Hello, you
are welcome to the home page of the Diversity Challenge,
Ireland.
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Contextualised for Ireland
The Diversity
Challenge is Ireland's most innovative interactive software
training and diagnostic tool. Developed by the Diversity
Consulting of Australia, the Diversity Challenge has
been contextualised for Ireland by OpenMinds. The tool
has been customised for use in Australia, New Zealand,
Asia, United States, United Kingdom and now, Ireland
and is currently being used by some of the world's leading
organisations.
For groups of employees
The tool is
typically used with groups of 20 - 250 employees at
a time (executive to worker level) divided into competing
teams and is usually done in two sessions
First
half: spinning the wheel
and participants are challenged to deal with generic
scenarios on diversity which arise in the Irish workplace
in order to develop knowledge, attitudes and skills
Second
half: engaged in exploring
priority diversity challenges impacting on your organisation
and how best to address them
The process
Teams
compete to resolve multiple choice scenarios
about cultural, gender, ethnic, racial, linguistic
and generational diversity issues (etc) pertaining
to the population of Ireland
Questions present typical diversity
scenarios that arise in the Irish workplace,
challenging employees to explore their knowledge
base about diversity and inclusion issues and
how these should be dealt
with
Unique
methodology of educating employees about how
best to manage diversity and embed inclusion in the
workplace – opportunity
to learn about sensitive issues in a relaxed,
fun environment & take
ownership for addressing the issues
Simultaneous
audit function performed – management
and employees evaluate how well the organisation is
doing with regard to achieving its diversity and inclusion
objectives
The outcomes
Building of diversity capabilities
of managers and employees
Sustained change in attitudes and
behaviour of employees towards those who are different
to them. Why?
Curiosity to learn more is stimulated
Understanding of difference achieved
more effectively through participative than didactic
process
Concrete experience of how diversity
adds value to a team
Scenarios develop practical
competence to deal with diversity issues.
Participants driven to take personal
ownership for addressing diversity and embedding inclusion
Need for priority systemic changes
highlighted and actioned to accommodate diverse needs
of the workforce
Reduction in costly disputes, grievances
and legal claims on diversity and equity issues
