#Inclusivity is different from #diversity!
As we are now moving into a #global village, embracing diversity in the #workplace is the new norm. Studies have shown that having a workplace that showcases diverse #cultures and backgrounds exposes a company to different #perspectives that may help a business be #competitive in a global setting.
But diversifying an organization can pose some #challenges. The efforts in bringing in diversity are sometimes halted by certain biases that our systems have engraved in us; these could be biases toward gender, ethnicity, religion, and even age.
In our #TCPLive Session 6 “How to Promote Diversity in the Workplace?”, Goodie Okechukwu, founder of Protect Accent, talked about the importance of looking for biases and discriminations inside one’s company and taking actions to create change in the workplace in order to make everybody feel included. Diversity is a good start, but inclusivity is the goal.
How do you make your people feel included in today’s age?
About the Speaker
Goodie Okechukwu is a radical inclusionist, change catalyst, with a mindset of the transformer and very passionate about Equality and Diversity. She holds a Masters degree in Diversity Management and has made valuable contributions to this field over the years. Goodie is the Founder of Protect Accent - An initiative that is dedicated to the eradication of accent discrimination and the inclusion of accents in all forms and levels of organisational communication and the broader society, that specialises in providing bespoke, CPD accredited, on-site Accent Bias training.