Building Blocks of Workplace Inclusion

A diverse workplace isn’t necessarily an inclusive one. An inclusive workplace doesn’t just feature employees from a variety of backgrounds; it ensures that all those employees are treated with respect.

In Building Blocks of Workplace Inclusion, Evelina Silveria and Jill Walters take you through the process of creating and implementing an inclusion strategy. This issue of TD at Work shares best practices for employee-friendly workplaces. Then, it discusses some of the roadblocks and challenges you may encounter and how to surmount them.

This issue includes:

• reasons why workplace inclusion is important
• sample mission, vision, and value statements
• guidance for workplace inclusion committees
• tips for successful mentoring programs
• a checklist of employee-friendly workplace practices.

About the Authors

Evelina Silveira is the president of Diversity at Work, a three-time award-winning training and consulting firm in London, Canada. She is also the editor of the Inclusion Quarterly and has co-authored two books about workplace inclusion with Jill Walters.

Jill Walters is publisher of the monthly online newsletter, Diversity! in the Workplace. She also is the co-author, with Evelina Silveira, of Diversity and Inclusion on a Budget: How to Have a More Engaged and Innovative Workplace With Little or No Dollars and The No-Nonsense Guide to Workplace Inclusion.