Chapter 3
Connect DEI Training to All Aspects of Business Strategy
“Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together.”
—Jacqueline Woodson
Strategy, by definition, is the position a company must hold to win. Part of any strategy is a people component—who we hire and how we manage them. Understanding human behavior is key to getting people to work together more productively. A portion of each training session should be dedicated to highlighting the organizational strategy that undergirds the need for diversity training. Just positioning the training as a response to strategy changes the dynamics of the session. It is more attractive to be “equipped,” rather than to be “fixed.”
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