Diversity Management: from Competence to Strategy

Investing in Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) is a current need, rather than a future requirement. Understanding how D&I connects with value creation, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is at the core of social sustainability for today’s organisations. The training programme is based on international diversity management standards, internationally certified competence and international research & practice based experience.

Module 1
5 hours

Basic D&I and Diversity Management concepts to establish awareness & build competence

Diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging
Diversity competence
Diversity maturity
Diversity management
Diversity & HR
International diversity management standards

Module 2
5 hours

Diversity management & value creation

The business case of diversity
Diversity & competitiveness
Diversity & technology
Diversity & innovation
Diversity recruitment
Common approaches & mistakes

Module 3
5 hours

Diversity management strategy

Diversity management strategy: Why?
Case analyses
Diversity management strategy: How?
Diversity & ESG
KPIs, action plans, metrics & measurements
Diversity management strategy roadmap

3 modules | 15 hours | EUR 650 + VAT

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Tutor:
Agnese Cimdina, PhD, PwC, Head of Diversity & Inclusion Practice in the Baltics

Agnese Cimdina is a certified diversity manager (certified by the Norwegian Certification Authority “Norsk Sertifisering” & International Personnel Certification Association) and has contributed to awareness raising, knowledge transfer and consulting in diversity management to international organisations since 2019.

She has conducted research, led projects, consulted, published, been a lecturer, speaker & moderator on such topics as Diversity & Inclusion, Diversity Management, Diversity Competence, Internationalisation of Nordic businesses, International Marketing, Sustainability & Development, Equality & Trust, Culture & Business, Entrepreneurship & Innovations in Nordic, Latvian and Middle East societies.

Agnese holds Master’s and PhD degrees in social anthropology from the University of Bergen (Norway) with expertise in business and economic anthropology, development anthropology, and intercultural understanding. She has extensive international experience working with academic, corporate and diplomatic sectors in the Baltic, Nordic and Middle East countries.

Agnese is an author having recently published a monograph “Searching for Sustainability in Arabian Deserts. An Anthropology of Market and Oil” based on her post-doctoral research on business development, social and environmental sustainability, synergies between traditions, modernity, culture and business in the region of the Arabian Peninsula.

To whom

If your work on D&I and diversity management is to be successful, it’s important to understand the essence of D&I practices, clearly define your organisation’s D&I goals, and create an effective strategy in diversity management. Implementing diversity management requires not only management insight and a collaborative HR department but also staff engagement and enhancing the relevant competencies at company level.

In order for the work on D&I and diversity management practices in the company to be successful, we recommend that several members of the organization attend the training.

Certificate

On conclusion of the training programme, the participants will receive PwC's Academy certificate.

Individual training for companies

If you would like to apply for individually tailored training in English or Latvian for your company's employees, please register your interest and we will send a proposal.

What is your rationale for work on diversity management?

One of the signals indicating an organisation needs diversity management is a high level of subjective feelings of discrimination or injustice among its staff. Low innovation capacity or high staff turnover can also suggest its diversity and inclusion (D&I) practices are not successful. Yet these are just a few of the reasons why organisations turn to diversity management as a key priority.

Format

Each module includes the lecture combined with discussions and practical tasks to build and strengthen diversity competence at individual and organisational level, as well as a strategic diversity management approach. The length of each module is five hours.

In order to make our training effective, it’s essential that we provide a safe environment for openness and differing views. We will therefore request that the participants undertake to respect the confidentiality of this training course.

PwC's Academy Latvia reserves the right to change format and dates of the training if any unforeseen circumstances occur.

3 modules | 15 hours | EUR 650 + VAT

Register your interest and we will let you know when the new dates are confirmed

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Outcomes of the training

Understanding the role of diversity competence in diversity management and how to navigate the D&I landscape
Understanding the essence and benefits of diversity management for business growth
Understanding how D&I principles relate to value creation, innovation and social sustainability
Understanding your organisation’s diversity potential and ability to see diversity of your people as a resource
Understanding the reasons for low performance at the workplace
Understanding what data are needed to map your organisation’s D&I situation

Understanding why and how to develop a diversity management strategy aligned with your organisation’s business objectives, KPIs and best practice guidelines
Understanding how to measure the effectiveness of diversity management in your company
Understanding systemic obstacles to attracting the best professionals
Understanding how bias and stereotypes affect the workplace and business growth
Understanding the risk of not having a diversity management approach in business and organisational development
Ability to identify and eliminate obstacles to successful diversity management and strengthening inclusive leadership
Ability to realise and use your own diversity competence

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