The Centre Values, GDIB Best Practices

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Issue: 10 October, 2018

Here's what you'll find in this month's newsletter:

Announcing The Centre for Global Inclusion Values Statement

Until It Happened

to Me

Freedom Schools: A Fresh Approach to D&I

New Release!

Safe Enough to Soar

SHRM Conference

Sold Out!

DiveristyFIRST ™ Uses GDIB in Certification Process

Tools, Conferences

& More

EDITORIAL

ANNOUNCING THE CENTRE FOR GLOBAL INCLUSION

VALUES STATEMENT

Please read The Centre for Global Inclusion Values Statement posted on our website, here .

We say, “To create a better world and improve organizational performance, we value:

Diversity & Inclusion
Integrity, Equity, and Responsibility
The 5 P’s of Sustainability – People, Planet, Peace, Prosperity, and Partnership"

We define each of the above values, discuss clashing values, and then describe the values basis of the Global D&I Benchmarks (GDIB).

Our values statement is guiding our thinking about the action taken by the Forum on Workplace Inclusion and the University of St. Thomas regarding Planned Parenthood. The BoD is still in the process of determining what actions it will take. We will announce those actions in next month’s newsletter or before in a separate communication to our readers. As we described in our 19 September newsletter editorial (where we encourage you to scroll down and leave your comments and feedback ), it is important that we stand up for our values and do so with care and concern for all individuals and organizations involved.

STORIES OF D & I BEST PRACTICES

ACTIONS TO HELP ACHIEVE THESE GLOBAL D&I BENCHMARK

UNTIL IT HAPPENED TO ME:

RETURNING TO THE WORKFORCE AFTER A CAREER BREAK — HOW ORGANIZATIONS CAN TAP

INTO THIS OPPORTUNITY

Article by: Cathy Leonard, Diversity & Inclusion Consultant,

Cathy Leonard Consulting, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada

Ten years ago, I accepted my dream job as Diversity Manager for a large national company. As I transitioned into the role, I read Sylvia Ann Hewlett’s book On Ramps and Off Ramps and I vividly recall its impact on me.

I read: 93% of highly qualified women who left the workforce wanted to return and on average they took only 2.2 years out of the workforce.
I thought: That’s quite a high percentage who want to return … and over the course of a career two years out of the workforce years is a drop in the bucket – great news!
I read on: Only 74% manage to return and among them only 40% to full-time mainstream jobs; on average they lose 18% of their earning power, a penalty which becomes more severe the longer they are out.
And I thought: How could the impact be that severe? It didn’t seem logical; it didn’t seem right.

Although I integrated this information into my work, I did not truly understand how a return could be so difficult, and how a gap could be so damaging. Until it happened to me.

FREEDOM SCHOOLS: A FRESH APPROACH TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Article by: GDIB Expert Panelist, Kristal Moore Clemons,

Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Virginia State University, Virginia, USA

The CDF Freedom Schools program is a six-week summer literacy and cultural enrichment program designed to serve children and youth in grades K–12 in communities where quality academic enrichment programming is either limited, too expensive, or non-existent. The program enhances children’s motivation to read, thus, encouraging their excitement about learning.

By partnering with schools, faith and community-based organizations, municipalities, colleges, universities, and juvenile detention facilities, The CDF Freedom Schools are able to offer their programs in these communities at no-cost . Additionally, the program connects families to the right resources in their communities.

GDIB Expert Panelist, Kristal Moore Clemons recalls her experience with the CDF Freedom Schools.

FROM & ABOUT EXPERT PANELISTS & ALLIANCES

NEW RELEASE!

SAFE ENOUGH TO SOAR: ACCELERATING TRUST, INCLUSION & COLLABORATION IN THE WORKPLACE

Best-selling authors and renowned organizational consultants Fred Miller and GDIB Expert Panelist, Judith Katz announce the publication of their newest book. Written in plain, everyday language, Safe Enough to Soar: Accelerating Trust, Inclusion, and Collaboration in the Workplace identifies the default mindsets and behaviors that create hostile work environments and block collaboration, engagement, and partnership. The book , published by The Centre Alliance partner Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., provides a simple, step-by-step process that will enable an organization's individuals, work-groups, and teams to move past the dysfunctional mire of defensiveness, micro-aggressions, cover-your-ass compromises, and judging; and launch them into the innovation-inspiring, collaboration-fostering zone of organizational bravery.

CONGRATULATIONS: SHRM DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION SOLD OUT!

We hope you secured your tickets for this year's SHRM D&I Conference & Expo taking place in Atlanta, Georgia, USA later this month because it has sold out! We're proud to support SHRM and our two GDIB Expert Panelists, Lorelei Carobolante and Dr. Shirley Davis, and past Expert Panelist, Dr. Ed Hubbbard who are speaking at this year's conference. If you will be attending, please keep an eye out and support them as well.

Lorelei Carobolante

Religion, Beliefs and Culture: Elements of Diversity in the Workplace

In this session you will learn how to:

• Refine or develop written policies that include information on how employees can practice their religion and beliefs at work (for example: time or days off for observances, dietary restrictions, dress codes)

• Avoid jargon or culturally based phrases that may not be understood (or may be misunderstood);

• Recognize that faith is part of the whole person and that the influence of religion, beliefs and culture should not be ignored.

• Make equal treatment of all employees, including as the treatment relates to religion and beliefs, an expected behavior, a priority and part of organizational culture.

Dr. Shirley Davis

16 Key People & Resources Every D&I Practitioner Needs to Succeed

In this session you will learn how to:

• Describe the changing role of the D&I professional.

• Identify the key people and resources they need to maximize impact and build D&I as a sustainable business strategy.

Dr. Ed Hubbard

Leveraging Cognitive and Identity Diversity to Boost Business Performance and ROI

In this session you will learn how to:

• Define the differences between identity diversity and cognitive diversity.

• Identify four key reasons why the differences matter in organizational performance.

• Learn to calculate the ROI impact of strategically using cognitive and identity diversity.

• Discuss the implications for improved HR and diversity leadership competency and business acumen.

OTHER NEWS

DIVERSITY FIRST™ USES GDIB

IN 5-DAY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

Good ideas may come and go. Great ideas may take some time to brew, but they materialize with significance. A concept in the making for several years, the DiversityFIRST™ Certification Program, launched in 2015, graduated over 200 CDPs. This year's cohort will get an introduction to the Global Diversity & Inclusion Benchmarks from Expert Panelist, Armida Mendez Russell, who is slated as the facilitator for the GDIB portion of the certification process.

TOOLS

Free Multicultural Calendar

GDIB Expert Panelist, Barbara Deane offers a free monthly multicultural calendar via Diversity Central.

DEI Futures Project,

Future Trend Cards

A collection of future trends is being curated and posted biweekly by GDIB Expert Panelist Margaret Regan.

FEATURED EXPERT PANELISTS

Our GDIB Expert Panelists are the thinkers and contributors behind the GDIB. They have contributed to the development of our latest editions, guide us in preparing for the next update, and serve as strategic partners. This month we feature these four:

Heather Price

Farrah Queresh

Steve Hanamura

Sidalia Reel

UPCOMING CONFERENCES

WHERE THE GDIB IS INCLUDED

Please send us information if you are presenting on the GDIB (or including it in a presentation – even a short mention) at a conference or workshop that is open to the public. See the User Tools section of the website for slides and handouts you can use. Please let us know if you are attending any of the conferences so we can make connections. And please spread the word about these sessions to your networks.

SHRM Diversity & Inclusion Conference & Exposition

October 22 to 24, 2018

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

White Privilege Conference

March 20 to 23, 2019

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

E3 Equity in Action Summit

April 4 to 5, 2019

San Rafael, California, USA

D&I 2025-

The Future Fluent Global Summit

April 6, 2019

INDIA

Email for More Info

PUBLIC COURSES/WEBINARS OFFERED

BY EXPERT PANELISTS & ALLIANCES

Listed here are programs offered by GDIB Expert Panelists and Alliances. Many are offered numerous times on an ongoing basis. While these courses may not be specifically about the GDIB, the content will be helpful in achieving many of the GDIB benchmarks. If you are an Expert Panelist or Alliance and offer programs open to the public, please let us know and we will list here.

Training & Education

courses including

Workforce 2020

by The Winters Group

Unconscious Bias

courses including

Train the Trainer

by Cook Ross

OFFERING SUPPORT

If you want to use the GDIB in conference presentations, blogs, articles, chapters and so forth, we will support by providing slides, handouts, and ideas. Go to our site and explore. We’ve put a lot of effort into providing these resources. Please help by adding to what we offer.