Promoting Diversity

What is Diversity

–     What it means to us

–     We have multiple identities

–     The subjective nature of “diversity” classifications

–     “diversity” is often confused with another term “equality”

–     “Diversity” literally means difference

–     valuing “diversity”

 

Why adopt diversity?

–     Legislative requirement

–     Research suggests that “diversity”:

•   increases staff retention and productivity

•   Improves relations with local community,

•   Increases organization's ability to cope with change

•   expands the creativity of the organization

–     Forward-thinking leaders,

•   “diversity” as part talent management practices

•   connect “diversity” with corporate performance.

 

How is Diversity achieved?

–     “institutionalizing”  the corporate mindset

–     sustainable “organizational culture”

–     strategies to maximize the value of a diverse workforce

•   recognize people's individual abilities, aspirations and preferences, and

•   provide appropriate opportunities for them to be realized

–     focus of organizational strategies should be on the benefits that come from having a diverse workforce; not on how to deal with the legislative compliance issues.