DIVERSITY AND SENSITIVITY TRAINING WORKSHOP
The presentation on Diversity and Sensitivity is aimed at inspiring the audience to want to be leaders in promoting diversity in their workplace setting. The full-day session includes active engagement by participants in case studies and scenarios.
The session will promote understanding of differences and similarities between workplace colleagues and teach techniques to recognize different strengths of individuals that can contribute towards creation of a model work environment.
The program will create awareness among managers on how to translate diversity talk into walk and platitudes into policy and practice.
The course will help managers and staff to understand how the practice of diversity and development of sensitivity is in their own best interest and how practical implementation of lessons learned in the session can enhance productivity and positive workplace environment.
The course is intended to broaden audience’s understanding of bias and power imbalance in the workplace and develop respect for differences. The session is intended to be comprehensive and interactive. The main objective is to ensure that at the conclusion of their participation in the session the leaders, managers, supervisors, employees and other stakeholders should have a better understanding and appreciation of diversity and sensitivity and feel convinced that their commitment to inclusiveness and diversity is in their own best interest.
SALIENT FEATURES
- An Introduction to Diversity and Sensitivity.
- Many faces of diversity: Generational Gap; Cultural Difference, Race, Gender, Ability, Experience, Background, Talent, Skills and Unique Strengths
- Definition of Diversity and Sensitivity.
- He Journey from where we were to where we are and where we are headed.
- How can resistance to diversity be countered and how managers and their staff can be motivated to welcome it as an asset for their workplace?
- How to enhance competencies of Managers to harness diversity in the workplace and use it to promote a model work environment?
- How embracing Diversity can lead to enhanced productivity, attracting best talents and to better employees’ morale?
- Attributes of diversity and inclusiveness such as respect, dignity and fairness.
- Challenges that managers are likely to face in implementing and promoting the Diversity Strategy in their workplace and a road-map of how to overcome them.
- Roles and Responsibilities of different stakeholders and expectations by and from managers in implementation of Diversity Strategy.
- What resources managers can rely upon when they need assistance in promoting diversity in their jurisdiction?
- Learn to speak the Language of Diversity so we are all on the same page and no one is excluded.