Presidents Commission on DIVERSITY

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Presidents Commissionon DIVERSITY

• Presented by
• Jackee Schwartz, CEO
• Global Access Now, LLC

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• DIVERSITY
• PCD Charge
• 1. Advise President
• -Issues, Policies, Practices
• 2. Report to President and University community
• -Matters of racial ethnic diversity in
  employment, working environment, compensation
  Leadership
• 3. Offer recommendations (recruit retain
  students faculty staff)
• 4. Propose Initiatives

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• Todays Objectives
• To assess the real issues
• What is the level of awareness?
• What are we really trying to change?
• How does change occur?
• How do we get the Power?
• What are the barriers?
• How do we make it happen?

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• Indicators Of Low Appreciation For Diversity
• Many EEOC SuitsPeople leaving
• Retention Problems
• Continuous Conflict
• Many Complaints
• Cultural Faux Pas That Are Unintentional
• Diversity-related Blocks in Communication
• People Feeling Isolated
• Lack of Value For Uniqueness

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Shotgun Approach

• Confusion makes action difficult
• Give real life examples
• A scattering of practices is ineffective
• Why?

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Diversity Obstacles

• What are they at UK?

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Best Practices

• Business Diversity Network
• Purpose To benchmark best practices
• Advice from U of L, Toyota, Lexmark and LGE

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• BEST PRACTICES
• All agreed first and foremost
• Without SENIOR LEVEL SUPPORT, an effective
  diversity initiative will never happen
• How do you get sustained, passionate support of
  senior leadership?

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Change

• How open to change is your organizational
  structure?
• What, if anything, needs to happen to make the
  culture more open and flexible?

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• How Critical Is Accountability
• How do you build it into a diversity effort?
• What should you be measuring?
• Set goals that are reasonable and specific
• S.M.A.R.T. Goals
• Monitor and communicate progress

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Summary

• What is the critical first, next step?
• Ohio State University stated in its Diversity
  Plan
• The goals are extensivethey should be
• prioritized, and deliberate. Many of the actions
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• doable with current resources, it is likely that
  real
• progress and success will require additional
• resources.

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