The workshop is a fun and informative one-day workshop
The workshop is a fun and informative one-day workshop. This programme is very interactive with all participants being allowed to have their say.
Overview and Objectives:
To understand the value of working in a diverse environment.
To get to know others in the group with respect to their cultures and religions.
To learn how to interact with others as individuals and not as stereotypes.
To know how to deal positively with conflict.
To understand how the organisation's mission and values provide guidelines for
To understand the international culture's of our guests.
Programme Content:
Our political history and the impact it has on diversity.
Recognising and understanding the value of diversity at work.
Our historical identity- discussion on the various cultural groups covering aspects such as birth, death, weddings, religion, authority, how respect is shown in each culture, superstitions etc.
Finding commonalities in all of this diversity.
Reducing barriers.
Stereotyping- moving from seeing a group to seeing and dealing with people as individuals.
Types of discrimination, and how to deal with it.
Group guidelines on behaviour in your workplace.
Comments from participants when asked what the most important issue/aspect of the training was to them:
"Stereotyping- try not to, as I don't want to be stereoyped based on where I come from and the colour of my skin."
"I learnt a great deal about the different cultures in my workplace and appreciate my colleagues a great deal more because of it."
"Just because people have different cultures does not mean that they should be seen as inferior to yourself. Everyone should be treated with the same loyalty and respect no matter what race, culture or religion they belong to."
"We all have things in common no matter what culture you are."
"I think that the diversity programme is an excellent way to help people realise that people from different races and cultures are valuable to their lives, because it means that we are learning new things and learning to respect one another for our differences, and not expecting people to change to be like us."
"It opened my eyes to things I never knew, but always wondered about. It was a great help and a wonderful experience."
"It was very informative and is of great use in the workplace."
