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Purpose
Organizations that innovate and prosper are able to embrace diverse perspectives of opinion, background and insight. This is becoming increasingly important as the U.S. workforce, on a purely ethnic basis, changes from an over 80% Caucasian majority in 1980 to less than a 60% majority in 2025. It is that way in California today. The ability to embrace diversity is also increasingly important as work is conducted on a global basis. And yet welcoming different perspectives is not easy. It requires a developed level of self-understanding and openness. This half-day workshop provides the foundation for such openness.
Approach
The workshop builds on an assessment instrument that allows participants to explore in a safe and confidential way the complex issues surrounding diversity in four key area:
-Knowledge
-Understanding
-Acceptance
-Behavior
Using this instrument and the workshop experience participants develop an understanding of their present attitudes, the impact on workplace effectiveness and specific approaches for understanding diverse groups.
Outcomes
Participants:
-Discover their personal comfort level with people different from themselves
-Understand the impact of their behavior on others
-Assess the accuracy of their knowledge about differences
-Reduce conflict
-Transform knowledge into acceptance and empathy
As result organizations benefit from greater innovation and higher productivity.
Organizations that innovate and prosper are able to embrace diverse perspectives of opinion, background and insight. This is becoming increasingly important as the U.S. workforce, on a purely ethnic basis, changes from an over 80% Caucasian majority in 1980 to less than a 60% majority in 2025. It is that way in California today. The ability to embrace diversity is also increasingly important as work is conducted on a global basis. And yet welcoming different perspectives is not easy. It requires a developed level of self-understanding and openness. This half-day workshop provides the foundation for such openness.
Approach
The workshop builds on an assessment instrument that allows participants to explore in a safe and confidential way the complex issues surrounding diversity in four key area:
-Knowledge
-Understanding
-Acceptance
-Behavior
Using this instrument and the workshop experience participants develop an understanding of their present attitudes, the impact on workplace effectiveness and specific approaches for understanding diverse groups.
Outcomes
Participants:
-Discover their personal comfort level with people different from themselves
-Understand the impact of their behavior on others
-Assess the accuracy of their knowledge about differences
-Reduce conflict
-Transform knowledge into acceptance and empathy
As result organizations benefit from greater innovation and higher productivity.
Embracing Diversity