The Diverse Workplace


"Thinking globally not only entails thinking about different countries and cultures ‘out there.’ It also means considering the diversity of cultures, opinions, and viewpoints inside the company…" - Global Leadership: The Next Generation 2003

 

The ability to develop a global mindset is fundamental to success in this increasingly global business community.  

Since 1980, Salisbury Consulting has helped organizations create inclusive cultures and develop (tolerant) employees and leaders who seek to understand and capitalize on their differences as well as their common goals.  The result?  By welcoming diversity, these organizations have attracted and  retained high performing employees who are motivated to contribute.

How (do) we define diversity:

  • Visible Differences: Generational, gender, ethnicity, differently abled, etc.
  • Invisible Differences:  Communication styles, professional orientation, values, geographic, occupational, religion, family, recreational habits, organizational status
  • Domestic and global eultures and ethnicities

At Salisbury Consulting, we believe that training, coaching, and working side-by-side with teams and leaders can enable our clients to:

  • Identify the organization’s challenges and strengths for addressing interpersonal, cultural and business barriers to working globally
  • Understand the importance of relationships and connecting when building global partnerships
  • Focus on what is culturally most important when solving problems and leading change
  • Develop skills for seeing and communicating what is possible in the eyes of those with whom we work

Diversity consultations include:

  • Identifying hindrances to managing diversity
  • Enabling teams to capitalize on their diversity
  • Coaching global leaders on how to adapt to cultural differences in styles and values
  • Assessing attitudes and knowledge about diversity
  • Helping organizations develop their own unique "business case " for valuing diversity
  • Creating custom-tailored training for businesses and workgroups

Your employees will learn how to avoid stereotyping – and how to accept and thrive with these group differences.

When it is necessary to dive deeper into a specific culture, we engage the services of those who know that culture intimately for best results.