Summary of Program: In the workplace, the differences among peers can be shocking. Several personality inventories such as Myers-Briggs sensitize workplace employees as to how people are different, without being better or worse from each other. theExact Word^®'s seminar broadens the definition of diversity in three ways.

1) cultural differences: this seminar addresses differing cultural customs and mores which may influence how we work together;

2) diverse skills: develop "Inner" skills for high-performance standards and "Outer" skills for excellence in communication;

3) thinking pattern differences: The ThoughtPrint^® system provides strategies to add to individual strengths. theExact Word^®'s ThoughtPrint^® technology does two things:

A. reflects our true diversities while

B. serving as a tool to bridge diversities.

    In other words, our workplace diversities grows far less from our ethnic, gender, educational, religious, or socio-economic backgrounds than from the fact that we think differently.

Program Objectives:

Gain multiple options for communicating well.

Increase productivity.

Become a diplomat.

Use multiple communications styles: "Why should I change?"

Think in more than one way.

Express implied meaning.

See from another person's point-of-view or cultural perspective.

See workplace problems as challenges instead of barriers.

Delivery Format:

2 Days.

Fun.

Hands-on group work.

Minimal lecture.

Transparency review of leadership and management styles.

Seminar exercise manual, From "They-ism" to "We-ism:" Understanding Diversity^©.

Desktop Handbook, Elements of Thought^©.