Every member of staff should be supported so they can do their best work and thrive. At the very least, that means every business should ensure their workplaces are anti-racist.
With unconscious racial bias and allyship training from EW Group, protect your staff from harm and further your diversity agenda. Teach staff and leaders why and how to understand privilege and challenge discrimination, create solid peer support networks, start difficult but worthwhile conversations, and make practical and structural changes that benefit everyone.
In today’s multicultural workplace, where one in eight of the working-age population is from a Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic background, there is simply no room for racial discrimination. Inclusivity is not only a moral cause, but a legal one: such discrimination is illegal under the Equality Act 2010.
An ally is any person that actively promotes a culture of inclusion through intentional, positive, and conscious efforts that benefit the whole community.
Everyone can be an ally as privilege is intersectional – white women can be allies to people of colour, men can be allies to women, cisgender people can be allies to members of the LGBTQI+ community, able-bodied people can be allies to those with different abilities, economically privileged people can be allies to those who are not, and so forth.
With EW Group’s allyship training, you can combat explicit and unconscious racial bias within your organisation. In doing so, you can make sure all staff are happy and working in an environment that encourages success, unlocking several benefits:
Throughout the allyship and unconscious racial bias training sessions you, your leaders, and staff will develop the skills to be a good ally.
We do this using Nudge Theory (Thaler & Sunstein), which works by analysing how we think, make decisions, and behave.
With this information, we can then use positive reinforcement and indirect suggestions to change how we act. This makes it easier for you to drive change, without having to convince, argue, or ‘sell’ new ways of thinking.
We help people find the “why” and explore what their respective mental blockers might be. If people understand this, it’s a lot easier for them to connect to that stated mission of allyship and make a concerted effort to be supportive or involved.
By the end of the training, leaders and team members will have been taught a whole range of useful skills, including:
Learn more in our guide to how to be an ally in the workplace.
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