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People have always needed to work together to succeed in creating profitable businesses. In today’s business environment, employers have a large pool of talent to select from when hiring. But this variety brings unique challenges of its own when it comes to creating an equal opportunity workplace. This includes hiring people from all walks of life: different races, religions, languages, lifestyles, and many other unique characteristics. For your organization to succeed, everyone needs to be on the same page and working towards the same goal.

Diversity awareness in workplace training course assists employers in creating cultural awareness and inclusion for all employees. Diversity training helps participants become aware of other cultures and lifestyles in order to increase empathy among co-workers. The goal of cultural diversity training is to address the elephant in the room: Poor cross-cultural communication, resentment, and competition for advancement opportunities. Our diversity training program addresses the importance of cultural competence, the persistent problem of biases and stereotypes, and the how employers and co-workers have to learn to work together toward the organization’s goals.

The course focuses on diversity awareness to increase participant’s ability to work effectively and productively in a diverse workplace. It is designed to be thought provoking and challenging. With increased self-awareness and awareness of others, participants are able to recognise and value our human differences. This allows them to develop strategies and actions to support teams and organisations to excel.

Diversity awareness in workplace training course helps to:

Enhance awareness and understanding of the value of an inclusive workforce/meeting the needs of diverse service users and clients
Enhanced engagement of staff and volunteer teams.
Enhance knowledge of good diversity and inclusion practice in the workplace.
Ensure staff/managers are meeting your legal obligations.
Improve outcomes as an organisation.
Develop awareness and knowledge of the many dimensions of diversity.
Identify the major components of culture and its influence on the individual and on relationships.
Examine the effect of group affiliations on individual identity.
Explore the costs and effects of stereotyping.
Recognise the stages towards an inclusive workplace.
Improve communication amongst diverse employees.

Diversity awareness in workplace training course is ideal for :

HR Managers and Empolyess
Executives and senior leadership teams who have the initiative and influence to advance diversity and inclusion efforts

Course Outline

5 days course

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Day 4

Day 5

Diversity: Similar Differences

Chapter Objectives
What is Diversity?
Dimensions of Diversity
Activity: Similar Differences
Levels of Uniqueness
Activity: Who Am I?

How Culture Shapes Us

Chapter Objectives
What is Culture
Layers of Culture
Activity: Brief Encounters
Values: The Core of Culture
Value Programming
Activity: My Life’s Journey
Steps for Building Understanding

Diversity and Inclusion

Chapter Objectives
Activity: Portraits of Diversity
Share of the Workforce
Approaches to Diversity
Steps Towards an Inclusive Workplace
Activity: Identifying Barriers to Inclusion
Benefits of an Inclusive Workplace
Characteristics of an Inclusive Workplace

Identity Groups and Stereotypes

Chapter Objectives
What is Group Identity?
Group Identities are Important
When There are Few Amongst Many
Stereotyping
Pitfalls and Costs of Stereotyping
Why People Stereotype
Activity: Internalised Oppression; Internalised Pride
Activity: Untold History

Race, Gender, Power

Chapter Objectives
Conscious/Unconscious
Expectations and Assumptions
Unconscious Bias
Key Characteristics of Unconscious Bias
Some Types of Unconscious Bias
Systemic Racism and Sexism
How ‘isms” are Built
Activity: I Don’t Know What I Don’t Know
Characteristics of Dominant Groups
Outcomes: Racist/Sexist vs. Inclusive
What is Power?
Activity: Race/Gender and Power

Communicating in a Diverse Workplace

Chapter Objectives
Definition of Communication
Axioms of Communication
Communication Keys
Activity: Diversity Competence Skills
Diversity Mindset

Diversity awareness in workplace

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Diversity awareness in workplace training course helps to:

Diversity awareness in workplace training course is ideal for :

Course Outline

Diversity: Similar Differences

How Culture Shapes Us

Diversity and Inclusion

Identity Groups and Stereotypes

Race, Gender, Power

Communicating in a Diverse Workplace

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Diversity awareness in workplace

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Course Details

Diversity awareness in workplace training course helps to:

Diversity awareness in workplace training course is ideal for :

Course Outline

Diversity: Similar Differences

How Culture Shapes Us

Diversity and Inclusion

Identity Groups and Stereotypes

Race, Gender, Power

Communicating in a Diverse Workplace

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