A key part of this year’s EG Future Leaders Summit was ensuring the powerful words we heard on stage were more than just inspirational presentations of how we could do better as a sector.
At every EG Future Leaders, the audience is given a task to open their minds and lean into the stories told, to take one thing away with them. One thing that has made them think differently.
For the Summit, we made this more of a requirement than a request – so as well as listening to our amazing Future Leaders, the audience picked themes from the talks and then learned, with the help of EG’s training partner Ginger Leadership Communications, how to turn them into their stories, wants and hopes for the industry. Through the process the room delivered pledge after pledge (see below) of things they and their businesses could do to showcase how powerful and purposeful property could be. Then together, the room committed to a single pledge to take into our lives in the sector.
We committed to see, listen and do.
We committed to see the world and the environment around us. What does it look like? What does it feel like? Not just for you, but for somebody else.
We committed to listen. To be quiet sometimes and listen. To listen to what someone is saying. And, importantly, what they’re not.
And we committed to do. What have we seen? What have we heard? What can we do and what can our businesses do to change those things?
Now, we ask you to utilise the pledge and share it across your social media if you too pledge to #seelistendo.
Pledges from the day
- I pledge to promote real estate as a place for everyone
- I pledge to amplify diverse voices
- I pledge to communicate more effectively
- I pledge to be a walking place of contribution
- I pledge not to use disabled toilets
- I pledge to find out more about needs of wheelchair users
- I pledge to find ways to level up cities
- I pledge to help make our neglected high streets more beautiful and vibrant
- I pledge to improve people’s lives by creating thriving diverse communities, through human-centric design and social impact
- I pledge to help make our industry more ethnically diverse
- I pledge to be more aware of the needs of the less physically able in my schemes
- I pledge to think inclusively and take personal responsibility for making our cities better for all
- I pledge to continue our involvement in driving forward the diversity agenda in real estate, increasing visibility of the industry to future talent
- I pledge to find ways to embed sustainable and inclusive design principles into the creation and transformation of our built environment
- I pledge to help bring forward affordable housing
- I pledge to continue to promote diversity and inclusion in the real estate sector and beyond
- I pledge to engage more with my local climate community hub
- I pledge to take action to increase the visibility among policy makers of those who are doing the practical work to make our cities more accessible
- I pledge to help leaders have the difficult conversations needed to promote tangible change
- I pledge to speak up in stores about spacing for buggies and wheelchairs
- I pledge to support improvements in diversity in the real estate industry
- I pledge to raise awareness for inclusive environments
- I pledge to drive our ESG ambitions to benefit future generations
- I pledge to promote thoughtfulness at all times
- I pledge to create more “places of contribution”
- I pledge to inspire others as I grow
- I pledge to use thought leadership to spread topics I am passionate about and contribute to change – rather than just ‘ticking boxes’
- I pledge to ensure new buildings are designed to be accessible to all
- I pledge to keep people at the heart of the decision making in my role
- I pledge to focus more on accessible and social features within real estate
- I pledge to make society more multifunctional and collaborative
- I pledge to make a difference in Guildford
- I pledge to push standards and boundaries in the built environment and to support next generation to do so
- We pledge to continue the quest for inclusion in the industry and across wider society #sociallevellingup
- I pledge to make cycling safer in London through awareness and better cycle lanes
- I pledge to advocate for the industry to young people in lower socioeconomic areas, to make them aware of career opportunities available
- I pledge to ensure sustainable and inclusive design as at the forefront of all developments I’m involved in
- I pledge to listen
- I pledge to make sure my contribution in the journey to net zero prioritises a just transition
- I pledge to not be ok with social ok-ness. Let’s do social brilliance
- I pledge to not stop after our recent volunteer day with local charity to our development, but to reach out further to embed future support and local change
- I pledge to support our leaders in telling their stories of change
- I pledge to keep an open mind, open ears, and keep listening to and learning from great talent like we have heard from today
- I pledge to step out of my comfort zone more frequently as a way to combat imposter syndrome
- I pledge to promote gender equality in the industry – let’s see as many women as men excelling
- I pledge to get more employers to give work shadowing to young people before they make GCSE choices
- I pledge to challenge the status quo
- I pledge to do more to remember to cater for introverts and considered thinking, rather than just action
- I pledge to ask accept and adapt
- I pledge to challenge outdated views within the industry
- I pledge to ensure I am as inclusive as possible
- I pledge to challenge other people’s perceptions on our industry (and buy more diverse toys!)
- I pledge to buy my daughters a ‘Bridget the builder’
- I pledge to confront inequality wherever I encounter it
- I pledge to help all personality types find their voice and flourish within the industry
- I pledge to do my part to drive proptech forward to modernise our industry
- I pledge to make sure all people who work in my business are given the same opportunities and remuneration as each other
- I pledge to give time to those who struggle to be heard
- I pledge to challenge my team on making our innovation and brainstorming sessions more inclusive
- I pledge to inspire more young people
- I pledge to be part of making change
- I pledge to ask, accept and adapt – at least once a day
- I pledge to challenge stereotypes in the workplace
- I pledge to go into more schools to help increase awareness of the industry and help drive more diversity for a better future
- I pledge to accept the faults in our industry and take action to correct them
- I pledge to create and encourage everyone to share thoughts and ideas no matter their background or experience
- I pledge to inspire property owners to think about their social responsibilities and to regenerate our high streets
- I pledge to make construction more inclusive
- I pledge to help promote real estate for all
- I pledge to ensure I inspire more women to join the construction industry
- I pledge to spend time promoting diversity in the real estate world – it’s time
- I pledge to challenge the traditional view of what a leader should be
- I pledge to question spaces where women are paid less than men for the same job
- We pledge to help improve visibility for all under-represented groups in the industry
- I pledge to keep our organisation focused on what matters outside our doors
- I pledge to be more aware of those around me
- Real estate shouldn’t be gendered – I pledge to promote this to all, not just our industry
- I pledge to focus on the ‘S’ in ESG
- I pledge to be involved and enthusiastic within the industry
- I pledge to start inspiring young and teenage girls to consider the real estate industry as a valid career option
- I pledge to have standardised processes in my workplace
- I pledge to create more inclusivity for those joining the industry
- I pledge to do more to mentor a diverse range of people in our industry
- I pledge to spread the word and diversify the industry
- I pledge to be a positive advocate to make the real industry a more inclusive and not exclusive sector
- I pledge to be collaborative to deliver a more sustainable world
- I pledge to encourage women to believe in their ideas and ask for equal pay
- I pledge to emphasise the importance of social value in my asset schemes
- I pledge to become a driven female inspiration for real estate
- I pledge to be my true authentic self and ensure diversity is enhanced throughout the industry
- I pledge to make important and key decisions that genuinely include a truly diverse group, so those decisions make the real estate industry a better place
- I pledge to do my best to make our best better
- I pledge to sign the See Listen Do pledge…
- I pledge to make more sustainable choices
- As a developer, I pledge inspire, support and listen to the next voice of tomorrow
- I pledge to develop sustainable, long-term real estate solutions
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