Appreciating and Using the Power of Diversity at Work

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- Appreciating and Using the Power of Diversity at Work -

Course Overview

A survey by Korn/Ferry International found that millions of employees leave their jobs each year because they feel they are being treated unfairly at work. This costs employers countless billions a year in recruitment alone. The source of employee’s feeling that is being treated unfairly includes, being a woman (in a male-dominated organisation), being from a minority group, being of a certain age, sexual orientation, personal religious beliefs, physical abilities and even their educational background.

The goal of Appreciating and Using the Power of Diversity at Work is to show every employee how to foster a culture where every voice is welcome, heard, and respected. Your workplace will be a place where people enjoy coming to work each day and working with each other.

Key Learning Outcomes

Understand the subtle ways that bias occurs
Identify instances of devaluing others through small, subconscious behaviours and micro-inequities.
Establish a framework to increase inclusion at the organisational level
Recognise different ways of conveying respect
Address conflict productively and respectfully
How to be an employee who leads by example and is part of the solution

Topics Covered

How to recognise and overcome fundamental attribution errors
Examples of micro-affirmations which help to compensate for micro-inequities and make others feel valued
What employee and manager behaviours to use at work and how to create a framework for inclusion in your team or organisation

Recognising what respect means to each individual and how to start to communicate according to five specific categories of respect
Practical ways to exhibiting behaviours that influence others to be part of the solution and not the problem
How to give and receive feedback on negative behaviour in a respectful manner

Why Learn Online?

Learning new skills online can be perfect for organisations and employees for the following reasons:

You only have one or a few employees to train and develop on a specific training topic
Getting a trainer to your location could be difficult or cost-prohibitive
The employees you want to train work from home or are part-time
You don’t have the resources to cover for the employees you want to be trained, so allowing them to the training online means they won’t need to leave their work areas
Your training budget is limited and online learning is more cost-effective
You want your people trained in a wide range of skills this year,’s online learning provides much better value to get everyone involved in learning and developing themselves.