Trevor Wilson

Many businesses talk about creating diversity within their organizations. As valuable as this can be, it’s worth taking a step further. Trevor Wilson, well-known author, Global Diversity and Human Equity Strategist, will show you how to take that step and move beyond diversity to human equity. Don’t confuse equity with equality. They are far from synonymous. Equality is about ignoring differences and treating people the same. Equity is about acknowledging differences and turning them into a competitive advantage. You’ll discover the paradigm shift to human equity is well worth the journey. Learn how a major division of one of the world’s best known companies moved beyond diversity to human equity and achieved global recognition for the best business results and the highest employee engagement scores in the entire organization.

All human beings stereotype information in order to help categorize things. But when stereotypes involve negative attitudes, prejudice takes over. Trevor Wilson, well known author, Global Diversity and Human Equity Strategist, offers you a front-row seat to witness how the cycle of prejudice and discrimination can play out in our everyday lives. You will examine the relationship between stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination from a business perspective and see the impact they can have on individual and organizational effectiveness. Trevor’s messages are simple yet powerful. Acknowledge that the cycle exists; understand what we do to perpetuate the cycle; then learn how and where to disrupt the mechanics of discrimination.

Look at any current management book and you’ll read about the essential role manager’s play in successful companies. How employees are treated by their immediate managers has more impact on their engagement and retention than any progressive policy or Human Resources initiative. What can managers do to become more effective? While there are no simple solutions, Trevor Wilson, well-known author, Global Diversity and Human Equity Strategist, offers the closest advice we have to a “silver bullet”. “Don’t treat your employees equally.” The result will be a fairer and more inclusive work environment that supports employee satisfaction and engagement.

Trevor takes you on a journey though leadership styles showing how movement from the age of inequality, where people were forced to “fit in” and differences were discouraged, to the age of equality, where leaders ignored differences to avoid the historical discrimination that dominated the previous era; to the age of equity, were leaders acknowledge differences and see them as advantages that can be leveraged to improve organizational effectiveness.

You’ve heard a lot about making the most of your investment in Human Capital. With most organizations spending upwards of 36% of revenue on human resources, it becomes a business imperative to be able to “maximize every neuron per salary dollar”. The challenge is that yesterday’s approaches to leveraging talent don’t take into account the realities of today’s workforce. How do you drive innovation and productivity when your human capital is as diverse as your marketplace? How do you identify and motivate high potential talent when they represent different races, cultures, ages, gender, education, economic class and thinking styles?

Trevor Wilson, well known author, Global Diversity and Human Equity Strategist, will show you how to maximize your investment in human capital through innovative diversity strategies that identify and capitalize on the unique talents of your workforce. Only when you create an equitable and inclusive work environment can you reap full value for your salary dollars.

What distinguishes outstanding leadership in today’s organizations? Increasingly, it is a leader’s ability to effectively manage people to deliver outstanding performance. How do you achieve this capability? While there is no simple answer, Trevor Wilson , well known author, Global Diversity and Human Equity Strategist,offers the closest thing we have to a “silver bullet”. His hypothesis: great leaders understand the diversity of talent in their workplace; they engage staff by treating people differently rather than follow the traditional wisdom of treating everyone the same; they capitalize on differences and turn them into competitive advantage. How do you develop equitable leaders? Trevor will introduce you to the “Equitable Leadership Toolbox” where you’ll find instruments to assess the seven core competencies managers need to be successful. Try a self-assessment to see how your behaviour compares with norms for equitable leadership and gain insights on what you can do to become a more effective leader.

Trevor Wilson, organizational change strategist, is a global authority on equity, diversity and inclusiveness in the workplace. His company has worked extensively with leading global Fortune 500 companies to introduce the concept of “Human Equity™” which allows an organization to maximize the return on investment in human capital.

Trevor, is also author of the book Diversity At Work: The Business Case for Equity which explores the business advantages of valuing employee differences and building a work environment that supports equity for all. In the book Trevor advocates a profound shift in the management paradigm from an “equality” perspective where all employees are treated the same to one based on “equity” where employee differences are recognized, valued and utilized. In this way, employees’ unique talents can be aligned with job roles to enhance productivity, customer satisfaction, retention and profitability.

Trevor’s unique brand of Human Equity™ consulting has most recently catapulted one of Coca-Cola’s international divisions to the top performing division worldwide.

Key Learning Objectives

• To examine assumptions that have gone unquestioned and unchallenged, which consciously or unconsciously drive your behaviours and rob you of your personal power and choice to effect change.
• To establish strategies to confront prejudice and discrimination in the workplace.
• To increase latitude to deal with issues of inequity in the workplace.
• To identify and practice communication strategies to increase your effectiveness as an agent of change in relating to people both in and out of the workplace.
• To take ownership for your role and power in being an agent of change, moving your organization towards its goals of equity and inclusion.

Organizational Benefits

When organizational change agents feel “stuck”, disempowered, or disenfranchised, their capacity to produce peak performance results decreases. This is not a desirable reality. The business case for this workshop is linked to tapping into the power and productivity that people can bring to an organization when they believe in their ability to positively impact their environment.

Duration: TBA

Target Audiences: Senior Executives, Managers

The Equitable Manager Skills Awareness Course is designed for leaders and other change agents responsible for the supervision or management of other people. What are the core competencies of a leader in diversity? What strategies and tools can foster and nurture a diverse and representative workplace? This program is designed to help leaders understand how diversity in the workplace demand a new leadership style with a new set of leadership attributes and behaviours.

Duration: Half Day, Full Day

Target Audiences: Team Members

Valuing differences and unique talents of employees can businesses and organizations achieve superior results. The Inclusiveness and Awareness Workshop increases the overall awareness and scope of diversity, and identifies how to disrupt the mechanics of discrimination. The workshop is based on approximately 40-50 participants per session. The extended half-day awareness program focuses on diversity issues, but also addresses concepts of inclusiveness. This program will take participants from a state of unawareness to awareness of discrimination.

Duration: Two Day

Target Audiences: Human Resource Professionals, Senior Executives

Valuing differences and unique talents of employees can businesses and organizations achieve superior results. The Inclusiveness and Awareness Workshop increases the overall awareness and scope of diversity, and identifies how to disrupt the mechanics of discrimination. The workshop is based on approximately 40-50 participants per session. The extended half-day awareness program focuses on diversity issues, but also addresses concepts of inclusiveness. This program will take participants from a state of unawareness to awareness of discrimination.