Diversity in the Workplace ConsultationIdeal duration: four phase change process Audience: All executives, leaders, managers, supervisors, and employees fromall organizational departmentsEconomic growth in Canada, and in particular in Alberta, has created a tight labour market. As aging baby boomers move toward retirement the demand for educated, skilled, and willing workers has increased. Immigrant workers can be a powerful support system to organizations, if organizations know how to attract and retain diverse individuals. Diverse workforces can bring fresh, innovative, and creative solutions to business issues. Capitalizing on the diverse knowledge bases within the organization can translate to increased productivity, effectiveness, and prosperity.
Creating a diverse work culture is a process that requires strategic planning, education, leadership, skill development and participation at all levels. There are challenges that come with diversity and it is
critically necessary that leaders and managers are mentally and emotionally skilled to address diversity challenges. Tanya Schur uses a participatory process to develop a Diversity Committee, determine organizational readiness for change using a co-created diversity audit, and facilitate organizational intervention using dialogue practices and diversity training to help create inclusive, high performance work cultures.