What Follows Diversity What Follows Diversity Awareness Training?Awareness Training?

Our Organization has Completed Diversity Our Organization has Completed Diversity Awareness TrainingAwareness Training

Now What Do We Do Now? Now What Do We Do Now?

Consider forming a committee to assess and Consider forming a committee to assess and review several follow up initiatives to further review several follow up initiatives to further the organization’s diversity initiative beyond the organization’s diversity initiative beyond diversity awareness training.diversity awareness training.

ProcessProcess Consider seeking the help of a trained facilitator to assist the Consider seeking the help of a trained facilitator to assist the

committee with this processcommittee with this process Introduce the committee to six (6) possible initiatives to Introduce the committee to six (6) possible initiatives to

pursue beyond diversity awareness trainingpursue beyond diversity awareness training Participants will work in groups Participants will work in groups Each group will be provided a specific initiative and will work Each group will be provided a specific initiative and will work

as a team to provide reasons why their assigned initiative as a team to provide reasons why their assigned initiative would be the most appropriate follow up project to pursuewould be the most appropriate follow up project to pursue

Each group will report its findings to the larger groupEach group will report its findings to the larger group The facilitator will provide information to help the committee The facilitator will provide information to help the committee

decide on the most appropriate projects to pursue beyond decide on the most appropriate projects to pursue beyond diversity awareness training.diversity awareness training.

MESSAGE FROM CEOMESSAGE FROM CEO

Hello Staff!Hello Staff!

We’ve completed our diversity awareness training session, We’ve completed our diversity awareness training session, but I wish to do more. Therefore, I ask you to work in but I wish to do more. Therefore, I ask you to work in assigned teams to provide me arguments about what assigned teams to provide me arguments about what initiative we should pursue next. initiative we should pursue next. Based on the information I have given you, I ask that you Based on the information I have given you, I ask that you provide me with as much detail as possible about why provide me with as much detail as possible about why your group’s assigned project should be our next step. your group’s assigned project should be our next step.

GOOD LUCK! I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO GOOD LUCK! I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR YOUR SUGGESTIONS!HEAR YOUR SUGGESTIONS!

SIX POSSIBLE SIX POSSIBLE INITIATIVES TO INITIATIVES TO

PURSUEPURSUE

Create a Create a Diversity Strategic PlanDiversity Strategic Plan (selected focus (selected focus areas to promote diversity within our organization. areas to promote diversity within our organization. Including a step-by-step process on how we will Including a step-by-step process on how we will achieve our goals). achieve our goals).

Create a Create a Diversity Statement from the CEODiversity Statement from the CEO

Engage in a Series of Engage in a Series of Customized Diversity-Related Customized Diversity-Related

Training ProgramsTraining Programs

SIX POSSIBLE SIX POSSIBLE INITIATIVES TO INITIATIVES TO PURSUE (Cont.)PURSUE (Cont.)

Conduct an Conduct an Organizational AssessmentOrganizational Assessment (e.g., focus (e.g., focus groups and interviews to get a snapshot of staff groups and interviews to get a snapshot of staff issues)issues)

Create a Create a Diversity CouncilDiversity Council (a group of staff members (a group of staff members whose mission is to monitor and enforce our diversity whose mission is to monitor and enforce our diversity initiatives)initiatives)

Create Create Affinity GroupsAffinity Groups (e.g., staff groups with (e.g., staff groups with special interests that meet informally, and serve as a special interests that meet informally, and serve as a resource to the company about their particular group)resource to the company about their particular group)

GROUP WORKGROUP WORK

Group 1: Diversity Strategic PlanGroup 1: Diversity Strategic Plan

Group 2: Diversity Statement from CEOGroup 2: Diversity Statement from CEO

Group 3: Customized Training on Specific Group 3: Customized Training on Specific Diversity-Related Projects Diversity-Related Projects

Group 4: Organizational AssessmentGroup 4: Organizational Assessment

Group 5: Staff Diversity CouncilGroup 5: Staff Diversity Council

Group 6: Affinity GroupsGroup 6: Affinity Groups

PREFERRED ORDER OF PREFERRED ORDER OF INTIATIVES TO PURSUEINTIATIVES TO PURSUE

1st: Conduct Organizational Assessment

2nd: Create CEO Diversity Statement3rd: Form Staff Diversity Council4th: Create Diversity Strategic Plan

5th: Participate in Second Level Diversity Training Programs

6th: Create Staff Affinity Groups

Discuss the results and decide as a Discuss the results and decide as a committee what initiative it will committee what initiative it will recommend to the Leadershiprecommend to the Leadership

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