Rolls Royce: Professional Development Report on EDI and Leadership

This report examines Rolls Royce's strategies for equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) within its workforce. It begins by identifying key issues the company faces, such as recruitment challenges and traditional organizational culture. The report then explores the importance of EDI, defining equality, diversity, and inclusion, and proposing strategies for cultural change within Rolls Royce, including unbiased attitudes, educating leaders, and monitoring the community. It analyzes how different leadership styles impact EDI, highlighting the benefits of affiliative leadership. The report includes findings from a survey, emphasizing the need for improvements in employee satisfaction, workload management, and stress levels. It proposes strategic initiatives, such as focusing on a positive work culture and employee engagement, and includes a draft email addressing employee concerns. A reflection section details the author's personal learning and development journey related to creating a positive impact, including gap analysis, resource acquisition, and application of new knowledge through training and practical experience. The report concludes with a list of relevant references.

CMI
• Professional development leading diverse
workforces
• 3500

Table of contents
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Slide title
3 Introduction
4 Task 1 Issues faced by Rolls Royce
6 Importance of equality, diversity and inclusion
7 Strategy for equality, diversity and inclusion could implement for cultural change in the
organization
9 Leadership style impacts upon the equality, diversity and the inclusion in the organization
15 Task-3 Reflection
17 Conclusion
18 References

INTRODUCTION
Rolls Royce is a company that is based in or headquartered in England, United Kingdom. It was established in the
year 1998, which is around 25 years ago. Hence, the company has been operating in the market since two decades
and has good knowledge about the market too. The company is a manufacturer of the motor cars of its own brand
since the year 2003.

TASK 1
Issues faced by Rolls Royce
 Each and every organization faces a bunch of issues throughout its working. And a company which is as big as
Rolls Royce and has a huge brand recognition or image and an enormous customer base also faces issues.
 One of the major issue that is faced by the company is employing or recruiting the candidates that are right for
the job, which means they are qualified and talented enough and also be able to bring technological developments
within the company overall.

The other issue that is faced by the company is the organizational culture of the business in particular is very
traditional and also in accordance to the legacy it has been following since a long time.
Another issue that is faced by the organization is the adaptation to change, in the current environment, changes
are consistent and continuous in every industry which makes it difficult for the employees of the organization to
adapt to them.

Importance of equality, diversity and inclusion
Equality refers to treating the employees within the organization in equal manner, irrespective of their gender,
race, caste, culture and age.
Diversity refers to recruitment of the employees that are diversified in nature and ethnicities to attract diversified
customer base in the market.
Inclusion basically refers to when the employees have a feeling of being included within the company.

Strategy for equality, diversity and inclusion could implement for cultural
change in the organization.
The various strategies can be followed by the company Rolls -
Royce in order to increase the equality, diversity and inclusion in
the organization .
The unbiased attitude
Educating company leaders
Monitoring community
Cultural events

These are certain strategies that different organizations are working towards in order to create the inclusive
environment as different strategies helps employees in feeling that they are the part of the organization. The
motivation to work in that particular organization increases.

Leadership style impacts upon the equality, diversity and the
inclusion in the organization
There are autocratic leaders in the organization that takes decision by their own and which is not a good sign for
creating the inclusive environment in the organization. Team members are not consulted and this creates a
negative approach in the minds of the employees.
The style that has the positive impact on the employees and create a diverse and the inclusive environment is the
style like the Affiliate style that helps to create the emotional bond between the leaders and the team members.

Laissez- Faire style is another style that helps in
increasing the cultural awareness and that basically
says that let them do what they want too. This style
empowers employees which make the cultural
environment in the organization.

TASK-2
Three findings form survey and importance for leading and developing
According to survey there are various factors which states there is need for some changes in organization.
Form leading and developing people in organization managers should be able to make reflective changes as per suitability
in further development of organization.
The three major finding from survey which needs to be improved are also favoured with the same concern.
As described in process 21% are satisfied with their pay benefits but there is lack of satisfaction.
Another concerned aspect as 83% of stated that work load has increased as compared to previous scenarios.
Moreover, they believe that increase amount of workload lead to high pressure which cause stressed environment.
While getting with too much stress most of the people are favoured with mismanagement at their work place.
Whereas 90% were demotivated with working in stressed culture.
So through such process it has been identified all the above stated outcomes consist in lower extent.

strategic initiative for improving findings
In leading and development steps for future growth company should assess to make sudden change in uplifting their focus on positive culture
towards staff perspectives to engage them in business activities more effectively.
Also, it enables increase level of skilled workforce that may also provide with some key benefits.
On the other hand lack of providing such services impact to poor work performance and higher level of employee turnover ratio.
As such from the previous study it has been executed that mostly percentages are in favour of poor management process in firm.
By the help of such finding from the survey it is essential for manager to take an effective strategic approach to be developed in organization.
Furthermore, by the help of strategic planning process the suitable strategies for that would be favoured with employee motivation as to increase
their level of satisfaction and interaction at workplace.
Due to high level of stress the work performance and behaviour get impacted negatively.
Most of the employee tend to work for getting highest and effective results being recognized for their firm.
The survey aids in identifying that huge range of decreasing aspects are being covered in this segment where most of the employees are not
satisfied that may lead disadvantage for firm.