The Diversity Puzzle & Inclusion at Work

Event Status: Registration Closed

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Presenter:

Elaine Angelo
Performance Consultant

A performance consultant with ProKnowledge, LLC, Elaine has 26 years of experience leading human resource and staff development initiatives in a variety of organizations, including Fortune 500, non-profits, member associations and family-owned businesses. She has developed and implemented programs that enhance employee engagement, promote internal advancement, build essential business and people skills, and recognize employee performance.

Through her experience with 13 mergers and acquisitions and three start-up ventures, she understands the development needs of employees who are challenged by an ever-changing landscape. In addition to the design, development and delivery of a wide span of professional development courses and HR topics, Elaine is an expert facilitator who shares her talents at team building sessions, retreats, conference workshops, professional panels, and executive coaching consultations.

Who Should Attend:

All staff levels

Session Objective:

This course is designed to create awareness of each participant’s unique diversity, both external and internal, through interactive exercises and creation of a Diversity Puzzle that represents the “pieces” that each of us brings to our respective departments, agencies, and/or organizations. Included is discussion on Unconscious Bias and how organizations can act to create an inclusive environment where differences are valued and acknowledged.

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Define internal and external diversity.
• Identify the various pieces of their own Diversity Puzzle.
• Describe the types of Unconscious Bias.
• Explain how an inclusive work environment benefits staff, company, and customers.
• Brainstorm ideas for initiating inclusive practices/programs.