Diversity and Inclusion Consultants Australia

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Diversity Australia offer a wide range of consulting, auditing and training solutions in Australia across the range of diversity and inclusion topics including unconscious bias, cognitive biases, sexual harassment, inclusive leadership, ISO certification, succession planning and management, psychological safety, respectful workplace training, cultural sensitivity, EEO, disability awareness, and Contact Officer training.

Our team are seasoned ex-executives with decades of on-the-ground experience melded with vast training, facilitation, consulting and audit/assessment experience across a raft of industries and organisation/company types.

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What is Diversity and Inclusion?

In order for a diverse group of people to work together successfully, the work environment needs to be one where everyone is able to contribute to their full potential, and where no one is defined by, or held back – because of their differences.

Here are some of the things that organisations are doing to help support inclusivity. One is removing barriers that restrict disabled people. For example, someone with a visual impairment may not be able to use a mouse or other pointing device with a computer. Instead they use the tab key to navigate and a screen reader to read out the text. For this to work, documents must be formatted with headings, subheadings and so on.

Formatting documents in this way is actually good practice, and it helps everyone who uses the document, including any customers. Another example is making sure passageways are wide enough, and kept clear, so that people with physical disabilities can move around a building more easily. And also installing equipment such as induction loops for people who use hearing aids, or have cochlear implants.

When there are diverse attitudes and ways of looking at things, there’s a chance that previously held assumptions will be challenged. Many organisations are supporting and encouraging a culture of openness so that new ideas and perspectives can be discussed freely.

Flexible working hours, working from home, or job sharing, can make the difference between someone, especially someone with other commitments, being able to continue working or having to give up their job. A flexible working environment may also make it easier for someone to return to work after a break. Some social activities might exclude people, and therefore not be inclusive as a work-related activity. For instance, a team get together over a drink is unlikely to be suitable for a recovering alcoholic, someone who has to drive, or possibly someone on medication. And there are more inclusive alternatives.

Of course, they’re not saying a group of friends from work can’t go out for a drink. This is about making sure people aren’t excluded from work-related activities because of their personal situation. Language and images can be offensive. A shared environment with colleagues and perhaps customers and visitors, isn’t the same as a private space, so again being inclusive is about being respectful of other people’s values and sensibilities.

You’re probably familiar with some, or all, of these ideas, and over the years many of them have been met with mixed reactions.

But there are lots of examples of behaviours that were seen as normal, or were tolerated in the past, which are no longer acceptable, and especially not in the workplace. This indicates the progress that Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace in Australia has made!

(Source: https://youtu.be/LqP6iU3g2eE.)

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