Addressing Diversity | Corporate Leadership Development Program
Helping create a sense of diversity, equity, and inclusiveness for every individual in the workplace, to help organizations become as powerful as humanly possible.
Addressing Diversity, Equity and Inclusiveness
Course Overview:
- Breaking down the barriers to achieving diversity
- Finding new ways to create equity and inclusiveness
- Aligning values of the organization with those of the individual
Recent trends in today’s complex and interconnected world have accelerated the rate of polarization within society while creating a new and growing wave of inequality in all areas of our daily lives.
Not surprisingly, our workplaces have started to mirror this dynamic. This makes it imperative for business leaders to create corporate cultures and working environments that promote diversity, equity, and inclusiveness, while aligning with the values of the people that make up the team.
Diversity in the workplace today means more than issues of gender, race and ethnicity. It includes employees with diverse religious and political beliefs, socioeconomic and educational backgrounds, sexual orientation and disabilities. While this makes it increasingly complex to address, companies that do succeed in creating more diverse and inclusive workplaces have high employee satisfaction and they consistently perform better and produce better results.
The Collaboration Partners help businesses address diversity and equity challenges by starting within the organization themselves, and the people that lead them. Understanding individual perceptions and beliefs enables participants to experience having difficult conversations around diversity and inclusion, in a collaborative environment where safety and the acknowledgement of everyone’s humanity is the priority.
"Every one of us has our challenges with understanding diversity. Through this program I was able to identify the underlying assumptions and biases that were inadvertently holding me back from creating the type of culture I wanted for my organization. I now feel more equipped to discuss with my team the best way to create a new model for diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workplace."
KEY LEARNINGS
The Willingness to Change
Awareness is like opening a door to a whole new set of possibilities. But with awareness comes uncertainty, as with…
change there can often be a perceived risk associated with it. This is why it is essential to fully understand our motivations to change so we can find the courage to take the first step.
Shifting a culture – especially as it relates to inclusion – doesn’t have to come with uncertainty. Using principles of neuroscience we can understand why and when people feel uncomfortable with the unknown and address it openly and constructively so it doesn’t become a barrier.
At The Collaboration Partners we walk alongside your team, respecting their humanity, fears and aspirations. Together we can help your organization overcome issues and take the steps necessary to create the change you desire.
The Millennial Mindset
If businesses are looking to hire and sustain a millennial workforce, diversity must be a key part of the company culture…
Not only do Millennials actively look for diversity and inclusion when sizing up potential employers but studies show that up to 74% believe organizations are more innovative when it has a culture of inclusion.
Given that Millennials will make up 75% of the global workforce by 2025 it’s important for us to understand their unique perspective on diversity. While previous generations have viewed diversity through the lenses of race, demographics, equality and representation, millennials see diversity as a melding of varying experiences, different backgrounds and individual perspectives. They view the ideal workplace as a supportive environment that gives space to varying perspectives on a given issue.
The Collaboration Partners can work with the leaders of today to create the sort of culture within an organization that will be essential to both recruit and retain the optimal workforce for the future.
Diversity is Good for Business
Research has shown that there is a positive correlation between diversity and organization performance. Not only do…
organizations that promote diversity perform better, but they also show improved creativity, stronger governance and better problem-solving abilities.
While awareness of the benefits of diversity is on the rise, for some there is still a perception that access to pay, jobs and career opportunities for those of equal ability could be hampered by factors such as age, ethnicity, gender, race, religion and sexuality, to name a few.
These assumptions and beliefs need to be addressed in an open and safe environment, so that a more culturally diverse environment can be created where the values of the individual and the values of the business are aligned.
Today more than ever before, embracing diversity is not just a metric to be strived for, but it is an integral part of the culture of a more modern, inclusive and successful business.
Make a Lasting Difference
No two organizations will approach the subject of diversity and equity in the exact same way, and every leader should work to…
create a plan that is best suited to their needs and the needs of their business. Creating lasting change can never be just a one-time effort, as any successful change program needs ongoing attention and effort to ensure effectiveness.
The Collaboration Partners work with a wide range of organizations to help them better understand how empathetic leadership is key to any transformation. We then collaborate to create a psychologically safe environment where all team members can openly engage in this process without judgement or fear.
The result, an enhanced sense of belonging and engagement for all and a step by step plan for your organization to quickly move forward towards a transformed culture of inclusiveness.
Professional Coaching Support
Executive coaching is a proven tool to help successful leaders remain aware of how their thinking is impacting their ability to…
accomplish their goals – both individually and in their organizations.
At The Collaboration Partners our team of professional coaches listen and guide leaders to ensure their actions are fostering a sense of inclusiveness for all while continually moving their organizations forward. In doing so, we help align the actions taken with the desired values of the business, while getting the most of a team and every individual within it.
Creating an inclusive culture takes resilience and commitment and it can be easy to get discouraged along the way. Our coaches support and guide leaders to create new habits, improved accountability and support for employees. In doing so, leaders will never forget how far they’ve come or what exciting potential lies ahead.
The Willingness to Change
Awareness is like opening a door to a whole new set of possibilities. But with awareness comes uncertainty, as with…
change there can often be a perceived risk associated with it. This is why it is essential to fully understand our motivations to change so we can find the courage to take the first step.
Shifting a culture – especially as it relates to inclusion – doesn’t have to come with uncertainty. Using principles of neuroscience we can understand why and when people feel uncomfortable with the unknown and address it openly and constructively so it doesn’t become a barrier.
At The Collaboration Partners we walk alongside your team, respecting their humanity, fears and aspirations. Together we can help your organization overcome issues and take the steps necessary to create the change you desire.
The Millennial Mindset
If businesses are looking to hire and sustain a millennial workforce, diversity must be a key part of the company culture…
Not only do Millennials actively look for diversity and inclusion when sizing up potential employers but studies show that up to 74% believe organizations are more innovative when it has a culture of inclusion.
Given that Millennials will make up 75% of the global workforce by 2025 it’s important for us to understand their unique perspective on diversity. While previous generations have viewed diversity through the lenses of race, demographics, equality and representation, millennials see diversity as a melding of varying experiences, different backgrounds and individual perspectives. They view the ideal workplace as a supportive environment that gives space to varying perspectives on a given issue.
The Collaboration Partners can work with the leaders of today to create the sort of culture within an organization that will be essential to both recruit and retain the optimal workforce for the future.
Diversity is Good for Business
Research has shown that there is a positive correlation between diversity and organization performance. Not only do…
organizations that promote diversity perform better, but they also show improved creativity, stronger governance and better problem-solving abilities.
While awareness of the benefits of diversity is on the rise, for some there is still a perception that access to pay, jobs and career opportunities for those of equal ability could be hampered by factors such as age, ethnicity, gender, race, religion and sexuality, to name a few.
These assumptions and beliefs need to be addressed in an open and safe environment, so that a more culturally diverse environment can be created where the values of the individual and the values of the business are aligned.
Today more than ever before, embracing diversity is not just a metric to be strived for, but it is an integral part of the culture of a more modern, inclusive and successful business.
Make a Lasting Difference
No two organizations will approach the subject of diversity and equality in the exact same way, and every leader should work to…
create a plan that is best suited to their needs and the needs of their business. Creating lasting change can never be just a one-time effort, as any successful change program needs ongoing attention and effort to ensure effectiveness.
The Collaboration Partners work with a wide range of organizations to help them better understand how empathetic leadership is key to any transformation. We then collaborate to create a psychologically safe environment where all team members can openly engage in this process without judgement or fear.
The result, an enhanced sense of belonging and engagement for all and a step by step plan for your organization to quickly move forward towards a transformed culture of inclusiveness.
Professional Coaching Support
Executive coaching is a proven tool to help successful leaders remain aware of how their thinking is impacting their ability to…
accomplish their goals – both individually and in their organizations.
At The Collaboration Partners our team of professional coaches listen and guide leaders to ensure their actions are fostering a sense of inclusiveness for all while continually moving their organizations forward. In doing so, we help align the actions taken with the desired values of the business, while getting the most of a team and every individual within it.
Creating an inclusive culture takes resilience and commitment and it can be easy to get discouraged along the way. Our coaches support and guide leaders to create new habits, improved accountability and support for employees. In doing so, leaders will never forget how far they’ve come or what exciting potential lies ahead.
“I experienced the power of this model for diversity, equity, and inclusion work. Every human has blind spots. We aren’t always able to recognize our true beliefs, underlying assumptions, implicit or explicit biases. As a result, we tend to fiercely resist anything that challenges our notions of who we believe ourselves to be."
What's Involved:
- Needs assessment
- Customized learning and development interactions to leaders and team members
- Additional deliverables available:
- Change management strategies
Ongoing coaching and support to implement action plans
In-person Workshop
- Customizable equine assisted leadership or team development workshop to create and implement strategies to address needs assessment outcomes
- Follow up report provided
Virtual Workshop
- Introductory workshop on beliefs, perceptions, and assumptions and the impact on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts
*Offered through a scheduled zoom call
