7 practical ways to turn diversity into a major asset for your company

Daniel Dean Sonnet Lauberth Product Marketing Manager BambooHR Compensation Professional PayScale Functional Fixedness A New Perspective Mitigating Risk Diversified Investment Diversified Investment Defining the Issues Why Are We Talking about Diversity? Who needs to hear about diversity in 2016? Haven’t we “been there/done that” already? Diversity & Opinion Diplomacy Courage Sensitivity Discussion Empathy Communication Empathy Decision Paralysis Diversity Beyond Compensation Diversity vs Inclusion Employee Relations Develop clear antidiscrimination policies to mitigate employee relations issues before they arise Training and Development of employers plan to use L&D programs to retain and recruit their employees Immediate Actions  Examine your workforce – who works at your organization? What types of diversity you already celebrate? Where is there room for improvement?  Assess your managers’ skillsets – they have the capacity to effectively create an inclusive environment?  Review your comp plan – is it set up in a way to minimize or eliminate discrimination concerns?  Explore the forms of workplace “currency” in place at your organization – are they set up for success? Diversity & Skill Hard Skills Skills that are learned to perform a specific job function and are more easily identifiable and quantifiable Mostly about “what you know” Soft Skills VS Skills that are less tangible, and more associated with one’s traits or personality, that determine how we interact Mostly about “how you act” High Conceptual Age (creators and empathizers) Information Age Affluence Technology Globalization (knowledge workers) Abundance Automation Asia Industrial Age (factory workers) Agricultural Age (farmers) Dan Pink A Whole New Mind Low 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century 21st Century Soft Skills Hard Skills Soft Skills Soft Skills Thank you! Follow BambooHR and PayScale on social media: bamboohr.com/blog | payscale.com Questions? BambooHR Receive a free job posting on our ATS and full HRIS for one week We will contact everyone within the next few days to set this up PayScale Download our free 2016 Compensation Best Practices Report at http://www.payscale.com/cbpr ... Why Are We Talking about Diversity? Who needs to hear about diversity in 2016? Haven’t we “been there/done that” already? Defining the Issues Diversity presents challenges Bias is human Bias can...Daniel Dean Sonnet Lauberth Product Marketing Manager BambooHR Compensation Professional PayScale Functional Fixedness A New Perspective Mitigating Risk Diversified Investment... human Bias can be FOR or AGAINST Diversity should be handled with intention What Do We Mean By Diversity ? It’s a wide range of differences The Workforce Is Becoming Larger and More Diverse