Diversity
Leveraging Diversity & Inclusion
An Appreciative Planning & Action Event
Background & Scope
At (company confidential), diversity and inclusion are fundamental values and a key business strategy to enhance competitiveness in the global marketplace.
One of the highly successful initiatives supporting our change and growth was the formation of a cross-functional diversity committee/team focused on:
- Creating and maintaining an inclusive work environment
- Attracting and retaining a highly talented diverse workforce
- Providing a voice to the leadership group on barriers and opportunities
- A support system and forum for exchanging information and ideas around diversity and inclusion
The Trenton Diversity Team accomplished a number of initiatives in support of the site business goals:
- Design and rollout of a diversity education program for all staff
- Implemented a “buddy/mentor” program for new hires
- Identified and addressed issues and barriers to creating a harassment-free and inclusive work environment
- Provided temporary workforce associate training
- Improved diversity awareness and overall plant-wide communications
- Evaluated diversity initiative through a comprehensive associated survey
Our Plan of Work
To build on their success, the committee now wants to enhance the vision, create new opportunities, direction that aligns and leverages diversity to move the business forward.
Our work plan will focus on facilitating an appreciative planning and action framework as a new way of thinking, seeing and acting for powerful, purposeful change – a search for solutions that amplifies what is working well in the context of the Committee mandate.
Our work together will focus on the end result, creating a work environment that makes employees feel respected, valued and connected, so they develop stronger relationships with each other, become more involved in their work, resulting in increased teamwork, innovation, productivity, continuous improvement and results.
Proposed Agenda
- Review and discussion around corporate best practices in leveraging diversity and inclusion.
- Video – Celebrate What’s Right with the World
- Key Points “Recognize abundance, look for possibilities, believe it and you will see it.”
- Debrief video and application
- Overview the Appreciative Planning and Action framework
- Discuss
- Dream
- Design
- Delivery
- Application of the (AI) model with the Diversity Teams
- Wrap-up and next steps
Duration: 1 day
Location: Off site at a mutually agreed-upon location
Facilitator:
Mark Norman – Individual and Corporate Leadership
Mark is a respected and sought-after consultant and trainer. He has proven his value to countless individuals and teams in search of effectiveness and balance. He specializes in individual and corporate leadership, helping leaders and teams rise above the issues that impede creativity and growth.
Mark has led major organizational change initiatives in the educational sector, increased empowerment and built effective teams in the pulp and paper industry, rolled out learning and career resilience processes in the automotive industry. With his mastery of English and French, he provides fully bilingual services across Canada and in the U.S.
Mark is valued for his inclusiveness, his ability to challenge thinking, his sense of humour and his consistent creation of safe learning environments.
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