IDC offers all the development programmes that clients are likely to need to formulate, develop and implement D&I strategies that deliver and add business value. It has global expertise in workplace, market place, supplier and philanthropic D&I. We have broad, international experience and all of our approaches are underpinned by change management and appreciative enquiry techniques. These enable clients to understand critical "helping and hindering" factors, as well as the common features of peak-performance situations.
We do this through:
Our diagnostics include online D&I surveys, executive interviews and affinity focus groups in which the diversity of our facilitators mirrors that of the participants, in terms of gender, ethnicity, race, religion, physical ability, sexual orientation and age. This encourages participants to be open about the issues that help or hinder their performance. We have carried out D&I diagnostics in Asia, Africa, Europe and North and Latin America.
D&I strategy formulation
We help clients create a D&I action plan which is underpinned by the drivers of change that will help them build the energy, commitment and capability that are crucial for lasting success. Our experience of global best practice in D&I is extensive, and it is vital in helping clients decide which approaches will have the biggest impact on their business imperatives.
Mentoring
Our innovative mentoring circles are a powerful way to develop high-potential employees from under-represented backgrounds. Mentoring is delivered to small groups (of six to eight people) with one or two mentors. This is more resource efficient and a more effective approach than one-on-one mentoring, because mentees learn from each other as well as from their mentors. We help clients set up the circles and provide short introductory training workshops for mentors and mentees. These include coaching on how to deal with the issues that may arise from the diversity of the circle’s membership. This ensures that the mentoring experience offers maximum benefit to both mentees and mentors.
D&I awareness raising workshops
IDC offers a whole range of training interventions covering awareness raising, skills and capability development, and behavioural coaching to embed and reinforce the culture change. We also offer short workshops, around 2 hours, on different D&I topicsOur interactive theatre capability means that we are able to bring the emotional and motivational issues of D&I to life in a workshop environment. A key component of managers' D&I development is helping them recognise what is unique in people, and how to transform each person's talents into better performance. This helps them to develop into more effective people managers. Participants in interactive theatre are able to picture, devise and commit to more productive and inclusive ways of behaving.
- building cross-cultural competence
- the power of small - microinequities
- religion, faith and spirituality at work
- diversity, creativity and innovation
- inclusion and high-performance team working
- disability and work
- ethnic and race issues at work
- gay and lesbian issues in the workplace
- gender differences and how they play out at work
- age diversity
- market, customer and supplier diversity
- diversity and global talent management
We undertake in-depth executive interviews. These help to identify what senior managers see as the key issues in their organisation. They also help to determine which strategies have worked, and pinpoint areas for improvement. Our consultants are highly experienced in coaching senior managers to set an example in inclusive behaviour. This is critical to drive inclusion throughout the organisation and obtain the D&I dividend in terms of business performance.
Research
We know how to proof our clients' current diversity policies and procedures. Another expertise is benchmarking to help them adopt best practice approaches.
Work/life balance and its contribution to success
We help clients gain a competitive advantage with planning tools uniquely developed to help them devise and implement approaches that benefit both the individual and the organisation.
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