Leveraging Diversity Through Inclusiveness

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H. C. Davis

H.C. Davis

Objectives

• What is Diversity?

• Importance of Inclusion to Achieve Diversity

• Simple Behaviors to make Diversity Work

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“The Usual Suspects”

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So – What is Diversity?

Any dimension that can be used to differentiate people

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Diversity TypesHuman Cultural Organizational

•Gender•Race•Age•Physical Appearance•Health•Generation•Disability

•Language•Lifestyle•Heritage•Belief Systems•Religious Beliefs•Economic

•Teamwork•Roles•Relationships•Leadership•Empowerment•Education•Affiliations

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Me

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““Out of Many, One”Out of Many, One”

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How can we make BSA a better organization?

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Barriers to Leveraging Diversity

•We resist change

•Comfort in sameness

•Peer pressure

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How do we respond?

A Scout is Friendly, Courteous and Kind

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Diversity – Working as a Team

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Optimizing Inclusiveness. . .• What does success look like for your Wood Badge

Patrol?• Do you sense how other team members are doing?• Are you teaching each other skills so all can

participate?• Do you support each other?

• Even in conflict?

• Do you listen to each other?• Does the team work to ensure Everyone is

performing?

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Leverage the Power of Diversity through Inclusiveness!

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Review – Why is Inclusiveness so Important?

• Makes us better leaders

• Recognize the advantages of diversity

• Know how to pull diverse groups together

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Summary – How do we use Diversity?

• Recruitment

• Seek it out in groups

• Admit our mistakes• Learn from them

• Ask for help from diverse members

• Take advantage of diverse abilities

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Three Points:

1. What is diversity?

• Anything that differentiates groups of people

2. Most important way to leverage diversity?

• Inclusiveness

3. Very simple inclusive behavior can make diversity work!

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