Leverage Workforce Diversity

Increase Employee Productivity and Gain a Competitive Edge by Utilizing All Your Resources

Understanding diversity allows individuals to explore their own viewpoints on workforce diversity. This business diversity workshop introduces a process that helps draw out an individual's knowledge, feelings, and understanding of the variety of human qualities basic to the people that are in the workforce. It addresses all forms of difference: race, age, gender, generational, sexual orientation, etc. The workshop enables the participant to identify opinions and feelings about workforce diversity. Based on responses to an individual profile assessment attendees receive personalized feedback that moves through four levels: knowledge, understanding, acceptance and behavior. Each area is important in shaping workforce diversity.

At the conclusion of the workforce diversity course participants will be able to:

• Describe their own opinions and feelings based on responses to the Discovering Diversity Profile.
• Understand how culture influences work behavior and attitudes.
• Describe how their behaviors may affect others.
• Comprehend a better, simpler model to understand the complex issue of workplace diversify.
• Formulate a defined process through which participants can address diversity issues.
• Express dissenting opinions without fear of disapproval or causing offense.
• Create a culture of receptiveness and acceptance.
• Craft strategies to increase the effectiveness of partnerships and teams.