Flint & Genesee Group

Description

Building the Foundation: A Diversity in the Workplace Series
A quarterly series designed to kickstart your DEI leadership journey
DEI commitments don’t mean much if your organization doesn’t have the results that show the change you’re enacting in the workplace and broader community. At Flint & Genesee Group, our DEI efforts go a step further to dismantle the inequities within workplaces by prioritizing diversity, equity and inclusion best practices within team and organization structure. Using an interactive learning approach, this DEI leadership series aims to ensure that managers have the right tools to effectively lead their teams.

Session 4: Building Inclusive Workplaces
Diversity is an important issue for any modern business, but it is not enough to simply hire people of different nationalities, races, genders and sexual orientations. One-third of employees face discrimination due to lack of workplace inclusivity. Everyone needs to feel welcome, safe, and free to be themselves in the workplace.
Supervisors and managers are critical components to building an inclusive workplace. This training provides information on how employers can best foster a culture where all employees feel valued and heard.

Meet Your Facilitator
Sandra Etherly-Johnson, director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion & Community Relations at Flint & Genesee Group, is an experienced community organizer in academic, nonprofit, political, and faith-based organizations. As a leader of DEI, she aims to reduce the influence of bias — whether cultural, in-group or unconscious — not by striving for political correctness, but through building relationships with different people and fostering awareness both interpersonally and through monitoring of behaviors of others.

Etherly-Johnson has a bachelor’s degree in social work and holds DEI certifications and credentials to stay current in the trends and best practices in the field. She has developed and run many programs at federal, higher education and grassroots levels, giving her a unique perspective and approach to DEI and its practical applications in various settings. Her expertise has led her to facilitate multiple national DEI workshops, roundtable discussions and trainings.