Caroline B. Pinto
Principal Consultant, ICDR Australia Pty Ltd
Dr. Zane Ma Rhea
National Centre for Gender and Cultural Diversity, Swinburne
University of Technology
Making a Difference - The Personal Effectiveness in Diversity
Program
Abstract
This workshop is an introduction to the Personal Effectiveness
in Diversity Program, a program premised on the belief that diversity
management strategies and initiatives must deliver tangible outcomes
in order to instil confidence.
It is not a program that will turn non-believers into believers.
The Program takes diversity from a concept to something that
is tangible, practical, workable and understandable for any leader
who understands that successfully managing diversity will give
their company a competitive advantage.
The program assists participants to address diversity in the
way it makes sense to them by focussing on specific outcomes
tailored to business needs as described by the participant in
their action learning plan.
The approach combines self-paced and self-directed learning
with a structured coaching program over 10 weeks. Included in
the program are: a personal assessment phase; an introductory
one-day workshop; a series of weekly one-to-one coaching sessions;
and a final evaluation workshop.
Bionotes
Caroline B. Pinto works as the principal consultant for ICDR
Australia Pty
Ltd and its learning arm the Diversity and Learning Institute,
concerning
herself with increasing the ability of people to work better
together. She
developed the Personal Effectiveness In Diversity Program, as
a professional
development process for people who address issues of social justice
and
inclusion within corporate Australia.
Dr Zane Ma Rhea works at the National Centre for Gender and
Cultural
Diversity, Swinburne University of Technology. She crosses higher
education and corporate spheres, facilitating courses to conducting
research about the management of diversity in Australia. She
and her colleague, Dr Sue Lewis, have developed an evaluative
framework for diversity management training that explicitly focuses
on social justice and Inclusivity issues within corporate Australia.
Presentation Type
60 min Workshop