Linkage Summit for Leading Diversity 2011 Track 6: I’m a Diversity Champion: Strategies for Extending Your Leadership Clout Wednesday, April 6, 2011: 8:30 – 10:30am Presented by Tracy Brown / Diversity Trends LLC www.DiversityTrends.com

1. From Lip Service to Leadership
Presented by
Tracy Brown / Diversity Trends LLC
www.TracyBrown.com www.DiversityTrends.com
Toll Free: 1.800.290.5631
Direct: 1.214.369.2888
Fax: 1.800.290.5631
Email: Tracy@DiversityTrends.com
Linkage | Diversity 2011
Track 6: I’m a Diversity Champion: Strategies for Extending Your Leadership Clout
Wednesday, April 6, 2011: 8:30 – 10:30am

2. Today’s Objectives
! Challenge you to move into important
conversations and actions that will build your
reputation as a business leader who is also a
champion for diversity and inclusion
! Guide you to discover personal insights and
choose concrete actions you can implement
when you return to work
! Help you integrate your commitment to
diversity into every aspect of your life as a
leader
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3. What Does it What are your
Mean to Be a KEEPERS
Champion for from Monday
Diversity and and
Inclusion? Tuesday?
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4. Every one of us can be a champion for
diversity and inclusion
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5. Every one of us can be a champion for diversity
and inclusion if we pay attention to three factors:
1. Clarity
2. Courage
3. Connection
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6. ! ACTIVITY 1
Three Decades
1990 / 2000 / 2010
What Did It Mean?
!1
1. Diversity in Society / Community
2. Diversity in the Workplace
3. Champion for Diversity /
Inclusion
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7. ! What Does It Mean (in Your
Organization) to be a
Champion for Diversity and
Inclusion?
! Why Is It Important (in Your
!1
Organization) to be a
Champion for Diversity and
Inclusion?
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8. ! ACTIVITY 2
Courage
Inappropriate
Comments
!2
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9. ! What are you willing to
change about yourself,
your organization or your
beliefs?
! What are you willing to
!2
risk?
! What makes talking about
diversity and inclusion
difficult?
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10. Inappropriate Comments
! You are expected to
recognize
inappropriate
comments . . . And
take appropriate
action.
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11. I(4)
(Diversity Trends)
! Illegal ! Insensitive
! Deny opportunity ! Hurtful or
based on an judgmental, but not
identity status preventing access
! Place in specific or mobility
role based on an ! Based on limited
identity status knowledge or
! Violating company understanding
policy or values ! Using stereotypes
about a group to
judge an individual
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12. I(4)
! Illegal ! Insensitive
! Deny opportunity based ! Hurtful or judgmental, but
on an identity status not preventing access or
! Place in specific role mobility
based on an identity
status ! Based on limited
knowledge or
! Violating company policy
or values understanding
! Using stereotypes about a
! Instruct group to judge an
! Tell them what to individual
do and why ! Inform
! Explain policy and ! Educate
describe expected
behavior ! Suggest
alternatives for
! Follow-up
consideration
! Share your view
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13. ! ACTIVITY 3
Connection
Specific ways for individual managers to:
1.Demonstrate cross-cultural
!3 respect
2.Expand multicultural network
3.Model commit to D&I
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14. ! How can you tell if respect
is mutual?
! Where are your greatest
opportunities to expand
!3 your personal network?
! As a leader, what are ways
you can influence
behavior?
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15. Responding to Cross-Cultural
Criticism
!Appreciate (the
person)
!Accept (the feedback)
!Acquire (more info)
!Agree (on next steps)
!Act (on agreement)
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16. The Achieving Inclusion Model™
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17. Behaviors to Avoid Behaviors to Practice
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18. Today’s Objectives
! Challenge you to move into important
conversations and actions that will build your
reputation as a business leader who is also a
champion for diversity and inclusion
! Guide you to discover personal insights and
choose concrete actions you can implement
when you return to work
! Help you integrate your commitment to
diversity into every aspect of your life as a
leader
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19. Q&A
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20. Talk
- Action
= Zero

21. Self Reflection
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22. Commitment
! What specific things
will you do in the next
30 days to continue
your learning?
! What specific things
will you do beyond the
next 30 days to
demonstrate that you
value diversity?
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23. From Lip Service to Leadership
Presented by
Tracy Brown / Diversity Trends LLC
www.TracyBrown.com www.DiversityTrends.com
Toll Free: 1.800.290.5631
Direct: 1.214.369.2888
Fax: 1.800.290.5631
Email: Tracy@DiversityTrends.com