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DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

TRAINING - WHY ALL ORGANIZATIONS

SHOULD IMPLEMENT DEI

It’s 2020, and yet we somehow still live in a you’re not alone. Every day thousands of people walks of life. Diversity is the presence of these
world plagued by exclusivity. From ongoing face discrimination, bias, and judgment in the differences, especially in any work-related
debates across the country, political turmoil, and workplace. And it’s not because they are bad at environment. These dissimilarities may often
lack of feelings of belonging - Diversity, Equity, what they do. No one should feel fear or shame include gender, sexual orientation, race, religion,
and Inclusion (DEI) training is more critical now when they enter their workspace. DEI training ethnic background, age, political opinions,
than ever before. This type of training is helping helps make sure that doesn’t happen. spoken languages, religion, disabilities, and
corporate companies and non-profits head financial status. There will always be a range of
into this new decade focusing on inclusion and Encouraging change is sometimes hard, but that psychological, physical, and social differences in
belonging. The journey to creating a meaningful doesn’t make it less critical. If anything, accepting the workplace - no matter what. That’s human
change in any organization is hard. DEI training the challenges of innovative change will make nature.
can help. any organization more powerful.
■ Equity:
Build the change you want to see. Be the leader Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion reinforces positive Equity promotes justice. It ensures everyone has
others will look up to. Go ahead, change the principles within an organization. Just focusing access to the same treatment. Often, tackling
world for the better. Learn more about how on diversity is inadequate because a person’s equity will require the DEI training session leader
implementing a DEI training program in your sense of belonging (inclusion) and experience to understand the root cause of any disparities
organization can lead to happier employees, of justice (equity) are equally important. within the group. Equity aims to eliminate barriers
increased revenue, and improved leadership and promote fairness. Obstacles can come in
skills. ■ Diversity: many forms; gender inequality, for example, is
According to this Unrealized Impact study, a significant barrier that so many women face
WHAT IS DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND “Diverse teams are more innovative and make daily in the workplace. Equity aims to eliminate
INCLUSION (DEI)? better decisions, and diverse companies have biases or unfair judgment solely based on a
better shareholder returns.” person’s differences.
Have you ever felt left out in the workplace?
Was it because of your gender, the color of Diversity is the difference that makes humankind ■ Inclusion:
your skin, who you choose to love, or you’re so incredibly unique. Within any given setting Inclusion is accomplished when minorities feel
simply ‘different’ than the vast majority? If so, there will normally be people from different part of the larger group. It aims to ensure all

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