Diversity Inclusion and Teamworking Flashcards
What do you understand by the term Diversity?
Dictionary Definition:
the fact of there being people of many different groups in society, within an organisation, etc.:
Appreciation/ Recognition/ valuing the differences between people.
Treating peoples lifestyles, values, beliefs and cultures with respect.
Could also consider Experiences, Talents, Skills, Opinions
Personalities
What do you understand by the term inclusion?
Dictionary definition
“The act of including someone or something as part of a group, list, etc., or a person or thing that is included.”
Inclusion in the workplace is about ensuring that everyone feels valued and respected as an individual. Inbuilt into the culture of the workplace
People can come to work, be comfortable and confident to be themselves, working in a way which works for them, delivers the businesses needs.
Adds value to the workplace
What do you understand by the term Teamworking?
Dictionary Definition:
A way of organising work that involves people working in separate teams to do different tasks
Combined action of a group
Working collaboratively as part of a group to achieve a common goal.
Why is teamworking important?
Collaborative working can lead to better outcomes. Encourage innovation, overcome problems.
What makes a good team?
Collaborative Working and a Shared Mindset
Diversity and Inclusion
Good Communication
Respect - Supportiveness etc
Structure
Why might a team fail?
Poor communication
Lack of Leadership
Lack of Trust
Lack of Vision (including commitment)
Lack of Decision Making
Lack of Resources - Skills and abilities or physical resources. Lack of commitment
Poor Dynamics - Negativity etc.
What is Bias?
Supporting a particular person or thing in an unfair way relating to personal opinion
What is Conscious Bias?
Knowing you are being bias, intentionally.
What is Unconscious Bias?
Assumptions outside normal awareness or control
Make a decision based on false beliefs and assumptions including
thinking better of someone because they believe they’re alike
less of someone because that person is different to them, for example, they might be of a different race, religion or age
How would you overcome unconscious bias?
Having an awareness of unconscious bias
advertising a job vacancy in different places to reach a wide range of people from different backgrounds
getting recruiting managers to agree to make each other aware if they notice stereotyping
holding back some details on job application forms, such as the applicant’s name or sex (this is called ‘blind sifting’),
where possible, having one of the interviewers on the phone
at each stage, having more than one person sifting job applications, interviewing the applicants and deciding who gets the job
allowing time to make decisions
keeping a written record of why decisions were made
What model could you use to assess the dynamics of a team?
A model such as Belbin Team Roles
What are the Belbin Team Toles?
Nine behavioural clusters
Successful teams were made up of a diverse mix of behaviours. To build high-performing teams, we need to represent each of the nine Belbin Team Role behaviours at the appropriate times.
What are some Teamworking Models?
Belbin Team Roles
What personality type are you? How does this impact your teamworking?
D - Shaper - Challenging, dynamic, thrives on pressure. Has the drive and courage to overcome obstacles however Can be prone to provocation, and may sometimes offend people’s feelings.
They could risk becoming aggressive and bad-humoured in their attempts to get things done.
J - Strengths: Co-operative, perceptive and diplomatic. Listens and averts friction.
Can be indecisive in crunch situations and tends to avoid confrontation. They might be hesitant to make unpopular decisions.
Give an example of how you have used teamworking in your current role?
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary project team on a project to design an extension.
