Diversity Training and How to Improve Performance

 

Don’t tolerate diversity ……………………………………………………….exploit it!

Organisations are beginning to generate competitive advantage by applying diversity – is yours? Diversity is fundamentally about improving performance by taking advantage of differences and variety. It is not about equal opportunities, but when applied well it promotes equal opportunity. This workshop will help you to enhance performance, reduce the time required to apply diversity and reduce the risks of getting it wrong.

Who is this workshop for?

This one-day workshop is for diversity/equality/inclusion practitioners, talent recruiters and developers, organisation developers, learning & development practitioners, policy makers, and managers/supervisors, in public, private and voluntary sector organisations. Their roles may be in corporate or in line functions in the organisation.

What will you gain from attending?

The workshop is designed to guide you in understanding the value, and costs of diversity and how to create strategies for sustainable change in your organisation or team. The practical format is structured to inspire and motivate participants to apply diversity through understanding its true value and using the right tools. It will help you to:

• Understand what diversity is, and what it is not
• Understand the many fundamental differences between diversity and equality
• Understand the increasing business case for diversity and links to business strategy
• Explore beyond employee diversity to diversity in other stakeholder groups
• Gain confidence in managing diversity and equality
• Develop strategies to create and embed sustainable diversity cultures
• Understand how not to do it
• Explore experiences and approaches with peers from other organisations
• Network with peers in other organisations
• Create your own diversity action plans to take back to the workplace
  

Workshop Approach

• Interactivity – learning by listening, questioning, sharing and doing
• Action planning tools
• Diversity resources
• Specialist guidance
• Post-workshop support
• Learn from specialist presenter’s and each others\\\\\\' knowledge and experiences
  

Costs / Duration and Location

• The cost of this training course is £400 ex VAT
• The duration is one day 9:00 till 16:00
• Location will be determined by requests