Diversity , Equity & Inclusion (DEI)

Diversity , Equity & Inclusion (DEI)

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Diversity is a barometer for growth, healthiness, and creativity in an organization. Diverse organizations are more prone to growth, high flight and are competitively advantageous. Diversity, on the other hand creates many fault lines that can create divisions, sub-divisions and a clustered organization with extreme socio-cultural challenges which slows down growth in case of poor inclusion planning.

Taking advantage of diverse people at work needs alignment of many factors at organizational level including culture, mindset, conscious & unconscious bias, advocacies, sensitivities, stereotyping, equity, gender empowerment, encouragement of PWDs etc. All these challenges are the core of this training module.

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Understanding Diversity:

  • Diversity – Faultline or Growth Engine?
  • Need & Importance of Diversity for Sustainable & Developing Organization
  • Diverse Groups, Visible Minorities, Gender Challenges & PWDs
  • Challenges, Roadblocks & Risks associated with highly diverse organizations

Determinants of Organizational Diversity

  • National & Organizational Culture
  • Conscious & Unconscious Bias
  • Equity Issues & Gender Inclusion
  • Leadership Mindset & Workplace Environment

Diversity & Culture

  • Impact of National Culture on Organization values
  • Setting Boundaries to separate organization culture from outside
  • Cultural Shift: Transition from Rule based to Value based Culture
  • Cultivating & Embedding values in culture to encourage diversity

Visible & Invisibles:

  • Types & Nature of Bias in organization
  • Open & hidden advocacies & Stereotypes
  • Camouflaging equity rights of visible minorities
  • Unconscious discouragement & restrictive practices in D&I

Gender Issues:

  • Stereotyping – Undermining Role, Responsibility, Ability, Skill Level, Authority
  • Equity Challenges – Flexibility, Support, Marginalization, Communication
  • Environment – Communication barriers, Objectification, Harassment, Authority
  • Physical Facilities – Equality, Facilities Sharing, Needs Recognition

Workplace Environment:

  • Setting Standards, Boundaries, Nurturing Values
  • Encouragement of Race, Cast, Color, Ethnic & Religious Harmony
  • Lifting Communication Barriers, Encouraging open & Crucial Conversations
  • Encourage Disagreements, Conflicts & Differences & their resolution methods

Inclusion Planning:

  • Buy leadership buy-in, Set Leadership Roles & Responsibilities to Foster Inclusion
  • Enterprise-wide awareness of rights of Gender, PWDs & Visible Minorities
  • Identification & Elimination of Conscious & Unconscious Bias & Advocacies
  • Published D&I Policy reflecting Company Stance & Support for Diverse Groups

Learning Outcome

By the end of training, participants will be able to:

  • Understand how and why diversity is important for organization
  • Learn how diverse organizations can grow seamless & faster as compared to non-diverse ones
  • Identify key enterprise D&I challenges that serves as fault lines for organization
  • Engage stakeholders to effectively engage and foster diverse group
  • Evaluate visible & invisible, conscious & un-conscious bias, discriminations & advocacies
  • Design suitable inclusion plan to engage & include diverse groups
  • Quantify enterprise D&I policy effectiveness & impact on organizational growth
  • Create a healthy culture that can foster growth & development at all organizational levels

Who Should Attend:

  • Senior Managers
  • Line Manager
  • HR Team
  • Sales & Marketing
  • Operations Team
  • Procurement Team
  • Finance Team

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