GDIB Newsletter: 9 May

Newsletter

co-edited by Julie O'Mara & Shawndra Cox-Diaz

for Expert Panelists, Users, and Others Interested in the GDIB

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Issue: 9 May, 2018

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

Announcing the

DEI Futures Event

Military Departments

Use GDIB As Roadmap

Leaders Must Do Certain Things Personally

Flexibility — Good for Employees, Employers and the Environment

Beverly Kaye Receives ISA's Thought Leadership Award

Moving to the Next Level of

Inclusion & Diversity

The Winters Group Facilitators Certificate Program

Bridging

Political Polarities

Virtual Engagement

For Tangible Results

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FREE Multicultural Calendar

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SPECIAL PROJECTS

ANNOUNCING

THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY,

INCLUSION FUTURES PROJECT

Reimagine. Reinvent. Retool.

On April 17-19 of this year a diverse group of 84 invited DEI supporters and advocates from around the world met in Princeton, New Jersey, USA to explore the future of DEI work. Conceptualized by The Centre for Global Inclusion and The FutureWork Institute, the DEI Futures project is actively engaging upwards of 150 people worldwide in this important and timely project.

This 2-minute video of the event gives you a feel for what occurred during the 3 days.

REIMAGINE. REINVENT. RETOOL.

The successful launch of the DEI Futures Project is due to the generous support of sponsors listed below. As you can imagine, to continue the research and collaborative ideation of this ambitious project requires additional committed resources as we continue to expand our reach. We encourage you to contact us as soon as possible and refer other potential sponsors with an interest in sponsoring this important future focused project.

Sponsors of the 2018 DEI Futures Event

MILITARY DEPARTMENTS

USE GDIB AS A ROADMAP

Article by A. Renée Yuengling, Ph.D.

Expert Panelist

Special note from the editors: We encourage you to read this article as it gives a prospective of the universal use of the GDIB in various sectors. This military use is transferable to other sectors.

Based on her primary research on evidence-based competencies for leading diverse teams, Expert Panelist Dr. Renée Yuengling consults with the US military and intelligence communities as well as several foreign militaries. The Global Diversity & Inclusion Benchmarks (GDIB) has proven to be effective and adaptable for these organizations, living up to its promise of being for “all sectors, sizes, and types of organizations around the world.” Despite the significant differences between profit-driven corporations and mission-driven military organizations, the GDIB proved readily adaptable in her recent work with both the US Navy (635K members), and the Department of the Army (1.3 million members).

STORIES OF D & I BEST PRACTICES

ACTIONS TO HELP ACHIEVE THIS GLOBAL D & I BENCHMARK

LEADERS MUST DO

CERTAIN THINGS PERSONALLY

Article by Dr. Robert Hayles

Expert Panelist and Effectiveness/Diversity & Inclusion Consultant

Based on studying the “best places to work” literature, consultation with colleagues, and my own experience with over 150 clients, I believe that organizations do not become and remain best places to work (in general and for specific identity groups) unless their leaders are personally engaged. Such organizations are more likely to outperform peer organizations. This article describes what that looks like in association with the GDIB category, Leadership and Accountability.

FLEXIBILITY PROVES GOOD FOR EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT –

And it Embraces the Future!

Article by Catherine Gordon,

HR Director and GDIB User at the David Suzuki Foundation,

Vancouver, BC, Canada

When the David Suzuki Foundation, an environmental non-profit was founded in 1991, its founders ensured that their values of community and sustainability were reflected in their inclusive people practices. This means that although DSF is one of the busiest organizations I have ever worked for it has always had a four-day work week for every member of staff since it opened in Vancouver. Our staff have the choice of two schedules – Monday – Thursday or Tuesday – Friday, so we are actually open and working five days a week to support external partners and respond to unexpected media worthy events relevant to our work. When you are fighting for the right to a healthy environment for all Canadians, against climate change, to protect endangered species, promote biodiversity and to work with Indigenous communities to preserve nature you also need to have time to refresh your mind and spirit and remind yourself what you are working for. A four-day work week means you have more time to spend in nature, to enjoy the seasons and reduce your commute to also preserve the environment.

FROM & ABOUT EXPERT PANELISTS

EP BEV KAYE RECEIVES

ISA’s THOUGHT LEADER AWARD

ISA – The Association of Learning Providers – recognized Dr. Beverly Kaye for her thought leadership in career management. Bev is a thoughtful GDIB Expert Panelist adding her expertise in career development and management to diversity and inclusion work. Thank you, Bev, for your contributions to the diversity and inclusion profession. Here is what the award announcement says about Bev.

*As this newsletter goes to press Bev is also receiving the Association for Talent Development (ATD) Lifetime Achievement Award. More about that in next month’s newsletter.

These are exciting and challenging times for change agents. While gains have been made, many organizations have not yet realized the promise of more inclusive workplaces that leverage diversity. At the same time, the world outside of work seems more divided than ever over issues of difference: race, gender, sexual orientation, sexual identity, immigration, and much more. How do change agents and those responsible for I&D efforts enhance their skills so that they can navigate these times and accelerate change? How do we shift and speed up the landscape of change?

Join Placida Gallegos, Judith Katz and Fred Miller for a deep dive into the mindsets, behaviors, and strategies that will enhance your skills for building more inclusive, collaborative workplaces that leverage diversity and fuel your ability to grow yourself as an agent of change.

ENGAGING IN BOLD, INCLUSIVE CONVERSATIONS™

Facilitator Certification Program

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION ENDS MAY 15TH

Facilitators, leaders, trainers and D&I practitioners who enroll in this three-day experience will be certified to facilitate workshops on Engaging in Bold, Inclusive Conversations™ within their organizations.

This highly interactive, skill building, learning experience will leverage the methods shared in the timely We Can't Talk About That At Work! How to Talk About Race, Religion, Politics, and Other Polarizing Topics by Mary-Frances Winters. Facilitators will be provided with the content, tools, and competencies necessary to strengthen their organization's capacity to engage in effective dialogue across differences.

This certification program is designed for trainers, D&I practitioners, and leaders within organizations who are seeking to enhance their D&I training portfolio with learning modules that build managers' and employees' competencies in engaging in difficult conversations.

OTHER NEWS

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FACING THE STRONG TENSIONS OF INCLUSION: BRIDGING POLITICAL POLARITIES

This session will be led by Coalition Founders and sponsored by the Advocacy Committee.

We will tackle one of the more difficult issues identified by our members: dealing with colleagues, family and friends who support the “other side” of the political spectrum.

Join Inclusion Allies on

May 21st at 4:30pm EST/1:30pm PST

For more information visit: http://www.inclusioncoalition.info/

Learn More

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Virtual Engagement for Tangible Results:

New Ways of Using Social Media and Inclusion

Overcome barriers of trust, hierarchy and "not invented here" through inclusion and a Virtual Technology Network

Learn how to build more reliable foundation for knowledge management by embedding inclusion from the outset

Friday, May 18th

11:00 am - 12:00 pm CDT

(9:00 am PDT, 10:00 am MDT, 12:00 pm EDT)

This interactive presentation features a powerful case study for creating a global virtual technical network that combined a knowledge management platform along with explicit inclusion mindsets and behaviors to make problems visible and solve technical problems more rapidly across a complex, recently merged enterprise.

TOOLS

Free Multicultural Calendar

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

Spanish & French Translations

Thanks to several sponsors and volunteers, we will unveil the Spanish & French editions of the GDIB in 2018!

FEATURED EXPERT PANELISTS

George Simons

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Lorie Valle

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Ilene Wasserman

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Catherine Wong

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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.

Association for

Talent Development

May 6 to 9, 2018

San Diego, California, USA

Summer Institute for

Intercultural Communication

July 11 - 27, 2018

Portland, Oregon, USA

PUBLIC COURSES/WEBINARS

OFFERED BY GDIB EXPERT PANELISTS

Listed here are programs offered by Expert Panelists. 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 and offer programs open to the public, please let us know and we will list here.

Unconscious Bias

courses including

Train the Trainer

by Cook Ross

Silver Spring,

Maryland • USA

Webinar Resources

courses including

Debate vs Dialogue

by Inclusion Allies

Any Town,

USA

Training & Education

courses including

Workforce 2020

by Winters Group

Any Town

USA

OFFERING SUPPORT

If you want to use the GDIB in conference presentations, blogs, articles, chapters and so forth, we will support you if we can, 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.