VisionSpring Inc. Content Summary - February 2023

This month VisionSpring’s content theme focused on culture change. The process of developing a culture committed to DEI is not easy and cannot be completed in a single training session or seminar. It is a multi-step process that requires top-down engagement, a clear and compelling business case, and effective large-scale training focused on awareness building and behavior change.??

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First, assess your current situation: find out where your organization is successful and where there is room to improve. Make sure to engage with employees to get an idea of how they feel about the current culture and examine hiring and promotional rates to expose any disparity in opportunity. Analyzing policies, performance, and pay equity will go a long way in determining benchmarks for the success of your new initiative. Finally, perform a gap analysis to determine where your desired future state diverges from your current state.??

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Once you’ve assessed your current state and defined your strategic priorities, it’s time to design your training. Effective training focuses on your goals, must combine awareness building with skill and competency development, and should provide opportunities for learners to practice applying new concepts and skills.??

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VisionSpring is a full-service DEI consulting firm offering fully integrated strategic consulting, training, and eLearning solutions with a head, heart, hands approach to move this work forward. We help our clients drive sustainable change that enhances workplace culture, increases employee engagement and commitment, and improves business results. It is our philosophy that behavior change requires systemic organization-wide engagement, commitment over the long term, and a willingness to invest in the process. A one-and-done approach will result in little more than a temporary shift in awareness.? To be effective training must be a well-thought-out element of your overall change management strategy and learning and development must be ongoing, effective, and linked to business goals.???

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Throughout the month of February, we’ve posted tips to help you design and deliver training that is compelling, effective, and ongoing.???

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The tips posted from this series can be found at the following locations:??

• How to Make Learning Stick?
• How Do You Measure Impact??
• What Makes Training Effective??