Trainer's Diversity Source Book 50 Ready-to-Use Activities, from Icebreakers through Wrap Ups

by Lambert, Jonamay; Myers, Selma

• ISBN13: 9781586440633
• ISBN10: 1586440632
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-01
• Publisher: Society For Human Resource Management

Summary

Trainer's Diversity Source Bookbrings new concepts and usefulness to the proven tools of activities and icebreakers. It includes compelling, interactive, engaging activities that foster inclusive, positive environments that encourage participants to examine diversity issues through different lenses. Using these short exercises, trainers can: - Raise individual, team and organizational awareness about a host of diversity issues. - Create safe spaces for dialogue about often "unspoken" and at times challenging topics in the workplace. - Increasing cultural awareness and competence among individuals, teams and organizations. The chapter on Diversity Facilitation Skills shares the lessons learned by the authors in over 30 combined years of diversity leadership in discussion and real-life case studies. The accompanying CD-ROM contains all 50 exercises and additional resources that you can easily download and adapt to your own needs. Written for human resource professionals, consultants, trainers, and anyone who is faced with the task of corporate diversity training, the Trainer's Diversity Source Bookand its packed CD-ROM will save you time and money with its easily adaptable techniques and templates.

Author Biography

Jonamay Lambert is the founder and president of Lambert & Associates, Inc. and the co–author of 50 Activities for Conflict Resolution and Global Competence. She has extensive consulting experience in corporate, government, and educational institutions and has designed and implemented training programs in diversity, leadership, and change management for both Fortune 100 companies and smaller organizations alike. She sits on the board of directors for the Chicago Council on Urban Affairs. She lives in East Dundee, Illinois. Selma Myers is the author of Team Building for Diverse Work Groups and co–author of 50 Activities for Conflict Resolution and Global Competence. She has been an intercultural consultant for more than 15 years for small and large companies (including Fortune 500 companies), non–profit and educational institutions, government agencies, and professional associations. She has directed intercultural education programs and designed and presented a variety of customized programs for clients who deal with cultural diversity in business settings. She lives in La Jolla, California.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
Overview	1	(10)
Activity Matrix	6	(5)
Tips and Tricks of Facilitating	11	(10)
Getting to Know Each Other	21	(14)
Connections	22	(2)
Stats at a Glance	24	(3)
What's in a Name?	27	(3)
I Belong	30	(2)
Name Tags R Us	32	(1)
The History Channel	33	(2)
Setting the Climate	35	(16)
When You C.A.R.E. Enough	36	(4)
Why Diversity and Inclusion?	40	(2)
Treasure Hunt	42	(3)
Circle Game	45	(2)
Finding Commonalities	47	(4)
Personal Awareness	51	(16)
Decades on Parade	53	(4)
Cultural Introductions	57	(1)
Choices	58	(2)
Sharing Cultural Stories, Legends, & Tales	60	(2)
Close Encounters of the First Kind	62	(2)
Knee-Jerk Response	64	(3)
Values	67	(12)
Values, Values, Values	68	(3)
Million-Dollar Question	71	(3)
Value Line	74	(2)
Trading Value Cards	76	(3)
Assumptions and Stereotypes	79	(20)
What Does it Mean to You?	82	(4)
Do You See What I See?	86	(3)
One Potato, Two Potato	89	(1)
Even Exchange	90	(2)
Zap Model	92	(3)
What about Positive Stereotypes?	95	(1)
Checking Assumptions Scenario	96	(2)
I See, You See...Changing Lenses	98	(1)
Communication	99	(12)
Nonverbal Introduction	101	(2)
Ticket to Talk	103	(2)
What's on Your Mind?	105	(2)
I Can't See for Looking	107	(4)
Diversity Issues	111	(20)
Getting Out of the Fishbowl	113	(3)
Vision of Diversity and Inclusion	116	(2)
Diversity Groundhog	118	(4)
Win a Few, Lose a Few!	122	(5)
If I Were in Your Shoes	127	(4)
Conflict Resolution	131	(14)
How Far to Push?	132	(2)
Double or Nothing	134	(3)
Doves or Hawks---Individual Conflict Styles	137	(5)
Kindergarten Incident	142	(3)
Team Building	145	(10)
Understanding Commitment	146	(3)
Optimizing Team Diversity	149	(6)
Energizers	155	(10)
And the Winner Is...!	156	(1)
Pulse Check	157	(3)
How Do You Say ``Hello''?	160	(5)
Closing Up	165	(8)
Setting New Directions	166	(3)
Time Waits for No One	169	(2)
Words of Wisdom	171	(2)
Resources	173	(34)
Quotable Quotes and How to Use Them	174	(6)
Helpful Web Sites	180	(1)
Templates for Communication	181	(16)
Creative Ways to Select ``Volunteers''	197	(2)
Contents of the CD-ROM	199	(2)
Indexes
Index of Activities & Other Resources	201	(2)
Index	203	(4)
About the Authors	207	(6)
Using the Accompanying CD-ROM	213