Make a Positive Impact in Your Workplace
At our multicultural summer camp, we try to be intentional about fostering a culturally competent atmosphere that is welcoming to everybody. Here are some good tips, culled from a calendar from the Anti-Defamation League, detailing how you can make a positive impact in your workplace.
- Offer professional development workshops that help all employees understand and respect individual work and communication styles.
- Be understanding and supportive of co-workers when they are observing religious and/or cultural holidays.
- If a co-worker makes an insensitive racial, ethnic or religious comment, respond by respectfully pointing out that s/he made a remark that perpetuates stereotypes.
- Set a “not in my work space” rule. Prohibit offensive jokes or other forms of bigotry in your cubicle, office or whatever other boundaries define your work space.
- Encourage your organization to offer brochures, advertisements, services and other forms of communications in two or more languages.
To find 101 Ways to Make an Impact! go to www.adl.org.