A forum about "Normalising Diversity"
Event Start:
Thu 23 Feb 06:00 PM AEDT
Event Finish:
Thu 23 Feb 08:00 PM AEDT
Registration End Date: Thu 23 Feb 12:00 PM
<p><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><span><img alt="User-added image" src="https://id.acs.org.au/servlet/servlet.ImageServer?id=0150o00000HvePq&oid=00D90000000o5NE&lastMod=1670463467000"></img><br><br>ACS Victoria proudly presents “Pride and Diversity”, a forum where we talk about “Normalising Diversity”. <br><br>Diversity has become a major focus in the business, politics, and society in many areas of the world over the last 5 – 10 years however we continue to have very slow progress in most areas. Whilst some progress has been made, we continue to have very low representation of women in senior leadership positions of business and on boards. <br><br>At a time when we are facing significant skills shortages in Australia, we need to rethink how we approach the problem of expanding our workforce and encouraging more people into our industry.<br><br>Normalising Diversity is about taking an approach where we focus on diversity itself rather than individual diverse groups. It is about how we can start discussions around what it takes to make the system accepting of people from any group instead of tackling one at a time.<br><br>Normalising Diversity is also about discovering how we make people feel that they are being included because of the valuable contribution that their difference makes, rather than simply because they are a member of a priority group. When we include someone on the board simply because they are woman, we are downplaying the importance that their skills, experiences, and different approach, plays in our leadership. Instead, when we select someone specifically because of those same different skills, experiences, and approach we are empowering them and making a clear statement that they have an important role to play.<br><br>ACS supports diversity and inclusions of all types, and it is important to us as we represent a large variety of members from diverse backgrounds, and we want to lead by example.<br><br>In this forum we will have diverse panellists discuss about chronicle outcomes and factors representing diverse communities and workplaces. Please join us to know and network with like minded people who take pride in diversity.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
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