Intercultural Engagement@Work

More than half of all Australians were either born overseas, or have at least one parent born overseas. How do you fully engage a culturally diverse workforce with key organisational challenges?

Australia is a nation of great cultural and linguistic diversity, and our workplaces are increasingly reflecting this. Australian organisations are beginning to understand that there is a tremendous strategic advantage in matching the demographics of their customer base or service users. The meeting of diverse cultures, values and religions in the workplace offers both opportunities and risks. Australian organisations are not currently realising all the benefits of a culturally diverse workforce, especially for engaging with prospective partners and employees overseas.

Diversity@work's Intercultural Engagement assists managers, employees and specialist staff to move from awareness of cultural diversity to a deeper understanding of and ability to work with cultural difference. The key challenge for this process is learning how to access and utilise the knowledge of their diverse teams.

Through group discussions and interactive skill-building activities participants will develop practical tools for negotiating cultural difference in their workplaces. Barriers to the inclusion of cultural diversity will be discussed and strategies will be developed to implement and leverage workplace cultural diversity. This package can also be used to assist whole teams to harness their collective and diverse talents.

Learning areas

• Cultural, linguistic and religious diversity in Australia
• Linking intercultural engagement to business and community drivers
• The dimensions of culture
• Managing the risk of discrimination and harassment in the area of cultural, linguistic and religious diversity
• Barriers to inclusion of cultural diversity in the workplace
• Options for meeting the challenges of difference
• Communication, conflict and negotiation of cultural difference
• Strategies for an inclusive workplace
• Personal action plans

Who should attend?

• HR professionals, recruitment specialists
• Teams
• Managers, line managers
• Diversity specialists
• Employment service site managers

Package dates

Cost

$225 plus GST per participant (including materials and handouts where appropriate)

Program Length

Full Day Training Program

For more information

For any queries in relation to this program, please contact Donna de Zwart on (03) 9608 0900 or via email: donna@diversityatwork.com.au

Please note that we can also tailor this, or any other of our courses, specifically to meet the individual needs of your organisation.