impact. Topics include:

  • The Equality Act 2010 and Worker Protection Act 2023
  • Understanding discrimination, harassment, and bullying
  • Banter, humour, and workplace culture
  • Emotional impact and relational repair
  • Scenario-based learning and practical application

Preventing Sexual Harassment

Practical training that helps organisations meet responsibilities while building safer workplace cultures. Topics include:

  • Defining sexual harassment
  • Understanding the Worker Protection Act 2023
  • Early intervention and prevention
  • Raising concerns and handling disclosures
  • Creating respectful workplace environments

Allyship & Active Bystander Skills

Training focused on helping people take practical action to support inclusion. Topics include:

  • Everyday allyship
  • Microaggressions and microbehaviours
  • Speaking up effectively
  • Supporting colleagues appropriately
  • Understanding when and how to intervene

Inclusive Recruitment & Decision-Making

Helping organisations improve fairness, consistency, and confidence in recruitment and decision-making processes. Topics include:

  • Understanding bias in decision-making
  • Inclusive recruitment practices
  • Fair progression opportunities
  • Structured decision-making frameworks
  • Managing group dynamics and influence

Inclusive Leadership & Management Development

Creating inclusive workplaces requires leaders who understand how culture is shaped through everyday decisions, behaviours, and conversations. Our inclusive leadership programmes combine leadership development with practical inclusion skills, helping managers and leaders build cultures where people feel able to contribute, belong, and succeed. Whether delivered as leadership EDI training, management development, or a wider organisational initiative, programmes focus on creating lasting behavioural change.

Human-Centred Leadership

A future-focused leadership development programme designed for leaders who want to create meaningful impact. Topics include:

  • People-first communication
  • Purpose-driven leadership
  • Motivation and engagement
  • Values-led decision-making
  • Resilience and emotional intelligence
  • Systems thinking and problem solving

Manager Essentials

Great for new and experienced managers, this programme covers:

  • Transitioning to management and developing practice
  • Delegation skills & accountability frameworks
  • Leading successful 1:1s linked to organisational values
  • Navigating conflict and managing disagreement with care
  • Driving team wellbeing and balancing performance

Leading Inclusion & Culture

An inclusive leadership programme for senior leaders, executives, and people managers. Topics include:

  • Everyday inclusive leadership
  • Creating cultures of belonging
  • Psychological safety
  • Allyship and leadership accountability
  • Workplace dynamics and behaviour
  • Reducing bias in systems and decisions

Why Organisations Invest In EDI Training

Organisations increasingly recognise that inclusion cannot be achieved through policy alone. Effective EDI leadership development helps leaders understand how culture is experienced, how systems influence outcomes, and how behaviours shape belonging.
 
Our programmes focus on practical action rather than compliance alone. Participants leave with greater awareness, stronger skills, and clear actions they can apply immediately. As an experienced consultant working across inclusion, culture, and leadership development, Jess helps organisations create sustainable progress that people can experience day to day.

EDI Training Across Edinburgh, Glasgow, London & The Northeast

Human by Practice supports organisations throughout Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and the Northeast with professional EDI training, leadership EDI training, inclusive leadership programmes, and workplace inclusion programmes. Clients choose us because they want reliable support from a trusted specialist who understands the connection between leadership, culture, behaviour, and inclusion. They value working with an expert consultant who combines lived experience, facilitation expertise, and practical organisational insight.

As an experienced company delivering EDI leadership development and inclusion-focused learning, we help organisations build cultures where people feel respected, supported, and able to thrive.
Whether you need a single workshop, a wider leadership development programme, or long-term organisational support, we can help identify the right approach.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will people feel uncomfortable or judged?

Our approach creates space for honest conversation while ensuring participants feel respected and supported. Learn more about how I work.

Is this suitable for mixed groups or specific teams?

Both. Sessions can be designed for organisation-wide audiences or targeted groups.

Do you include lived experience content?

Where appropriate, lived experience perspectives are integrated alongside evidence, research, and practical learning.

Can we focus specifically on neurodiversity?

Yes. Neurodiversity and accessibility can be delivered as standalone programmes or incorporated into wider learning journeys.

Can this be combined with leadership development or coaching?

Absolutely. Many organisations combine EDI training with coaching, leadership development, and consultancy support.

Take a look at our example Neuro-Inclusion workshop.

Book a discovery call and let's chat about what you're looking for.

Can this be combined with leadership development or coaching?

Yes. Many clients blend inclusion training with manager development or one-to-one coaching. Learn more about coaching.

Do you offer virtual delivery?

Yes. 

 

What group sizes work best?

We can work with small leadership teams through to large organisational groups.

Do you offer sexual harassment prevention training?

Yes. This is available as a standalone workshop or as part of wider inclusion and workplace culture programmes.