Leading and Managing Diversity, Inclusion and High Performance--The
Skills Building Series
This skills-building program is the second phase of the Innovations’ diversity
series, “Diversity – The Competitive Advantage”.
This phase is a continuation of the ultimate objective of diversity which is to create an organization
that leverages the total capacity of the work force. This program
is comprised of the acquisition of five critical skills for leading
and managing a high-performance organization.
These skills involve
the mastery and facilitation of the following areas and are summarized
below:
1. Leading Diversity and Inclusion
- Knowledgeable of diversity, business associations, and relationship to high performance
- Actively practices diversity related business objectives and holds others accountable for diversity goals
- Defines, communicates, and systematically drives inclusion through cultural measurement
2. Interpersonal Cross-Cultural Dynamics
- Competently relates to others where cultural differences are involved
- Communicates effectively with divergently different people
- Resolves cross-cultural conflict within one’s self and with others
- Mentors and coaches across cultural differences
3. Diversity and High Performance Teaming
- Practices and manages collaboration, cooperation, and cross-functional integration
- Facilitates diversity in teaming as an expectation of others
- Incorporates cooperation and collaboration work practices for most projects
4. Creativity, Innovation, and Diversity-Thinking
- Facilitates diversity-thinking in teaming and brainstorming
- Facilitates out-of-the-box solutions for diversity-related challenges or opportunities
- Creates and innovates as a regular part of day-to-day operation
5. Cultural Competence – A Prescription for Success
- Is highly knowledgeable of divergently different cultures
- Exhibits a high degree of cultural proficiency in cross-cultural situations
- Facilitates others in creating a culturally competent organization
The overall objectives of the program are to learn the skills necessary:
- To lead diversity and inclusion
- To relate, communicate, and resolve differences across cultural lines
- To facilitate and participate in cooperation, collaboration, and cross-functional integration
- To significantly expand your ability to create, innovate, and brainstorm with others across cultural lines
- To operate at a high level of cultural proficiency
Each of these skill sets are learned through participation in highly
interactive, experiential exercises. These involve individual and
paired exercises, team building, and challenging interactive group
conversations and dialogue. Each module concludes with a behavioral
toolbox of implementation strategies for integration and reinforcement
of your present diversity skills.
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