Create the Right Diversified Environment in Organization

Technical HR >> DEI & Management

We are at the last day of June and it is the end of the Pride month where we celebrate diversity not only for gender diversity but all types of diversities that we need to get everybody respected as an individual and a society at the same time. We have seen some people speak out about unfavorable and unsupportive transgender rights. We have seen some people make unsatisfied comments regarding to the Little Mermaid Live Action which a main character is a black. However, on corporate side, most of big one turns their logos to cover by the rainbow flag.

Can we really create a society, a company or even a family where every life with all kinds of diversities live as one? Yes, we can.

Understanding of Diversities

Diversity comes from nature of the beings in this world. Human beings is a complex beings compared to animals because they have ability for complex reasoning, ability to communicate with complex languages, ability to solve difficult problems, ability to express thoughts and feeling, etc. If that is so, diversities in the way we think, the thing we believe, what we value and so on is natural because we can create reasoning by ourselves.

There are many perspectives that we can see today:

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And this is what and how we live in a world today, which we always describe as volatile, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA).

Diversity is a reality in life. If that is the case, what do we do about it?

Nature of Human Beings

We always know that everybody is different. We are grown up in different environment. That is number one, Differences. Number two, human beings need Acceptance. It is a basic party of security and mechanism to prevent themselves from dangers. Number three, human beings have Willingness. They do what they want to do. They don’t do if they don’t want. If they do something that they don’t want, there is a reason to do so. That comes to number four, Benefits.

It is complex equation when it comes to balancing BUT the utmost outputs that human beings need are Acceptance and Benefits.

Manage Diversity in Organization

To start creating an organization where everybody lives as one, we need to understand a bit further. Values, believes, thoughts and realities are different in each individual due to the background and experience that they have. Reality is that thing that human beings see from their heads, from their world view, from their experience and from their understanding.

If we want to make change of human beings, they will not change if they don’t want to change.

Human beings will CHANGE if they want to CHANGE.

Rule number 1: NEVER force people in organization to accept in diversity if they don’t believe.

We have seen so many examples in the past years that people in organization force to accept such as “preferred pronoun”, “no gender identification pronouns”, etc. One good example, Little Mermaid Live Action that Ariel is black. It does not make sense and it makes many people upset. That results to high criticism and revenue of the movie.

So what to do next?

Rule number 2: Establish Protocols and Infrastructure which everybody feels secured

Organization should have infrastructure that really support diversity as a whole, for example, Gender. We want to all genders to work in the company, we have to create a safe place for everyone. Toilet. Company must provide four types of toilets. First, two toilets for biological male or female who prefer to use the toilet based on their born gender and appearance, 1 toilet for all genders, and the other toilet for senior or people with disabilities. That is an example of creating infrastructure for everybody to be secured. This includes hygiene and sanitary maintenance of the infrastructure.

The other example is a pray room. Usually company assumes that other religions do not need to have a pray room except for Islam. We need to rethink about this part whether it should be available for non-Islamic country. My view is make it equal. Provide space or using the meeting room is sufficient. Same as company holiday, we should make it equal by adding or create options for employees to use.

For the protocol. Stick with law of the land. Do not create any deviations. Let’s deviation manage in individual level with voluntary such as preferred pronouns. Don’t get complicated in unnecessary matters at company level. There is no real benefits on having such protocol in the company.

The simple principle is whatever we do it must be justified, fair and transparent. Don’t take side.

Rule Number 3: Create activities and provide education in order to foster positive experience for people who still cannot accept.

As mentioned, people won’t change if they don’t want to change BUT we can stimulate change by using an agent, creation of experience.

Not only core values or core competency that we want to define, DEMONSTRATION from the TOP is very critical. It has to be acted and driven by senior down to junior management team on the same things.

These three rules can serve us as a starting point in create ONE society on diversity.

Conclusion

Diversity is very much needed in organization because company has to grow through all types of employees. It is a job of company to create a safe space, infrastructure and protocols for everyone to unleash their potentials to create high performance. To create happy and right diversity in organization, do add equality and inclusion to your action as well. No one is left behind.

Good bye Pride month. Make Pride in You Everyday.

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