Advanced Diversity Strategies

Complete Seminar Details

Many organizations with existing diversity initiatives are struggling with ways to sustain them. This workshop introduces experienced diversity professionals to skills and competencies for looking at diversity strategically. The focus is on linking diversity in the long term to an organization's strategic business objectives, its marketplace, and long-term sustained culture change. This workshop explores:

• Why sustainability of a diversity initiative requires moving to inclusive organizational practices
• Why sustainability requires an examination of business and not simply human resources practices
• Why measurement is critical to success and successfully developing metrics

Who Will Benefit

Key Topics

• The current paradigm: diversity as an initiative
• The emerging paradigm: leveraging diversity/moving towards inclusion
• Moving diversity from a transactional issue to a business issue
• Accountability: best practices in accountability for senior managers, line managers, employees and others
• Diversity interactions, constraints, and emergent patterns
• Preconditions for a shift from a diverse to inclusive organization
• Attributes of an inclusive organization
• Fundamentals of diversity metrics
• -- Basics in measuring progress and change
• -- Understanding and defining long- and short-term success
• -- Timing your evaluation for best results
• -- Limitations of metrics: quantitative and qualitative

Special Features

Sponsor Background:

• Over 50 years ago, Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations was formed to provide training to employers to improve workplaces and workplace life.
• Cornell workshops have a reputation for being current in subject theory and application as well as on legal or regulatory issues.
• Classes are highly interactive…between student and instructor and student to student.
• Discussion groups, case studies, role plays, and other exercises provide practice for your learning.
• Your instructors are skilled communicators and experienced professionals committed to providing the finest in real world, practical education.
• The majority of our clients are repeat users…a testimony to the quality and value received.

Substitution and Cancellation Policy

Substitutions of registrants can be made at any time. Cancellations and transfers are subject to a 25% charge unless received in writing one week prior to the program. Registrants who do not cancel in writing prior to the program date and who do not attend are responsible for the entire fee.

PLEASE NOTE: CORNELL NO LONGER ACCEPTS REGISTRATIONS WITH THE "BILL ME" OPTION. ALL WORKSHOPS MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE EITHER BY CREDIT CARD OR PROOF OF PAYMENT SUCH AS A PO NUMBER.

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