Public Webinar: How to Make Your Diverse Workplace More Inclusive

Date: 13/06/2024

Time: 3 - 4:30pm AEST

Is your workplace looking to start or enhance its diversity, equity and inclusion journey? This introductory session will provide leaders and professionals with strategies to foster inclusive cultures in workplaces.

This webinar provides essential guidance and encouragement for those starting on their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) journey, as well as a valuable refresher for those seeking to deepen their understanding of these critical concepts within the workplace context.  

This webinar is designed to equip leaders with the tools and insights necessary to develop self-awareness, understand their old and new social positionalities, and foster an inclusive work environment. 

Addressing the evolving complexities of the workplace, it underscores the importance of leadership that embraces diversity, promotes equity, and actively works against exclusion.

Key concepts  

• Diversity, equity and inclusion: Learning about language, business case, challenges and strategic approaches. 
• Leadership in context: Understanding team members’ diverse backgrounds and the importance of creating an inclusive environment for all. 
• New paradigms: Moving beyond traditional leadership models to embrace inclusivity, diversity, and equity. 
• Decision-making in a new world: Using positionality to understand new contexts and challenges. 
• Inclusive leadership traits: Developing traits of active allyship, cultural competence, self-awareness, courage, and commitment to lead with inclusivity. 
• Theory and action: Bridging the gap between understanding inclusive leadership and applying it through actionable strategies.
   

Webinar takeaways: 

• Active allyship: Shifting from passive inclusion to actively fighting exclusion, acknowledging socio-historical legacies, and becoming a bridge builder. 
• Self-awareness, cultural competence and positionality: Recognising biases and the importance of their rationalisation to effectively lead others. 
• Courage and commitment: Encouraging uncomfortable conversations and creating safe spaces for dialogue and growth. 
• Practical strategies: Emphasise kindness, differentiate equity from equality, rethink user experience (UX), employee experience (EX), and customer experience (CX), model desirable behaviours, and leverage data for decision-making.
  
  

Learning outcomes

During this webinar, participants will: 

• Reflect: Delve into the essence of DEI to cultivate a deeper understanding. 
• Discuss: Explore the compelling reasons behind fostering DEI in the workplace, uncovering its significance and impact. 
• Discover: Receive a concise overview of critical topics for fostering inclusion within the workplace.
  
  

Ideal for

Leaders and professionals working in teams and organisations that are looking for strategies to help foster workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion.

About the presenter

Dr Guillermo Merelo is Head of Research and Innovation at Diversity Works, a national body for workplace diversity, equity and inclusion, based in New Zealand.

With a strong background in public management, human resources and public policy, Guillermo has worked as a senior public officer, columnist, lecturer and academic researcher in Latin America, Europe and New Zealand. He is a published author on integration and inclusion. His academic work revolves around the value of migrants’ processes of integration to their receiving societies.

Brought up in a family of strong women and being a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community, Guillermo truly cherishes diversity, and he is convinced that diverse workplaces have the potential to foster understandings of the self and others, unleash organisational potential and make this a better world.

Registration information

Registrations close 48 hours before the webinar start time.

If paying by invoice, proof of payment needs to be provided at least 24 hours ahead of the event.

In addition to the live event link, all registrants will receive a link to the webinar recording post-event.

When you click to book, you will be taken to our payment gateway. Once you complete your registration you will receive an email detailing how to access your learning event in our Moodle Learning Management System.

Webinar requirements

Please note that you'll need access to the following to participate in this webinar:

• Desktop or laptop computer
• Reliable internet connection
• Headphones recommended
• Microphone/speakers
• Webcam (built in or external to your computer)
  
  

Contact us

Training and Development Team
Phone: (03) 8573 2222
Email: ravtraining@rav.org.au

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