Leadership and accountability

Active, visible leadership of every aspect of equality and diversity in Land Registry will be an essential element of the successful delivery of the strategy. Staff in leadership and management roles will have a responsibility to tackle discrimination and harassment, to identify unacceptable behaviour and to challenge it.

True leadership in this area includes mainstreaming equality and diversity into every aspect of business. From practicing equality and diversity when making decisions about recruitment, development and promotion and appraisal through to role modelling inclusive behaviours with confidence. Our leaders have the ability to create an inclusive working environment for diverse teams of people and creating opportunities to engage with people from different backgrounds.

Strong leadership will be supported by clear and transparent accountability for delivering equality and diversity. Our Chief Executive represents Land Registry at the Diversity Champions' Network and also chairs our internal Diversity Steering Group. We have Diversity Champions at Board level with each having a responsibility for a specific diversity strand along with Diversity Champions on local office senior management teams.

We will achieve this through:

Diversity Champions at both Board level and local office SMTs.
Named equality leads in each business area via our Single Equality Scheme that will ensure equality is prioritised and report progress of their objectives under the Diversity Delivery Plan.
Ensuring the performance management and reward frameworks, and the way they are applied, recognise delivery of business objectives and demonstration of appropriate behaviour linked to our values.
Ensuring that our recruitment and selection processes prioritise alignment with our values and demonstrate appropriate behaviours, particularly amongst those being considered for roles with people management or leadership responsibilities.
Ongoing management development, ensuring our managers have the skills to tackle discrimination bullying and harassment, plus identify unacceptable behaviour and challenge it.
Attendance at diversity forums including the Diversity Steering Group, Civil Service Diversity Champions' Network and Diversity Practitioners' Group.