A Principled Approach to Diversity and Inclusion
In Partnership with Sunlight Works
Millions of dollars a year are spent on diversity & inclusion training, sometimes resulting in little to no change. Attitudes — and the diversity of the organizations — remain the same.” Diversity of demographics is one thing. Diversity of viewpoints and thoughts is another.
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Stop spending time and resources on traditional diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives unless you have implemented the following:
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Create Safety - Understand the impact of creating psychological safety first.
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Skills and Competencies - Establish a productive environment and identify the diversity, equity, and inclusion skills and competencies needed to lead toward your result.
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Principle Based - Promote intellectual friction and reduce social fricture without agendas.
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Create Common Ground while simultaneously celebrating differences - Provide a safe space for participants to engage in discussion, and feel a sense of comfort with mutual expectations towards a desired result.
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Eliminate Divisiveness - Transform charged language to help bridge gaps.
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Diversity is Not an Outcome - Focus on productivity. Diversity and inclusion without vision, purpose and care is ineffective.
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Diversity is More Than Race - Diversity is a "fact of life" (not a race).
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Diversity is Not an Event - Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives work best as an ongoing integrative process.
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EduStrategy and our partners Sunlight Works would like to work with you to provide an alternative to create better D&I solutions. D&I become a vehicle for better educational outcomes and a healthier culture. Our focus is on skills and behaviors that lead D&I initiatives towards desired results. Effective D&I approaches should advance intellectual friction while reducing social friction. Because inclusion is behavioral, education begins with awareness, understanding, and appreciation, as being “inclusive” is a matter of skill–which takes practice. Click on the button below to request information about our Principle-Based, Diversity and Inclusion work solutions.