| Diversity
Training

In today’s
world, “diversity” is a term that businesses and
organizations use freely, usually to describe racial, ethnic,
and religious differences among colleagues. To me, “diversity”
is a very broad term, encompassing both the commonly acknowledged
and the more subtle differences among us.
With regard
to diversity training, I have three areas of interest and
expertise:
•Learning,
style, and team type differences, and how they affect
working relationships (especially regarding conflicts in ways
of thinking, processing information, prioritizing tasks, working
“style” and communicating with colleagues.)
•Sexual
orientation and its impact on the workplace (especially
conflicts related to homophobia, and issues about HIV/AIDS
in the workplace.)
•Racism
and its impact on working relationships (especially regarding
the responsibility of white people to acknowledge our own
privilege and tunnel vision, which affect job recruitment,
task delegation, evaluations, promotions, and team harmony.)
Obviously,
these can be very difficult and emotionally charged issues
to acknowledge and discuss. Tailor-made trainings, carefully
planned and facilitated, are key.
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