Sal Pearman

Sal delivers a range of services from workshop development and facilitation, Equity Diversity and Inclusion consulting, cultural reviews, focus groups, and retreats on the themes of people development, values, identity, and creating flourishing work environments.

Sal has recently delivered workshops on the topics of:

• Authentic Leadership

• Equity Diversity and Inclusion

• Facilitation skills

• Inclusive Talent Management

• Power and Privilege

• Unconscious Bias

• Inclusive Recruitment and Selection

• Mentoring and Reverse Mentoring

• Understanding Bullying & Harassment

• Creating inclusive spaces for transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people

• Exploring Intersectionality

• Building Belonging – EDI for Leaders.

Sal holds an MSc in Human Resource Development and Consultancy from Birkbeck, University of London and this helps them ensure their learning approaches are up to date and firmly grounded in theory as well as practice. Sal is a Fellow of RSA and has led workshops, research and consultancy projects on the themes of inclusive workplaces, values creation, and designing people strategies.

Sal works closely with HR and L&D teams to create learning solutions that are tailored and reinforce the culture, passion, purpose, and uniqueness of the organisations she supports. Their work is driven by a passion for accessible and practical learning for everyone irrespective of background, gender, or societal barriers. This has led them to work in a range of contexts from social housing, not-for-profits, and charities right through to multinational corporations and retailers. Sal has worked in North America, Argentina, Chile, South Africa, Uganda, Nigeria, Spain, Germany, Amsterdam, France, and Italy.

Sal is an Accredited Belbin & FIRO B Practitioner and uses these tools in coaching, awaydays, and team building projects to help individuals and teams maps their strengths and areas for development.

Outside of the Centre, Sal volunteers with the sex and relationship education charity Life Lessons where her work is centred supporting young people in understanding their identity and rights in a UK context.

Originally Sal trained as an archaeologist and still manages to apply some of those experiences and stories to their work, particularly when reflecting on Power and Privilege and how this manifests in organisations.

Sal is non-binary and uses They/She pronouns.

Let’s have a chat

Getting the right consultant for your organisation, culture, and people is so important.

I am always happy to meet-up, physically or digitally, to better understand your brief. Whether that’s developing bespoke workshops, running focus groups, creating policies, or longer term support.

In light of Covid 19 I’ve been meeting with clients via Zoom. I am based in Kent, UK.

Kate Camp

Interim Equity Innovation Manager, Mind

“Sal has worked with me for over three years and has delivered several workshops for National Mind staff. These have ranged from workshops on power and privilege, to trans and non-binary inclusion. This year Sal delivered a workshop on intersectionality, encouraging our staff to think about the whole person in their work.

I always enjoy working with Sal, they are such a pleasure to work with. Sal is excellent at taking my brief and formulating this into a workshop which meets the aims and objectives I have. Working with Sal is a two-way process, they are very good at keeping you informed about the work they will be doing and they are very receptive to feedback.

Sal has always been so warmly welcomed into Mind, and that is because their workshops are enjoyed by all. Sal’s workshops are always safe spaces, and this allows staff to speak about topics they might otherwise not feel comfortable to.”

Sukhil Patel

Senior Data Scientist, Kaluza

“We reached out to Sal when our internal ethnic diversity community at Kaluza were looking at ways to help educate and engage employees at Kaluza around DE&I topics, we were not disappointed.

Sal gave a brilliant talk to over 100 employees on Unconscious Bias which was really well received in terms of engagement, it had lots of great content and tailored specifically for our organisation and some requests for content on specific areas, including how to keep up to date with the latest research and findings in this area! Sal was a pleasure to work with through this process, making time beforehand so we could help review the content and make sure everything went smoothly on the day, they brought loads of energy and enthusiasm to every discussion which definitely helped deliver a powerful message!”

Jamie O’Connell

Co-founder, Life Lessons

“We contracted Sal summer 2022 to appear in a series of short films speaking on the topics: discrimination, protected characteristics, diversity and gender identity.

We chose Sal because they are established as a respected expert in this area. It was important to us to work with someone as credible as Sal with this topic, particularly gender identity, which is highly politicised and can be greatly misrepresented and misunderstood. 

Sal is non-binary, they are also modelling much needed diversity into schools across the UK in our films. In many cases this helps young people see and hear from people different from themselves and their communities. Reassuring to other young people who can relate to Sal's journey.

Sal did a fantastic job for us. They have a wonderful calm and kind tone when speaking on camera. Sal researched responses to the questions well in advance and gave precise and highly engaging and informative answers, perfect for what we need in time-pressured classrooms. 

I would like to work with Sal again in the future on other projects. They are passionate about their topic specialism, very diligent and a pleasure to work with.”