Understanding Diversity Understanding Diversity and building

Human Relations Human Relations in the work area

Michael AlldafferMichael Alldaffer

Giving When it Counts... 

There was a little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare & serious disease.  Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness. 

The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the little boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister. 

He hesitated for only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, "Yes I'll do it if it will save her."  As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister and smiled, as did the whole family…seeing the color returning to her cheeks...Then his face grew pale and his smile faded.

He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, "Will I start to die right away". 

Being young, the little boy had misunderstoodmisunderstood the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his sister all of his blood in order to save her. 

For the For the understanding of diversity in the workforce understanding of diversity in the workforce …it is important to …it is important to notnot misunderstandmisunderstand what our roles are…each and everyone of us! what our roles are…each and everyone of us!

When it comes to the understanding Diversityunderstanding Diversity……none of us are the exception!

Lets get startedLets get started

Agenda

•What does diversity look like?What does diversity look like?

•Cornerstones of DiversityCornerstones of Diversity

•CharacteristicsCharacteristics

•Summary/QuestionsSummary/Questions

If you are ready to begin…then there ain’t no time like GO TIME! GO TIME!

Lets begin…

Cornerstones of DiversityCornerstones of Diversity

Diversity will help us understand the understand the importance of the importance of the talents and experiences talents and experiences each one of us brings to the tableeach one of us brings to the table and how it makes each one of us important to the each one of us important to the teamteam…It is about you and those around you.

Cornerstones of Diversity

Diversity is about inclusion and engagement – leaving no one behind!

Success is the ability to work together! The most important issue is always human

dignity and respect!Prejudice is eliminated by developing high

performance teams!True diversity is ensuring diversity of thought at

all levels of the organization!

Just something to think about?Just something to think about?

Your driving your two seater sports car on a stormy evening. The storm is like none you have ever experienced.

You are stopped at a stop light. Across from the light you see a bus stop with three people standing , waiting for the bus.

The three people are… 1)an old lady in desperate need of medical attention! 2)Your best friend who saved your life when you were children. 3)The man/woman of your dreams whom you may never get another chance to meet.

Since your car will only take ONE passenger, what do you do?

AWARENESSAWARENESS—we know what we know…but sometimes that limits what we can learn…

The “Awareness Test”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBNSm56A1-c

PRIMARY—the characteristics that you cannot change

SECONDARY—these characteristics can be influenced and can changed during a person’s life (possibly several times).

Patreese D. Ingram, Ed.D Penn State University

If someone is breaking the rules in front of you to see whether you will respond…do not disappoint him/her. If you ignore the behavior you have just told him/her that behavior is okay…and it will become the NORM.

The Japanese Kanji for "Crisis" is the two symbols to the left. The top one means 'danger' and the bottom on means ‘opportunity'.

Bobby Dane Bobby Dane small group activity

15 minutes15 minutes

http://novelinks.byu.edu/uploads/Novels/AutobiographyOfMalcolmX/Problematic%20Situation%20Student%20Worksheet.pdfhttp://novelinks.byu.edu/uploads/Novels/AutobiographyOfMalcolmX/Problematic%20Situation%20Student%20Worksheet.pdf

What do you remember about it?

What do we see in What do we see in this photo?this photo?

Tommy Smith-gold gold UUSSAAPeter Norman-silver silver AUSAUSJohn Carlos-bronze bronze UUSSAA

Raised fist with black glove (left and right hands)

beads

Unzipped jacket

scarf

Shoeless, but wearing black socks.

What are these?

What did he have at stake?

DDiivveerrssiittyy is NOT about black and white…

Doing What Doing What is Rightis Right

Capitalize Capitalize on Talentson Talents

Coordinate Coordinate DiversityDiversity

Build a Strong Build a Strong

CompanyCompany

If everyone around you looks the same…you maymay be doing something wrong.

If everyone around you thinks the same…you areare doing something wrong!

CONFORMITYWhen people are free to do as they please…

they usually imitate each other.

Do not get stuck in a patternDo not get stuck in a pattern

The Leader always sets the trail for others to follow.

Important Lesson - Always remember those Who serve ---Important Lesson - Always remember those Who serve ---

In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in Front of him.

"How much is an ice cream sundae?" he asked.  "Fifty cents," replied the waitress.  The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied the coins in it...

"Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?" he inquired. 

By now more people were waiting for a table and the waitress was growing impatient. 

"Thirty-five cents," she brusquely replied.

The little boy again counted his coins.

"I'll have the plain ice cream," he said.

The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left.  When the waitress came back, there… placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies. 

You see, he couldn't have the sundae, because he had to have enough left to leave her a tip.

 

Red Delicious Granny Smith Gala

Golden DeliciousMcIntoshAsian Apple

Though we may come in differentcolors, shapes, and sizes…

…we are all the same at the core.

Communication is essential to break the barriers of Age—Experience—Culture—Language—Education—Thinking Styles—etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vBn2_ia8zM

“…though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, but in earnest…

What we What we communicate... communicate... makes an impact!makes an impact!

RED light?

GREEN light?

YELLOW light?

Within an organization…it takes everyone t takes everyone for the success of the mission.

Six humans trapped by happenstanceSix humans trapped by happenstancein dark and bitter cold.in dark and bitter cold.Each one possessed a stick of wood,Each one possessed a stick of wood,or so the story's told.or so the story's told.

Their dying fire in need of logs,Their dying fire in need of logs,the first man held his back.the first man held his back.For on the faces around the fire,For on the faces around the fire,he noticed one was black.he noticed one was black.

The poor man sat in tattered clothes,The poor man sat in tattered clothes,he gave his coat a hitch.he gave his coat a hitch.Why should his log be put to use,Why should his log be put to use,to warm the idle rich?to warm the idle rich?

The rich man just sat back and thoughtThe rich man just sat back and thoughtof the wealth he had in store.of the wealth he had in store.And how to keep what he had earnedAnd how to keep what he had earnedfrom the lazy, shiftless poor.from the lazy, shiftless poor.

The black man's face bespoke revengeThe black man's face bespoke revengeas the fire passed from sight.as the fire passed from sight.For all he saw in his stick of woodFor all he saw in his stick of woodwas a chance to spite the white.was a chance to spite the white.

The next man sitting cross the way,The next man sitting cross the way,saw one not of his church.saw one not of his church.And couldn't bring himself to giveAnd couldn't bring himself to givethe fire his stick of birch.the fire his stick of birch.

The last man of this forlorn groupThe last man of this forlorn groupdid naught except for gain.did naught except for gain.Giving only to those who gaveGiving only to those who gavewas how he played the game.was how he played the game.

The logs held tight in death's still handsThe logs held tight in death's still handsWas proof of human sin.Was proof of human sin.They didn't die from the cold without,They didn't die from the cold without,they died from ---they died from ---THE COLD WITHIN.THE COLD WITHIN.

You cannot teach what you don’t know. You cannot lead where you won’t go.

Is it our responsibility to help those around us (who try to sink) to… …assume the characteristics of the greater mass!

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will

never forget how you made them feel.” ~Maya AngelouMaya Angelou