Diversity Training

Chapter 7

 

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Getting Leadership Onboard

What's in This Chapter?

♦ Advice on preparation steps before conducting a leadership diversity presentation

♦ Detailed presentation to members of the leadership team, including the objectives, a list of materials, and a sample step-by-step agenda of activities

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

– John F. Kennedy (1917–1963), 35th president of the United States

The impact of any training initiative is greatly influenced by the support provided by the key leadership of the organization. This is especially true in diversity development efforts where interventions need to be lengthier (and thus costlier), include follow-up processes, and may have a subtle and hard-to-quantify result. ...