PROGRAM OVERVIEW:
As the dramatic shift to a highly diverse and expressive workforce continues, leaders know they must create a culture that embraces understanding and acceptance of differences as well as similarities. They know cultural and racial backgrounds and experiences of diverse employees and clients can enrich the organization, making it more innovative and competitive.
Enhancing your ability to recognize micro-affirmations and micro-aggressions enables you to work more effectively with all team members while appreciating the diversity of thought they bring to the organization. The added benefit is the skills learned can be used professionally and personally thus reducing stress and enhancing positive interactions.
This interactive, non-judgmental, and fun program provides an opportunity for you to discover your own level of knowledge and understanding of people different from you, and then apply the principles of inclusion to build relationships. By exploring the biases that inform some behaviors and impede productivity, you will be better equipped to turn barriers into bridges and focus on inclusive actions when you return to their organization.
As a result of attending this session, you will be able to:
Improve your awareness of the impact of biases
Limit the influence of hidden biases on decisions
You will be able to apply the 4-Part Compass to expand your cultural competence
Lenora Billings-Harris, CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) is a CPAE (Council of Peers Award of Excellence) Hall of Fame speaker and an internationally recognized authority in the areas of inclusion, diversity, and bias. She has been included as one of the 100 Global Thought Leaders on Diversity and Inclusion by the Society of Human Resource Management and was named by Diversity Woman Magazine as one of the twenty top influential diversity leaders in the US. Her award-winning diversity leadership research is recognized in academic journals internationally. Additionally, she serves on the Advisory Council of the Nido Qubein School of Communication, High Point University, as well as on the adjunct business faculty of two other universities.