NVJ Consulting Diversity Management Training
Effective Diversity Training Initiative
NVJ Consulting - Diversity Management Training

Strategic Learning Model

Diversity Management Training Program Learn how to stay ahead of trends and your competition. A winning competitive diversity strategy is founded on consistently understanding and predicting changing market, workplace conditions and internal/external customer needs. The Strategic Learning Model process helps you acquire the skills and tools to master this "outside-in" approach - and ensures that your organization is competitive in moving forward. You'll leave these learning classes equipped with the tools to increase your organization's viability and profitability through increased productivity and innovation.

Diversity & Inclusion Learning Model

Diversity & Inclusion Learning Model What is innovation?
The organization's ability to thrive in a changing environment depends on its ability to be innovative. Innovation is the result of leveraging the talents and abilities of all its employees to help drive business results.

What is Continuous Learning?
A long-term effort to learn, desire to acquire knowledge, participate in activities that facilitate learning and apply what is learned for personal and organizational benefit.

What are the Characteristics of the model?
There are five levels starting with:

Developing a Broad Awareness of Diversity
Participants explore "people" issues in a diverse workplace.

Topics discussed:
  • Business Case for Diversity
  • Understand the Competitive Advantages of Promoting and Valuing Diversity
  • Develop New Insight for Accepting Misunderstandings
Understanding Self / Supporting an Inclusive Environment
Makes up the second and third levels of this model.

Topics discussed:
  • Reactions to Diversity
  • Frames of Reference and Filters
  • Values, Beliefs, Assumptions and Behaviors
  • Building Productive Relationships
Leading an Inclusive Team
The fourth level takes a closer look at how managers and supervisors create and maintain high performance teams.

Topics discussed:
  • The Implication of Culture
  • Interviewing - Finding the Best Person for the Job
  • Performance Appraisal - Providing Effective Feedback
  • Promotion - Who Deserves to be Promoted
  • Creating and Maintaining an Inclusive Environment
Leading Change
The top level is geared around developing diversity related goals, creating advocacy into the program. Organizational Leadership, Diversity Champions and Diversity Advisory Council members lead by example by talking the talk and walking the walk.

How Will You Benefit?
  • Increase innovation by leveraging the talents and abilities of all employees to solve issues.
  • Improve recruitment by educating hiring managers to hire the right talent in the organization.
  • Improvement in retention of your internal employees.
  • Productivity gains from building strong interpersonal relationships.
  • Gain familiarity with diversity issues and know what actions to take.
These are just some of the benefits of the Diversity & Inclusion learning model. To learn more about this strategic approach to learning, contact us.
Employees who get it and embrace diversity are the ones who will remain standing. Progressive companies have interwoven their diversity strategy with the way they conduct business on a day-to-day basis. The CEO of an organization must be a visionary. Implementing a diversity strategy is no longer just a nice thing to do; it is a necessity. - Nick Johnson, President, NVJ Consulting