Businesses with Successful Inclusive Workplace

Emphasize the business case for diversity and inclusion

To create opportunities for collaboration, global leaders must not only learn the customs, courtesies, and business protocols of their counterparts from other countries but must also understand the national character, management philosophies, and mind-sets of the people (Hofstede, et al 1994).

Recognize bias

The professionals cannot hide from bias: a prejudice for or against something, someone, or a group. As human beings, we all have biases. However, implicit biases are ones that affect us in an unconscious manner. Awareness of our implicit biases, and how they can affect our colleagues and work environment, is critical to promoting an inclusive work environment (Luo, et al., 2018)

Practice inclusive leadership

Diversity and its dynamics at different levels of system-whether in a group, an organization, or a community-present both challenges and opportunities for leaders. As has become clearer from a growing body of theory, research, and practice, diverse collectives can derive great benefit from their differences, but can also experience tensions related to those same differences. Phillips (2014), for example, compellingly summarized how racial, gender, and other types of diversity in groups can lead to availability of more information, more creativity, greater innovation, and deeper processing. But truly gaining these benefits requires more attention to process and to creating opportunities for the differences to emerge in the service of collective goals (see, eg, Creary et al., 2019).

Provide sponsorship programs.

Hold leaders accountable

Authentic leaders and followers who share cooperative goals related to developing a climate for inclusion can prompt the vicarious learning of inclusive behaviors by followers, thereby facilitating goal attainment for both parties. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed (Borehorst, et al., 2014)

Interest in workplace health promotion programs has raised important questions regarding these programs' ability to attract participants. Typically, participation has been examined as a function of personal characteristics of employees. But participation in a workplace health promotion program may be influenced as much by organizational characteristics as by health-related characteristics of employees. (Sloan, R. P. and Gruman, J. C., 2015)

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They are attentive to others’ cultures and adapt as required.

They empower others, pay attention to diversity of thinking and psychological safety, and focus on team cohesion.

They are modest about capabilities, admit mistakes, and create the space for others to contribute.

You need to analyze and anticipate the trends, opportunities, and threats in the global environment, and align your actions with the big picture.

You need to listen and empathize with others, and manage your own emotions and reactions in stressful situation

You need to embrace uncertainty and ambiguity, and generate creative solutions to complex problems.

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Communicating the benefits and outcomes of the programs clearly and frequently to the employees and the management .

Conducting a needs assessment and involving employees in the design, implementation, and evaluation of the programs .

Employee health insurance coverage for appropriate preventive screenings

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Seeking out and engaging with diverse perspectives and experiences1

Challenging our own assumptions and stereotypes

Implementing fair and objective policies and procedures in our work environment

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Disability-diverse workplace welcomes people of all ability levels and creates a welcoming, supportive and accessible environment in which they can work on achieving their career goals.

To enhance workplace diversity, organisations can actively seek diverse candidates when hiring. They can do this by posting job advertisements on job boards and in forums dedicated to a diverse segment.

Age diversity refers to representing people of all age groups. In a workplace that's age diverse, you can expect to see people of different generations operating at varying levels throughout the company.