Creating a Climate for Diversity: The 10 Tips

Over the past month, I proffered 10 tips you can use to create inclusive organizational environments. To summarize and for easy reference, I have listed these tips below with a hyperlink to each post:

1. Create opportunities for culturally different individuals to interact with each other on a continuous basis.
   
2. Help employees develop the skills they need to effectively communicate, resolve conflict and solve problems in culturally diverse environments.
   
3. Develop, implement and enforce anti-harassment and discrimination policies.
   
4. Actively work to recruit a high quality, culturally diverse workforce.
   
5. Ensure that organizational policies and practices support a diverse workforce.
   
6. Formally assess the diversity climate and make changes as needed.
   
7. Make sure the work environment supports the physically challenged.
   
8. Facilitate a brown bag educational series.
   
9. Provide a mentor for every new employee.
   
10. Start an organizational diversity program.
    

I will provide more tips for creating inclusive organizations in the future!

Next Post: October 17, 2013 – Getting Results from Your Diversity Program: Tip #1