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Valuing Diversity
Overview:
The aim of this course is to explore diversity in the workplace, focusing on the complexities of difference which can initiate team and individual change.
Objectives:
By the end of the course delegates will understand:
- Current anti-discrimination legislation and how it impacts on the workplace
- The difference between equality, diversity and the appreciation of the business case for diversity
- The elements which comprise an inclusive environment and who can make it happen
- The need to recognise how others may perceive you and how you can reinforce or change these perceptions
- How their own stereotype, biases and assumptions affect their behaviour and relationship with others
Topics covered:
- Theory and rationale - What is diversity? Why should we explore it?
- Equal opportunities and managing diveristy
- An overview of legal content in an equal opportunities framework
- Focus on our ideals that may not be reality, considering assumptions, attitudes, sterotyping and past life experiences
- Explore identity by considering why we are part of one group and not another
- What helps and hinders inclusion and exclusion
- How to consider individuals' thoughts, feeling and actions, and how to break inappropriate behaviour
- Look at how our past influences our views and makes us who we are, exploring what we have in common with other team members
- Consider the cycle of change model and how we can effectively use this in our everyday lives
- Look at tools and skills which initiate change such as active listening and open-closed question
- Action plan on how we can engage with diversity
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Duration: 1 day
Maximum Places: 12
Group Price: £850
For more information
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029 20 491 491
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