Ways To Embed Diversity And Inclusion In The Workplace Culture

1. Ways To Embed Diversity and Inclusion In The Workplace Culture

2. 1. What is Diversity and Inclusion Training • Training employees to better work with people with differing abilities, backgrounds, nationalities, genders are referred to as diversity and inclusion training. • This can be in the form of training to increase awareness of unintentional biases, or it could be in the form of teaching skills to better interact with others who come from different backgrounds with differing perspectives. • The overall goal is to have a workplace inclusive of all people.

3. 2. Ways To Implement Inclusion Training • Be careful to remain as positive as possible in the training. One major criticism of this type of training is that negativity can have the opposite of the intended effect. • Consider making the training voluntary so that participants don’t feel they’re only there because they have to be—they’re there because it’s beneficial. • Inclusion training should not be a one-off. It needs to be ongoing, with updates for all employees and reinforcement over time. • Be sure leadership is included in training efforts. Best practices need to be modeled from the top.

4. 3. Ways To Make Diversity Training Successful • Diversity and inclusion training programs should target all employees and address a range of issues, including unconscious bias, microaggressions, and cross-cultural communications. • Effective training moves beyond simply encouraging employees to tolerate differences in teaching employees how to work well together while embracing diverse perspectives. • For diversity training to be as successful as possible, it needs to be delivered over an extended period of time. • Diversity and inclusion training should be tailor-made for the organization conducting it.