Diversity. Employee Diversity Management (EDM). Implementation of Diversity in the Work place polices. Benefits of Embracing Diversity .

Challenges of Religio s Diversity an! "en!er Balance. Recommen!ations.

Diversity is a broa! category# one that refers to !ifferences in race# gen!er# age# !isability# religion# se$ al orientation or nationality. Diversity has many positive effects. When people of !ifferent c lt res %ork together# the company benefits from a %i!er range of perspectives# opinions an! e$periences. Increase! !iversity means an increase in !ifferent perspectives an! i!eas.

E& al rights an! opport nities# 'ero tolerance of !iscrimination# Reme!ial action thro gh revie%s an! a!( stment meas res# )ransparency in personnel policies an! practices# *pen comm nication in !epartments# Constr ctive performance fee!back# an! !epartmental acco ntability in promoting staff !iversity.

+ ccessf l Management of Diversity in the Workplace. Leading from the front. ,earn the professional aspirations of all team members Create opport nities. Create cross-f nctional )eams. Delegate fairly.

Individual: Increases employee self-a%areness of biases# increases employee n!erstan!ing an! tolerance for people %ho are !ifferent. Employees %ho are more fle$ible an! able to !eal %ith change. Team: . variety of approaches to thinking an! problem-solving. Ma$imi/e! innovation an! pro! ctivity on comple$ tasks. Improve! comm nication skills an! the ability to %ork pro! ctively in teams. Increased Adaptability. Broader Service Range. Variety of Viewpoints More ffective !ecution.

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Resistance to change Work Environments 0arassment iss es C lt ral !ifferences Demographic Iss es

Implementation of !iversity in the %orkplace plan. War! off change resistance %ith incl sion. 1oster an attit !e of openness in yo r organi/ation. 2romote !iversity in lea!ership positions. 3tili/e !iversity training. ,a nch a c stomi/able employee satisfaction s rvey that provi!es comprehensive reporting .