Exploring the Benefits of Diversity and Inclusion Training

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Is your workplace as inclusive and diverse as it can be? A strong team is one that knows how to make everyone welcome, leverage skillsets and encourage open, honest dialogue between all members. Diversity and inclusion are some of the most important aspects of growing your business or organization. At Pivot HR, we’re passionate about helping you develop the strongest team and are proud to offer comprehensive training services, including customized programs focused on diversity and inclusion. Our team works with companies, organizations, and non-for-profits throughout our home base of Vancouver BC, as well as across Canada.

If you’re looking to make sure that you have the most up to date information regarding diversity and inclusion, as well as a solid path forward, Pivot HR is here to help! Read on to learn more about the importance of including diversity in the workplace

More Than Just a Buzzword

Diversity has become a hot topic of discussion in the business world as of late and depending on who you ask, you’ll find many different reasons why. For many, diversity is associated with opening up your hiring practices to make sure that you include employees of all racial, gender identity, religion, and other varied backgrounds. There is no denying that this does in fact make for a highly dynamic team, and a more innovative and productive workforce. If we take a closer at what diversity can truly mean in the workplace, you’ll find that a company or organization that truly wants to embrace the benefits of diversity will set practices into place that are designed to harness the uniqueness of varied backgrounds, as well as the many skills and experiences your team members can learn from each other.

What is Diversity and Inclusion Training

As we’ve mentioned above, there’s more to creating a diverse work environment than just hiring people from different walks of life. While this is certainly an entry point, diversity training can help your team go even further and benefit from inclusion practices fully. Generally speaking, there are two types of diversity training that HR consultants can help you focus on: awareness and skills based training.

Awareness training is designed to help create empathy, and (as the name suggests), awareness with regards to experiencing the world through the eyes of another beholder with different past experiences. From becoming more aware of the challenges and perspective faced by those of a different race, age group, gender, etc. your team learns how to create more authentic interactions and to shape the narrative around them in such a way that everyone is genuinely included and can participate fully in their workplace.

Skills based training typically involves specific exercises designed to build the skills necessary to overcome communication barriers, reduce bias, and handle conflict in a safe and inclusive manner.

Both forms of training can be facilitated by an external HR consultant in the form of a seminar or breakout classes for leadership etc.

Why Focus on Diversity and Innovation?

Beyond helping to contribute toward a richer, more inclusive future of all, diversity and inclusion training has so many benefits to offer companies and organizations alike. By creating a thriving environment where everyone is allowed and encouraged to be themselves and work together, you’ll stand to see significant returns where both morale and productivity are concerned. Benefits like enhanced innovation, reduced conflict, better retention and overall increased in customer satisfaction are extremely common as the result of a more diverse environment, and provide plenty of incentives moving forward!

Build the Future for Tomorrow Today!

Partnering with an HR consultant makes handling diversity and inclusion easy, and gives your team a safe space to grow. Based in Vancouver BC, Pivot HR works alongside businesses to conduct diversity assessments, design and deliver focus groups, develop and review policy, and more. As your source for modern HR support, we’re proud to partner with you to develop a custom plan that works best for your needs. Contact us today to learn more!

What Our Clients say about us

“Robin and Mia were both exceptionally professional and responsive and understood our needs. Their work was of great quality. We are a small non-profit organization and we found them very easy and wonderful to work with. Great value and highly recommend.”

~ Joy Masuhara , Co-Chair Women Transforming Cities International Society

“Cindy is a remarkable professional coach, who goes well beyond expectations in supporting her clients’ development. She knows how to ask the right questions and uncover the real and deep issues that contribute to the limitations we put on ourselves. This type of personal exploration is tough work to do alone and remain committed to necessary change. Cindy’s approach and support made this process one of the most impactful experiences of my life, professionally and personally.”

~ Monique Cotton, Firm Administrator, JFK Law Corporation

“As a medium size business with over 100 employees working in very different areas of our operation, Pivot was able to quickly understand our HR needs and offer practical solutions. Robin and the Pivot team worked closely with our Leadership group to implement effective turnkey solutions on time and on budget. We will continue to use Pivot for our ongoing HR needs and would highly recommend their services.”

~ Adam Zubek, General Manager, Point Grey Golf & Country Club

Pivot HR Services provides personalized solutions for our organization’s human resources needs. By engaging their services, we have been able to successfully outsource our HR function, as the Pivot team has demonstrated their ability to understand the HR priorities of our workplace culture and industry.

~ Areef Abraham, Chief Executive Officer Community Power

“Robin developed our employee policy manual with the goal of engaging and retaining our current staff as well as attracting new ones in this highly competitive marketplace. Her in depth knowledge of current legislation and HR policies proved to be of significant benefit. I would highly recommend Robin and the team at Pivot HR Services.”

~ Christopher Soles, President, Nextgen Technologies Ltd.

“Robin has been and continues to be an outstanding resource for our organization to navigate HR issues as we grow. She always approaches problems with professionalism and a keen eye for our best interest. I’d certainly recommend Robin to anyone looking to elevate their HR processes.”

~ Karim Abraham, CEO, Kambo Energy Solutions

“Our firm turned to Robin for advice and guidance at a time when we faced a period of serious difficulty in managing our human resources. She assisted us through the process of putting our relationship with our staff on a stronger, more stable footing and helped us implement a complete overhaul of our human resources policies. We could not be more pleased with the work she has done and continues to do with us.”

~ Robert Janes, QC, Managing Principal JFK Law Corporation

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