Guidelinesand Strategies:
The student is to design an educational workshop that willbring a group of seniorlevel managers together to explore, discuss, and strategize about how toaddress andadvance diversity and inclusion in their respective departments, divisions, andentire organization. The organization you have been invited to present to has300 employees with multiple leaders and managers.
Guidelinesfor the Week 1.5 HBR Position Paper:
Hereis the situation students must consider as they build their workshop process,details, and strategies.
1.This organization is taking its first steps to implement and diversity andinclusion (D&I)strategy for all employees. All efforts previously have been informal and built aroundmandatory compliance training (as advised by the legal counsel for the organization).There is now a strong push to move from D&I training as compliance toD&I training as deeper understanding leading to commitment and then leadingto compliance.
2.These senior leaders and managers have not openly discussed together their personaland thoughts and feelings about diversity and inclusion. The tension and stressamong the senior leadership team is palpable.
3.Many employees have felt that D&I has not been a priority for these leadersandthus,for the organization. As a result, this organization is starting to losetalented anddiverse employees who feel as though the communities of diversity they representare not valued or wanted.
4.These leaders and managers will need support, encouragement, and honest conversationto implement strategies and approaches that will help address the issueretention and beginning to build a culture where D&I become a part ofthis organizationsculture.
5.There will need to be personal metrics and organizational metrics that theleaders andmanagers can use to know they are making progress as individual professionals andalso, as an organization.
Structureand Style:
Studentsare to design a specific, implementable, and operational workshop strategy thatwill address all 5of the items mentioned above. This paper is designed to invite the studentto think through how they would address these issues using their knowledge andexperience from this course to-date.
Suggestionsfor Headers:
Introduction
Stressof the Leadership Team
Lossof Talent
Buildingthe Culture of D&I
Personaland Organizational Metrics
AppendixA Feedback From an Organizational Leader
Theyare to include at least 4 to 6 articles from the class reading to-date.Additionally, they are to get feedback on their strategy from an organizationalleader and include this feedback in the form of an Appendix at the end of theirpaper.
Papers are to have a cover page,references page, and at least 4 pages of written narrative (these pages do notinclude the cover page and references page). The student is strongly encouragedto keep the Turnitin similarity index at or below the recommended level. Allpapers must adhere to the APA writing guidelines found in the syllabus andclarified through the APA 7th Edition writing style at: http://www.apastyle.org/ Students may include additional resources to support andreinforce their point.
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