Achieving Excellence: Leveraging Diversity & Embracing Inclusion .
The workshop speaker is Alta Mauro who serves as the founding director of the Office of Intercultural Education and Spiritual Life at New York University Abu Dhabi where she leads university efforts to strategize around cross- and intercultural competence. Previously, she served as director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Wake Forest University. Alta is completing a Ph.D. in educational leadership and cultural foundations at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her research focuses on racial socialization and upward mobility among American racial minorities. Additional research interests include cultural communication, social justice education, culturally-relevant pedagogy, strategies to increase cultural competence among adolescents and adults, and psychological attribution and perception.
We are pleased to extend an invitation to members & businesswomen in the UAE to attend our first workshop of the year. Places are limited so we advise to book soon.
When: Monday, May 4, 2015
Time: 4:30 pm
**Please be prompt for registration begins 4:30pm
Where: Beach Rotana Hotel, Abu Dhabi
Cost: AED 120 Members; AED 170 Non-Members Book Early seating is limited to 40 max.
Includes High Tea and Refreshments
*Bookings and cancellations ONLY until 12 noon Thursday, April 30, 2015.
Cancellations subject to full charge after that time Please note all IBWG events are NON SMOKING.
Workshop Objective
Subject Achieving Excellence: Leveraging Diversity & Embracing Inclusion: Research has consistently shown that diverse teams are more innovative: productive: and that they generate greater revenue _ there are no magic bullets to achieving diversity there are relevant processes and ways of being that position teams to attract talent from all increasingly interconnected global world: and to leverage the skills of such diverse groups in order to achieve inclusive and affirming teams which deliver greater workplace results. Participants in this session will begin to explore workplace dynamics arid the impact of culture arid cultural communication on inclusion.
Workshop Schedule
4:30 pm : Registration
5:00 pm : Welcome
5:05 pm-6:30 pm : Workshop begins
Afternoon High Tea
6:30 pm-6:45 pm : Questions & Answers
7:00 pm : Workshop Concludes
4:30 pm : Registration
5:00 pm : Welcome
5:05 pm-6:30 pm : Workshop begins
Afternoon High Tea
6:30 pm-6:45 pm : Questions & Answers
7:00 pm : Workshop Concludes
