Project Management and Workplace Respect

I contributed to a PMI colleague's booked, "Say Yes to Project Success". The authors interviewed 108 project management experts asking key questions about how to achieve project success. My response focused on how a respect team and workplace culture are critical to project success.

The result is an excellent book filled with the wisdom of global PM gurus who led over 2000 projects in 119 countries.  Here's the link to the book

Honoured that a recent article I wrote on Diversity Blind Spots was published in the Project Management World Journal.

Improving our awareness of our diversity blind spots can improve our ability to communicate, to interact with others different from us and to build relationships across all components of diversity. 

So tickled my article on Diversity Intelligence was published by the UAE National Post, the main newspaper of the Emirates and Dubai. 

Forbes recently released Fostering Innovation Through a Diverse Workforce. The paper is based on an exclusive survey of 321 executives at large global enterprises ($500 million-plus in annual revenues). All respondents had direct responsibility or oversight for their companies’ diversity and inclusion programs.g

One of the key findings is that, for global companies, diversity is no longer simply a matter of creating a heterogeneous workforce, but using that workforce to innovate and give it a competitive advantage in the marketplace. And as companies compete on a global scale, diversity and inclusion frequently have to shift, as different markets and different cultures have varied definitions of what diversity means.

What do you think?

There is a direct link between diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The future success of any globally-oriented organization relies on the ability to manage a diverse body of talent that can bring innovative ideas, perspectives and views to their work. The challenge and problems created by workplace diversity can be turned into a strategic organizational asset if an organization is able to capitalize on this melting pot of diverse talents. The most effective method to leverage workforce diversity is to create workplace culture of inclusion.

A workplace culture that values every person, provides them with opportunities to develop, learn, share their ideas and challenge each other. When employees feel included, their level of engagement, commitment and loyalty increases. However, an inclusive organizational work culture requires leaders with high levels of diversity intelligence.

By aligning diversity intelligence with leadership values, strategies and communication practices to ensure a truly collaborative, inclusive and engaging work culture environment, we can inspire our high performance teams to manage the change that is inevitable with innovation in the 21st century. Organizations can respond to business opportunities more rapidly and creatively, especially in the global arena. More importantly, if the organizational environment does not support diversity broadly, one risks losing talent to competitors.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/diversity-inclusion-paul-pelletier-ll-b-pmp?trk=hp-feed-article-title-publish