Building Bridges to Understanding
Diversity Awareness Training Program
As
the dramatic shift to a highly diverse workforce continues, organizations,
large and small, know they must do a better job of helping all workers
understand, accept, and capitalize on differences. They know the
cultural backgrounds and experiences of diverse employees, and customers,
can deeply enrich the organization, making it more innovative and
globally competitive. Changes in employment practices require the
rapid adjustment of employers and employees. Given the reality of
individual uniqueness in the workplace, the Building Bridges
to Understanding Seminar is designed to assess the perceptions,
values, and behaviors we embrace in the work groups and individual
work settings.
Training
Objectives
Participants
will:
- Discover
personal comfort levels with people who are different than you.
- Understand
the impact of your behavior on others.
- Assess
the accuracy of your knowledge about differences.
- Reduce
conflict & enhance teamwork.
- Value diversity
as a source of organizational strength.
- Engage
in exercises that will heighten ones understanding of Cultural
Differences on the job.
Program Length:
7 hours
