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Embracing Diversity

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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:

bulletKnowledge
bulletUnderstanding
bulletAcceptance
bulletBehavior

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:

bulletDiscover their personal comfort level with people different from themselves
bulletUnderstand the impact of their behavior on others
bulletAssess the accuracy of their knowledge about differences
bulletReduce conflict
bulletTransform knowledge into acceptance and empathy

As result organizations benefit from greater innovation and higher productivity.

 

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