Press Release June 23, 2008 Workplace Answers Continues Pioneer Role in Comprehensive Diversity and Inclusion Training
Workplace Answers Continues Pioneer Role in Comprehensive Diversity and Inclusion Training
June 23, 2008 -- For Immediate Release --
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Walk into almost any U.S. workplace and you can see it in people’s
faces: diversity. Demographers forecast even more changes to come. The
old business fix – adding a new HR policy in
the employee manual – won’t
be enough to handle this workplace sea change.
“Organizational cultures must transform in
order to succeed today,” says Sondra Solovay,
author, law professor and employment attorney. “The
interactions among employees, managers and customers illustrate an
organization’s priorities better than any
printed policies. Unfortunately, this type of transformation is rarely
organic.”
Training is a key element. At Workplace Answers, a Web-based training
company with unmatched legal expertise, diversity is a cornerstone in
their catalog of award-winning courses. No single course can provide
total diversity training, as Workplace Answers selection of diversity
courses – the most comprehensive in the
industry – proves.
“No other company has this type of training,”
says Solovay, who also writes and develops content at Workplace Answers. “Let’s
face it, those organizations that ignore the multi-cultural,
multi-ethnic, multi-generational pulse of today’s
workforce will continue to offend, embarrass or alienate their
employees. That can lead to numerous organizational problems, not the
least of which are EEOC lawsuits and employee retention problems.”
Workplace Answers’ “core”
diversity training courses – Introduction to
Diversity, Diversity
Benefits (with specialized nonprofit, governmental and higher
education versions available), and Uncovering Implicit Bias –
highlight for employees and supervisors the many benefits of inclusion,
personally, to the organization and its bottom line. These courses can
be rolled out over multiple years or supplement an organization’s
existing training.
For ongoing training on particular issues, Workplace Answers is again
setting itself apart from its competitors as it announces its Respect &
Inclusion Series, training modules that augment its core diversity
training courses and that can be deployed to employees at an organization’s
convenience. Following up on previously released Transition to Respect,
Uncovering Implicit Bias, Doing Business in the Global Economy and
Managing a Multigenerational Workforce, Workplace Answers announces its
new titles, Honoring Holiday Traditions, Team Building Across Cultures,
and Hiring High Quality Diverse Candidates.
"The bottom line is that it's the daily practice of respect and
assurance of inclusion that solidifies organizations’
diversity commitments," says Solovay. “Merely
hiring diverse candidates won't revive an organization or increase its
competitiveness without a shared understanding and commitment to work
together. Training has a significant role to play.”
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