Organization
Business Case Development
Any organizational effort must have a business reason related to the organization’s purpose if it is to be supported an sustained. This is no less true for diversity, inclusion, or cultural competence initiatives. We work with the organization’s leaders to identify their vision for an initiative and to identify how the initiative will support the goals of the company. This allows managers and employees to understand and support the initiative, and allows the organization to measure the success of an initiative.
Organizational Assessment
Identifying areas of improvement is necessary in order to develop a strategic approach to organizational initiatives. We provide organizational assessments through both quantitative and qualitative measures. We work with the appropriate leadership in the organization to identify what is to be measured and how measurement will be most efficiently and effectively achieved.
Strategic Planning
The most effective organizational initiatives are guided by a strategic plan that allows for the most effective use of resources and for the measurement of achievement. We work with the most appropriate individuals and/or groups inside the organization to guide the development, implementation, and measurement of a strategic plan.
Policy Development
Policies are often the source of unintentional organizational ineffectiveness. We guide examination of policies and assist in development or revising policies when they are identified as ineffective for achieving the organization’s goals.
Speeches and Retreat Facilitation
When you book an Executive Diversity Services speaker you get both information and entertainment. Our speakers are dynamic and credible. Praise from participants includes “best I’ve heard,” “entertaining and practical,” and “interactive and thought-provoking.” Our principals and Associates have been keynote speakers at local, national, and global events.
Retreats led by our facilitators are fun, energizing, interactive, rewarding and productive. Whether your goal is to develop a strategic plan, team building, conflict management or resolution, or work on a specific project, we partner with you to create a memorable, results-oriented experience that leaves you and your team prepared to achieve more when you return to work.
The Inclusive Circles™ process is a powerful approach to helping companies increase productivity and profitability by creating more inclusive environments.
Inclusive environments embrace all participants as a part of the whole. Difference is seen not as an obstacle to be managed but as an opportunity to connect and enrich not only the individual’s sense of belonging and self-esteem but also the performance of the larger whole. In a world of accelerating diversity in both workplace and marketplace, maximizing inclusion is a powerful and persistent competitive advantage.
Research done for Fortune magazine’s “100 Best Companies to work for in America” confirmed that inclusive environments:
- Get more qualified applicants
- Have lower turnover and reduced health care costs
- Achieve higher levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty
- Are more productive and profitable
The Inclusive Circles™ process offers systematic assessment and customized assistance for increasing inclusion in the three arenas critical to productivity and profitability: customers, leaders/managers/employees, and organizational foundation.
Customers: Irrespective of culture, customers return again and again to companies that provide the environment and experiences that make them feel respected and welcome. The Inclusive Circles™ programs increase customer satisfaction and loyalty in an increasingly diverse and global marketplace.
Leaders and Managers who work to create and model inclusion ignite improved performance in the teams and individuals that they lead. Inclusive Circles™ programs increase leadership cultural competency and capacity to create respectful, inclusive organizational cultures.
Employees who feel a sense of being valued and belonging perform enthusiastically and energetically. Inclusive Circles™ programs increase employee engagement and productivity in increasingly diverse workplaces.
Organizations that consciously create environments to encourage and sustain inclusion realize measurable bottom line improvements. Inclusive Circles™ programs that help organizations create these environments through systematic, intentional strategies.
All Inclusive Circles™ programs are delivered by dynamic multi-cultural teams who have recognized real-world management experience and who have developed and delivered critically acclaimed training programs and development processes. More than 400,000 people have participated in Inclusive Circles™ programs and have consistently rated these offerings at or above 4.5 on a 5-point scale. Participants commonly provide feedback on Inclusive Circles™ programs like: “best I ever attended”, “thought provoking practical”, “educational and entertaining”. If you want to begin experiencing the persistent competitive advantage that inclusion can produce call today to find out how we can help.
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