Become Diversity Savvy

Creating an effective and inclusive working environment: Strategies and tools for meeting the challenges of the new diverse workforce

 

Diversity has many faces. Differences in race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, physical and cognitive ability, and religious affiliation mark today’s workforce and today’s markets. By understanding and managing diversity, as a business owner who implements the practice of diversity and inclusion, you will attract, retain and develop the best talent, and do business in a diverse market.

By building a workplace culture, empowered by differences, you will be able to

  1. Recruit and retain a diverse workforce
  2. Build effective diverse teams
  3. Reduce resources spent on training and staff turnover
  4. Increase motivation and productivity from a workforce that values differences

By attracting the best and the brightest employees, you will

  1. Increase creativity benefiting from unique opinions and perspectives of a diverse workforce
  2. Increase successes through a new found flexibility and ability to adapt to change
  3. Open up new relationships with community groups
  4. Capitalize on markets created by our increasingly diverse communities


The Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society offers a training program that help build a culture in your organization that is powered by difference. For your employees, we can increase the

  • Knowledge needed to function effectively in diverse environments.
  • Awareness of learned prejudices and fears about differences and how these impact on personal and professional relationships
  • Skills to increase the level of cultural competence

For your company or organization we can support the development of an organizational culture with policies and procedures that support and benefit culturally competent employees.

For more information  and to register contact Terre Flower at 753-6911 ext. 3 

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