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Discovering Diversity®
Discovering Diversity: paper "How can we make differences in backgrounds and beliefs an asset, not a liability?"   Applications   Communications   Conflict Management   Teamwork   Diversity   Leadership   Productivity   Stress / Change   Customer Relations / Sales Listening   Innovation / Creativity   Managing / Coaching / Mentoring Our increasingly diverse society is reflected in growing workforce diversity. Leading organizations acknowledge that working successfully with others who do not share the same background, beliefs or traditions is a top priority in the new workplace. Employees need help in assessing their behavior toward people who are different from themselves. And they must understand the benefits of changing negative attitudes and resistance into appreciation and cooperation. Designed to help individuals look honestly at themselves to identify attitudes and behavior that stands in the way of teamwork, the Discovering Diversity Profile provides a safe way to explore complex, powerful issues. Build a Bridge to Understanding The Discovering Diversity Profile is completely confidential, and an effective tool to help employees explore diversity in the following key areas: Knowledge: discover what a person actually knows about differences by looking at stereotypes, as well as the source of that knowledge or information. Understanding: decipher their level of awareness and explore their willingness to put themselves in a position to feel what others may be feeling. Acceptance: tolerance examines their patience and regard for respecting different beliefs and behaviors. Behavior: interpersonal skill assesses how they act out their attitudes toward others, their flexibility and openness in dealing with others and their self-awareness of patterns of interaction. Gain Insight, Take Action, Value Diversity The Discovering Diversity Profile helps people in your organization: Discover their personal comfort level with people different from themselves Understand the impact of their behavior on others Assess the accuracy of their knowledge about differences Limit the influence of stereotypes Reduce conflict Transform knowledge into acceptance and empathy Embrace diversity as a source or organizational strength Discovering Diversity Profile® Unit Price $21.50 ea. Discovering Diversity Profile® Facilitator's Kit    Everything you need to administer the Discovering Diversity Profile is contained in the comprehensive Facilitator's Kit. Designed to provide human resource professionals with practical, research-based expertise, the kit helps you deliver a unique Discover & Capitalize approach to workplace learning. Provide a self-directed scoring and interpretation process that actively engages the learner in the context of personal experience Simplify complex issues to increase understanding Create a non-judgmental language for exploring awareness, attitudes and behavior related to diversity issues Assess knowledge of differences Enhance interpersonal skills Increase appreciation of differences Foster self-awareness and behavioral insights for long-term performance improvement Facilitator's Kit includes: One Facilitator's Manual A fully scripted Building Bridges to Understanding seminar PowerPoint® presentations, handouts, seminar evaluation forms and research reports on CD-ROM Research and technical background Two Discovering Diversity Profiles Discovering Diversity® Facilitator's Kit Unit Price $600.00 ea.