Embracing Diversity & Inclusion

• What is Embracing Diversity & Inclusion?
• Why does it matter in today's corporations?
• What benefits can it bring to improve employees' engagement, talent management and productivity?

With demographic shifts, advances in technology, communication and globalization, diversity has immensely become the driver of growth around the world. If you believe people are the most important asset and for companies to succeed in the global marketplace, they must make the most of the full range of their people.

This course covers 4 major areas of diversity, namely – Colored Brain genetic thinking style, gender, generation and ethnic culture. At the end of session, participants shall raise the awareness of importance, benefits it can yield to value and respect differences and inclusion.

1. Explore the importance of diversity and inclusion, and how to support organization's diversity efforts.
2. Raise awareness on what is unconscious bias and how it affects our thinking and perspective and how to manage it.
3. Challenge assumptions and equip staff with the essential skills to stay competitive in today's diverse and global workplace.
4. Create common understanding despite differences in order to be culturally competent.
5. Discover 4 areas of diversity on genetic thinking styles, gender, generation and culture at the workplace and how Diversity & Inclusion can be embrace effectively.
6. Explore how cultural diversity and inclusion is managed for best team effectiveness in your organization.

Our Conscious & Unconscious Mind

• Unconscious Mind defines reality
• What is Unconscious Bias?
• What is Stereotyping
• Unconscious & stereotyping micro behaviours
• How to overcome?

Diversity & Inclusion

• Understand Diversity & Inclusion
• What’s the importance?

Genetic Thinking Styles Diversity – Colored Brain™

• Colored Glasses Syndrome
• Uncover your genetic thinking processor – Colored Brain Communication Inventory

Why we see different thing from same circumstances?

• Interpretation of your personal Colored Brain
• Activity: Colored Company Game

Gender Diversity

• Activity – Men vs Women Stereotype
• Gender Stereotype
• Hofstede’s Masculinity vs Femininity
• Differences between Men & Women Leadership Qualities

Generations Diversity

• An Overview 5 Generations – Matures, Baby Boomers, Gen X, Y & Z
• Malaysia vs US – Generation comparison
• The Malaysian Generations perspective
• How to manage, communicate, engage & lead different generations

Culture Diversity

• Understanding Culture & Values
• Define Corporate Culture & Values
• East – West Cultural Dimensions – what’s the best?
• Your personal & company cultural dimension profiling

Why Diversity & Inclusion matters?

• The legal requirements
• What are the benefits?
• Definition & Path to Inclusion
• Path to Cultural Competency

Diversity & Inclusion Action Plan

• From Diversity to Inclusion – your Paradigm shift in embracing D&I
• Presentation

1. Our methodology is highly interactive with experiential activities based on multiple intelligences.
2. We use a variety of proprietary training tools, group discussion, team reflective circle, storytelling, role play, lecture with games and activities to make learning FUN and IMPACTFUL!
3. Based on research of Malaysian socio-economic development and statistics. Some are on-going research by Lily Lau.
4. In essence, our methodology is:
   • Interactive learning
   • Experiential activities
   • Facilitative training
   • Participants focussed

• Being a 'Glocal' Manager
• Communicating Across Cultures
• Conflicts & Differing Cultures at Workplace
• Gamification & Technology to Create a High Performance Culture
• Connecting Generations at the Workplace
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