Workplace Diversity

Improving diversity knowledge is a required component of every company. With more and more businesses having global presence workplace diversity is a forgone conclusion. Your participants will be able to use strategies to be proactive and remove barriers. They will be shown how to build and encourage diversity in their workplace and community.

Our Workshop Diversity course will help participants understand what diversity is, and how they can create a more diverse environment. They will be instructed on how to use active listening and employ effective questioning techniques. By learning the right complaint resolution skills and choosing the right course of action communication throughout your business will best lengthened.

Module 1: Getting Started

• Icebreaker
• Housekeeping Items
• Workshop Objectives

Module 2: Understanding Diversity

• What is Diversity?
• Related Terms and Concepts
• A Brief History
• A Legal Overview

Module 3: Understanding Stereotypes

• Stereotypes vs. Biases
• Identifying Your Baggage
• Understanding What This Means

Module 4: Breaking Down the Barriers

• Changing Your Personal Approach
• Encouraging Workplace Changes
• Encouraging Social Changes

Module 5: Verbal Communication Skills

• Listening and Hearing: They Aren't the Same Thing
• Asking Questions
• Communicating with Power

Module 6: Non-Verbal Communication Skills

• Body Language
• The Signals You Send to Others
• It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It

Module 7: Being Proactive

• Encouraging Diversity in the Workplace
• Preventing Discrimination
• Ways to Discourage Discrimination

Module 8: Coping with Discrimination

• Identifying if You Have Been Discriminated Against
• Methods of Reprisal
• Choosing a Course of Action

Module 9: Dealing with Diversity Complaints as a Person

• What To Do If You're Involved In A Complaint
• Understanding Your Role
• Creating a Support System

Module 10: Dealing with Diversity Complaints as a Manager

• Recording the Complaint
• Identifying Appropriate Actions
• Choosing a Path

Module 11: Dealing with Diversity Complaints as an Organization

• Receiving a Complaint
• Choosing a Response
• Learning from the Complaint

Module 12: Wrapping Up

• Words from the Wise
• Lessons Learned
• Completion of Action Plans and Evaluations