Diversity
One main benefit of using diversity in the workplace
What are improved problem-solving, better decision-making, and increased employee engagement?
Give us your best definition of equity
(Everyone can answer)
Equity is the understanding that everyone should have equal footing and opportunity in the workplace and that resources should be provided to everyone that needs it
He was the first one to break the color barrier for the MLB in 1947
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Give us your best definition of acccessibility
(Everyone can answer)
The opportunity for people with disabilites to obtain the same information and materials while also having the opportunity to engage in the same opportunities and services as someone without a disability.
Give us your best definition of belonging in the workplace
(Everyone can answer)
An employees sense that their uniqueness is accepted and treasured by their organization and colleagues.
Number of workers that are 55 and up today (roughly; in millions)
37 million
True or False: providing training for people to help them do tasks they may not know how to do is an example of equity
What is true?
One issue with inclusion in our world today
What are language and communication, gender and sexual orientation, race, ethnic and cultural differences, spiritual and religious beliefs, generational differences, alternative lifestyles, and disabilities?
Abelism follows both ____ and ____ bias.
What is conscious and unconscious bias?
One way to create a sense of belonging in the workplace
What is leaders avoiding favortism?
One way employers can increase workplace diversity
What is providing diversity training, reviewing your new recruits, and providing mentorship and support?
True or False: People with disabilities are included in equity in the workplace
What is true?
In 2021, this professional sports league received the top score for racial and gender hiring
What is the WNBA?
This law protects the rights of individuals with disabilities
Biggest reason employees leave their jobs
What is no room for growth in the company?
One problem for workplace diversity today
What is lack of representation, unconscious bias, and resistance to change?
Equality or Equity? Giving each worker the items they specifically need to get their job done
What is equity?
A rule that requires NFL teams to interview ethnic minority candidates for head coaching jobs and general manager positions
What is the Rooney Rule?
This American Sports tradition was invented to address players who were challenged with hearing abilities.
What is the American Football Huddle?
Why belonging in the workplace is so important
What is employees feeling comfortable?
Give us your best definition of diversity relating to the workplace
(Everyone gets to answer)
It is the variety of differences among individuals in an organization that has to do with age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and so on.
Difference between equality and equity
(Everyone can answer)
Equality: giving everyone the same thing
Equity: everyone gets what they need and what their circumstances are
He became the first openly gay athlete to play in the NBA
Who is Jason Collins?
Roughly _____ people worldwide experience a disability today.
(Everyone can answer)
1.3 billion
The industry with the highest turnover rate in 2022
- Professional and business services
- Construction
- Hospitality and Leisure
- Trade, transportation, and leisure
What is hospitality and leisure?