One and half-day program
The CWR workshop will earn 9.75 hoursDisclaimer: The use of this seal is not an endorsement by HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met HR Certification Institute’s criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.
Connecting with Respect
This professional development workshop promotes a new definition of respect in the workplace – one rooted in proactive engagement with people “different” from the seeker. This non-judgmental collection and sharing of information, in and of itself, demonstrates regards for other people, an essential component of all respectful interactions. But a new understanding of respect is just the beginning. CWR dramatically increases awareness and improves your employees’ ability to work successfully with anyone, regardless of background, life-style, job status or any other difference, by developing critical, self-directed thinking and behavioral skills.
Diversity isn’t a Challenge to Manage, it’s a Strength to Leverage.
You can’t train “diversity”. Diversity is the natural by-product of a constantly evolving global community and marketplace. It just is. Ignored, it can be the cause of miscommunication, poor morale, low productivity, employee turnover and even lawsuits. Properly harnessed, diversity can be the source of extraordinary creativity, best-in-class customer service, a committed, engaged workforce and high organizational adaptability. The key to leveraging diversity is a rock-solid foundation of respect.
Make Respect a Key Ingredient to Your Organization’s Culture.
A culture of respect doesn’t just happen on its own. It is shaped by intention, education, practice and commitment. CWR begins by helping participants arrive at a common understanding of what respect looks like and how it differs from tolerance. Through carefully researched and validated exercises, the workshop then takes your leaders and associates along a comprehensive learning path that expands their awareness, offers critical insights on human thought and behavior norms, and helps them develop an easy-to-apply “tool kit” proven to increase their capacity for more consistently respectful behaviors.
The highly engaging, one and a half day CWR seminar provides the structured environment and content to increase respect in the workplace and improve diversity awareness and create more respectful behavior norms within your organization.
Connecting with Respect provides the following benefits
- Helps your associates define exactly what respect should look like within your workplace
- Identifies disrespectful behaviors that can damage morale and productivity
- Explores the role that attitudes play in contributing to respect in the workplace
- Explains the impact that stereotypes and prejudgments have on our actions and decisions
- Teaches the skills necessary to identify and change counter-productive behavior patterns
- Promotes respect for both self and others as a foundational value
- Creates a “Code of Cooperation” that aligns employees in their commitment to specific respectful behaviors