Empowering Diversity
Dr. Holmes showed us the ability and experience to take a complicated and emotionally laden issue and forge consensus around it. He keeps the issues simple and presents them in such a way that the audience cannot help but agree with the conclusion. He proved to be a real benefit to our company.
Patrick M. Barrett, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, R. L. Polk & Co., Southfield, MI
Empowering Diversity is a performance-focused training and organizational development system geared toward the creation of culturally empowered environments. Such environments fully recognize the significant benefits of diversity, include members of diverse cultural groups as full participants, act to eliminate all forms of discriminatory behavior, and actively seek to empower all members with the skills and opportunities needed for both individual and organizational success. The primary goal of the Empowering Diversity system is the development of culturally inclusive organizations that generate measurable improvements in individual, organizational and community performance. As a result of the Empowering Diversity programs described below, your organization will be able to:
Connecting Diversity to Performance
This 4-hour workshop introduces a 6-part diversity change management model, describes the 5 steps that must be taken to systematically connect diversity to organizational performance, and provides a comprehensive overview of the best diversity practices when it comes to enhancing individual and organizational performance (click here for Dr. Holmes' article, How to Connect Diversity to Performance).
The Empowering Diversity Audit
The Empowering Diversity Audit is a paper and pencil benchmarking instrument that evaluates the current level of organizational functioning in 10 key areas relative to diversity empowerment. The key areas include mission/philosophy, organizational leadership, policies and procedures, climate and environment, staffing and retention, coaching and mentoring, human resource development, performance management, compensation and benefits, and program evaluation.
Developing the Diversity Plan
This 8-hour session helps you implement a diversity planning process that will facilitate the identification of SMART goals, the development of activities and interventions, and the implementation of a comprehensive evaluation process. As a result of this session, you will have a specific plan for empowering diversity within your organization in a way that generates measurable improvements in individual and organizational performance.
The Strategic Staffing Audit
The Strategic Staffing Audit identifies and evaluates the current level of functioning of 5 key activities within an organization that should be included in any effective staffing system. These activities include human resource analysis, human resource forecasting, strategic recruitment and selection, employee retention and staffing system evaluation. The Audit is systematically administered through paper and pencil instruments with key personnel. The Audit serves as a benchmarking guide as to where and how your organization can best focus staffing improvement efforts.
Recruiting and Retaining a High Quality, Culturally Diverse Workforce
This 8-hour program will help you identify, recruit and retain a high performance workforce that consists of individuals with a diverse array of backgrounds and capabilities. It is a highly interactive workshop that provides you with the tools and strategies needed for effectively recruiting high quality, culturally diverse candidate pools. As a result of this session, you will be able to identify sources of high quality, culturally diverse candidates and develop plans for best using these sources.
Evaluating Your Diversity Program
This 4-hour session will introduce a variety of measures and metrics you can use to evaluate the impact of your diversity program on individual and organizational performance. These metrics will allow you to measure performance in areas such as career development, coaching and mentoring, employee and management development, salary and benefits, recruitment and selection, employee retention, and organizational climate.
Dr. Holmes showed us the ability and experience to take a complicated and emotionally laden issue and forge consensus around it. He keeps the issues simple and presents them in such a way that the audience cannot help but agree with the conclusion. He proved to be a real benefit to our company.
Patrick M. Barrett, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, R. L. Polk & Co., Southfield, MI
Empowering Diversity is a performance-focused training and organizational development system geared toward the creation of culturally empowered environments. Such environments fully recognize the significant benefits of diversity, include members of diverse cultural groups as full participants, act to eliminate all forms of discriminatory behavior, and actively seek to empower all members with the skills and opportunities needed for both individual and organizational success. The primary goal of the Empowering Diversity system is the development of culturally inclusive organizations that generate measurable improvements in individual, organizational and community performance. As a result of the Empowering Diversity programs described below, your organization will be able to:
- Attract, select and retain the best human resources.
- Improve leadership, communication and negotiation skills.
- Enhance team problem solving & decision making.
- Successfully compete in the diverse markets now characteristic of both domestic and global competition.
- Improve organizational climate for a diverse array of employees.
- Increase profits and sales while reducing expenses.
- Enhance work quality and productivity.
Connecting Diversity to Performance
This 4-hour workshop introduces a 6-part diversity change management model, describes the 5 steps that must be taken to systematically connect diversity to organizational performance, and provides a comprehensive overview of the best diversity practices when it comes to enhancing individual and organizational performance (click here for Dr. Holmes' article, How to Connect Diversity to Performance).
The Empowering Diversity Audit
The Empowering Diversity Audit is a paper and pencil benchmarking instrument that evaluates the current level of organizational functioning in 10 key areas relative to diversity empowerment. The key areas include mission/philosophy, organizational leadership, policies and procedures, climate and environment, staffing and retention, coaching and mentoring, human resource development, performance management, compensation and benefits, and program evaluation.
Developing the Diversity Plan
This 8-hour session helps you implement a diversity planning process that will facilitate the identification of SMART goals, the development of activities and interventions, and the implementation of a comprehensive evaluation process. As a result of this session, you will have a specific plan for empowering diversity within your organization in a way that generates measurable improvements in individual and organizational performance.
The Strategic Staffing Audit
The Strategic Staffing Audit identifies and evaluates the current level of functioning of 5 key activities within an organization that should be included in any effective staffing system. These activities include human resource analysis, human resource forecasting, strategic recruitment and selection, employee retention and staffing system evaluation. The Audit is systematically administered through paper and pencil instruments with key personnel. The Audit serves as a benchmarking guide as to where and how your organization can best focus staffing improvement efforts.
Recruiting and Retaining a High Quality, Culturally Diverse Workforce
This 8-hour program will help you identify, recruit and retain a high performance workforce that consists of individuals with a diverse array of backgrounds and capabilities. It is a highly interactive workshop that provides you with the tools and strategies needed for effectively recruiting high quality, culturally diverse candidate pools. As a result of this session, you will be able to identify sources of high quality, culturally diverse candidates and develop plans for best using these sources.
Evaluating Your Diversity Program
This 4-hour session will introduce a variety of measures and metrics you can use to evaluate the impact of your diversity program on individual and organizational performance. These metrics will allow you to measure performance in areas such as career development, coaching and mentoring, employee and management development, salary and benefits, recruitment and selection, employee retention, and organizational climate.
