“Diversity without inclusion? Here, diversity's promise - that greater diversity leads to greater innovation and profitability - dies.”
At Convergent Consulting we believe that to build a truly diverse business, Inclusion must come before Diversity – and we’re challenging our clients to adopt the same belief.
We know from experience that it’s impossible to build a truly diverse workforce unless the culture of the organisation is relentlessly and instinctively inclusive. The truth is that unless inclusion is a fundamental part of what defines you corporately, diversity will never be anything more than a box-ticking exercise.
We’re working with our clients to help them build collaborative behaviours within their teams that are an integral part of their business DNA, and by doing that we’re helping them to attract, hire and retain the very best people from every walk of life.
Cultural Intelligence
The culture of successful modern business transcends every physical and notional boundary you can imagine. It recognises no geographical borders, acknowledges no hierarchy and laughs in the face of organograms.
That creates huge opportunities, but only at the point we realise that we’re all diverse and none of us is defined solely by our genetics, our cultures or the lifestyle choices we make. D&I is not just the responsibility of leaders, but of everyone in the organisation.
We will help you to build strong, resilient cross-cultural relationships – between teams and daily responsibilities, between hierarchies and between geographical locations – to create a business that will thrive in a contemporary global environment.
Relocation
Moving people from one place to another, particularly overseas, brings very specific challenges as people face new and unfamiliar surroundings. Understanding those challenges, and having the knowledge and skills to be able to anticipate and meet them, is a key element in making sure people feel supported and valued.
Through specialist relocation coaching, we’ll help your business to identify potential issues before they develop into real problems and to ensure your people get the support and help they need to make transition into a new role as smooth as possible.
Inclusion Literacy
Organisations become truly inclusive through collaborative behaviour that extends to every individual working in them. It’s not by accident that inclusive businesses are more successful in evolving a properly diverse and integrated culture.
Adding Inclusion Literacy to the competencies you expect from all your people, regardless of seniority, and actively building it into personal development plans and training delivery, signals the importance of collaborative behaviours.
Inclusion Literacy can be evaluated throughout the year, in the performance review process and especially when choosing candidates for a role.
We’ll use our experience and expertise to help you develop an Inclusion Literacy strategy your teams will want to embrace, enabling you to hire and retain the best people for your business.