PurpleSpace Leadership Lessons

Learning and Devlopment Programme

Learning and development: PurpleSpace Leadership Lessons

The Future is Already Here


Throughout the course of a year we deliver our unique 'know-how' across 12 key leadership lessons. In effect, we have a hub of motivation, learning and development materials, working groups, publications, podcasts, webinars, peer leadership roundtables, articles and blogs for our community of over 2000+ members across 190+ organisations.


We are all about building disability confidence from the inside out and we believe that starts with individuals, Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and or Network leaders, allies and champions. Individual and organisational confidence is the outcome of cultural change. Everything is designed to help you ensure that disability inclusion is at the heart of your organisation.


The more use you can make of your membership packages by giving many of your people access to PurpleSpace know-how, the better. It increases your chances of driving culture change.


April - Part of your job is to help overcome obstacles

April 2026 : Part of your job is to help overcome obstacles

We know from working with thousands of disabled employees from around the world that there are a myriad of barriers that get in the way

May - Succession planning is the start of a happy ending.

May 2026 : Succession planning is the start of a happy ending.

High impact disability ERG/Network leaders are usually driven by purpose. They identify strategic priorities, envision positive outcome

June - Making lived experience seen and heard.

June 2026 : Making lived experience seen and heard.

Some organisations proudly share their percentage of employees with disabilities. This ‘headcount’ only reflects the disabled colleague

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