Tanya Boyd, Ph.D. Future Experiences Manager
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How can you activate awareness in your teams to drive inclusion and belonging?
Awareness drives connection
Awareness drives productivity
Awareness drives innovation
Awareness drives harmony
self-awareness
Develop
Make space for possible futures
Ask others what they bring
Assess the team's situation
"In today's global business environment- filled with challenges in demographics, skills and culture- companies that build a truly inclusive culture will outperform their peers"
Bersin, 2016
Click here to read about the four different types of awareness that could impact Inclusion and Belonging.
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Types of awareness
How can leaders navigate diversity challenges and foster
sustainable culture change?
Key takeaways:
Looking for ways to increase diversity is important work; but it is not enough. Instead, finding ways to activate people's awareness is essential to unlocking the power of diversity.
Diversity and Equity are tickets to play, but it is Inclusion and Belonging that unlock their power. A diverse team that does not have strong inclusion and belonging may have team members who feel isolated or excluded.
A lack of inclusion or belonging typically boils down to a lack of awareness. There are four types of awareness that could impact Inclusion and Belonging: Awareness of Self, Awareness of Others, Awareness of Situation or Context and Awareness of Future Opportunities. Activating awareness is a skill, which we can learn and teach to teams in our organisation.
"Diversity is being invited to the party. Inclusion is being asked to dance"
Some take Myers quote further to say that Belonging could be represented by being asked to contribute to the playlist for the dance music, or feeling comfortable asking anyone you want to dance with you.
In any case, Diversity and Inclusion are quite different. In this brief session, we will look at ways to increase Inclusion and Belonging in your teams as a way to unlock the potential power of Diversity.
So, how do we ensure everyone feels comfortable to dance and truly foster team belonging?
Diversity and Equity are tickets to play, but it is Inclusion and Belonging that unlock their power.
How do you become a truly diverse team?
Verna Myers
Diversity IS important
higher cash flow per employee
more likely to outperform industry peers on financial returns
more creative than functionally homogenous teams
more likely to outperform competitors
8%
2.5 x
35%
26%
15%
Cross-functional teams
Gender diverse companies
Making space for possible futures
How leaders can navigate diversity challenges and foster sustainable culture change
Dr Tanya Boyd, Future Experience Manager
"In today's global business environment- filled with challenges in demographics, skills and culture- companies that build a truly inclusive culture will outperform their peers"
Bersin, 2016
increase in revenue
"Diversity is being invited to the party. Inclusion is being asked to dance"
Verna Myers
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Click below to read about the four types of awareness that could impact inclusion and belonging.
Types of awareness
Learn more about
Key takeaways:
Looking for ways to increase diversity is important work; but it is not enough. Instead, finding ways to activate people's awareness is essential to unlocking the power of diversity.
Diversity and Equity are tickets to play, but it is Inclusion and Belonging that unlock their power. A diverse team that does not have strong inclusion and belonging may have team members who feel isolated or excluded.
A lack of inclusion or belonging typically boils down to a lack of awareness. There are four types of awareness that could impact Inclusion and Belonging: Awareness of Self, Awareness of Others, Awareness of Situation or Context and Awareness of Future Opportunities. Activating awareness is a skill, which we can learn and teach to teams in our organisation.
How can leaders navigate diversity challenges and foster sustainable culture change?
How do you become a truly diverse team?
Click here
How can you activate awareness in your teams to drive inclusion and belonging?
Some take Myers quote further to say that Belonging could be represented by being asked to contribute to the playlist for the dance music, or feeling comfortable asking anyone you want to dance with you.
In any case, Diversity and Inclusion are quite different. In this brief session, we will look at ways to increase Inclusion and Belonging in your teams as a way to unlock the potential power of Diversity.
So, how do we ensure everyone feels comfortable to dance and truly foster team belonging?
Diversity IS important
But... diversity alone isn't enough. In fact, diverse teams often don't experience those benefits due to blockers like unconscious bias or stereotypes, lack of communication or perhaps resistance to change or new ideas, or even possibly limiting structures or power dynamics in the team or organisations. Diversity and Equity are tickets to play, but it is Inclusion and Belonging that unlock their power.