Supervising and Leading Teams towards Greater Cross Cultural Effectiveness

Diversity Issues

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Cliff Jones, Senior Associate, TACS

September 10, 2009
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Registration includes continental breakfast and lunch

Event Description

While many of us recognize the value of building diverse teams in the work place, we risk providing management and supervision in a culturally homogenous way. Failing to recognize unique cultural elements in our teams can result in missed opportunities for innovation, creativity, and dynamic problem solving.

Supervising and Leading Teams towards Greater Cross Cultural Effectiveness is a primer for supervisors and managers to improve how teams work together across differences to provide products and services that meet the needs of diverse populations. Effectively valuing and utilizing diversity internally is an important foundation for developing team capacity that can make a critical difference in serving diverse populations and competing in today's nonprofit market place.

This full-day interactive workshop will address:

Frameworks and skills for leadership, supervision and cross cultural effectiveness
Roles for management teams, supervisors, team leaders and staff members in building greater cross cultural effectiveness
Team assessments to identify areas for cross cultural capacity development
Activities for building team cross cultural effectiveness

The Presenter

Cliff is a human rights activist with over 25 years of experience in social service, community education, and human rights advocacy. He is co-founder of Tools for Diversity, a multi-cultural team that addresses problems caused by discrimination and prejudice and supports building culturally competent organizations.

Cliff's professional capabilities include skill-building for boards and supervisors, planning, mediation, workplace diversity, multicultural alliances, conflict resolution, and group facilitation. He has consulted for all kinds of nonprofits—grassroots groups, social service agencies, housing authorities, and government bureaus. He has experience as a frontline staff, supervisor, project manager and executive director.

Cost: $150.00
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