Friday, February 17, 2012

How To Manage Workplace Diversity (Part 1)


Finally you've understand how diversity could help your business. You started accommodating disabled people, people with different cultures, gender and/or religion. Teaching your employees to treat someone who is a little different from others is the first step on building a cohesive unit. As a manager, you should be aware about the diversity issues that are happening between your employees. Looking at cultural factors such as: Behavior practices, body/sign languages, dress code, etc. can help you address the problem accordingly towards your people.


At times, one of your employees is being singled out by the other colleagues. It often happens that this employee wouldn’t report the problem which could probably affect his working habits. It is best that the manager should sit down with every employee and discuss any problems that could be affecting their work. Below is a sample video where it shows some realistic issues that can happen between your employees. The video is not that perfect but it proves my point.



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