How Diversity Impacts my Career, Team & Organization

Terrance R. SimsSenior Diversity & Inclusion Champion

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Activity: What’s in the title?

How Diversity Impacts my Career, Team &

Organization

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TERRANCE R. SIMS U. S. Navy 23 YEARS (10 YRS Equal Opportunity Advisor)

Graduate of Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI) – 3 Tours

2 Aircraft Carriers; Served as EOA and Diversity Training Officer, USS NIMITZ

Completed 4 Deployments including Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Straits of Hormuz, Artic Circle

Qualified 30 Army/Air National Guard SHARP specialists – Irvine, CA

EOA for Naval Air Station Key West, Florida for 11000+ Active Duty and Families

Graduate of Justice Center of Atlanta and Florida Supreme Court Advanced Mediation Training

Graduate of Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI) as Navy Equal Opportunity Advisor (NEC 9515) – 3 Tours

Undergraduate Study in Organizational Management; Duel Graduate Study in Human Resource Management and Leadership/Management

Speaker, Trainer, Facilitator for various Government and State level agencies

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BLUF• Diversity is a Leadership Priority

-National Guard publication - “A Leader’s Guide to Diversity: The Decade of Diversity”

• Diversity Impacts Unit Mission Readiness-US Office of Personnel Management’s Government-Wide Diversity and Inclusion

Strategic Plan 2011

• Diversity is a National Guard Bureau Priority- President’s Executive Order 13583 – Establishing a Coordinated Government-Wide

Initiative to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in the Federal Government

How does Diversity impact your 3 “C’s”?*Career * Command * Community

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Definition Diversity is a cultural climate which allows people to maximize their potential by embracing and promoting each other’s holistic characteristics

Vision The National Guard envisions a culture that values,measures, and promotes fairness, dignity, and worth of every member as a measure of enhancing readiness

Mission The National Guard needs leaders and a workforce equipped with diverse cultural awareness to execute the mission globally

NATIONAL GUARD

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DIVERSITY ≠ EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

DIVERSITY ≠ AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ≠ EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

Confront any myths at the start

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MENTORING

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

EQUALOPPORTUNITY

DIVERSITY

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PRIMARY DIVERSITY DIMENSIONS

Marilyn Loden Diversity Wheel

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SECONDARY DIVERSITY DIMENSIONS

Marilyn Loden Diversity Wheel

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ORGANIZATIONAL DIMENSIONS

Marilyn Loden Diversity Wheel

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BELIEFS DRIVE ACTIONS “The aim is to build a team, not clone

yourself. You have to value people for different qualities and abilities. The ultimate argument for diversity is not that it is politically correct, but that it is healthier, more interesting, and more conducive to success.”

Reach for the Summitt, Pat Summitt, Head Coach University of Tennessee LV

 

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POSSIBLE CULTURAL BEHAVIORAL DISPARITIES

Activity: Group Discussions

• Different rules of conversation• Different rules of privacy• Different orientation to others• Different understanding of time• Different understanding of human activity• Different orientation as to the source of Truth• Different commitment to schooling• Different rules for self-control• Different understanding of getting or giving respect

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“If you have to choose between differences and talent, choose talent every time.

If you wind up with homogeneity and sameness, work to recruit,

retain and qualify those who are different.”

~ Dr. Samuel Betances, WFDIIN PURSUIT OF GREATNESS THROUGH DIVERSITY

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DIFFERENCES

SIMILARITIES

MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT

Continuous process

LEVERAGING

DIVERSITY

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NATIONAL GUARD DIVERSITY CULTURE SHIFT

Drivers for Change• Demographic Shifts• Generational Shifts• External Factors

“AS IS”

Majority Based Culture

Enterprises/Communities

“TO BE”

Talent Based Culture

Enterprises/Communities

• Transformed Processes:• Recruitment• Assignment• Growth/development• Promotion• Retention

Tools for Change

IT’S MISSION IMPERATIVE….and “the right thing to do”

“Culture…shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices…”

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EXAMINE

EVALUATE ENGAGE

UNDERSTAND

WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

Take the Flywheel Challenge!

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ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES• National Guard Strategic Member

– Develop your training skills to develop others– Demonstrate behavior consistent with a clear and visible set of

values and beliefs– Operate within the defined expectations– Provide feedback and mentoring for line level team members– Communicate diversity related issues to all members– Be a role model– Be disciplined and build positive morale– Actively coach and mentor your people– Reduce barriers that prevent your people from being their best– Clarify expectations above and below

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“Diversity and inclusion is about creating National Guard teams where everyone is included, engaged, and passionate about accomplishing the mission. It is a force multiplier in

achieving combat and mission readiness. Our diversity defines who we are as an organization and makes public our valued skills and talents that further strengthen the espirit de

corps of our force. We should always be grounded in the concept, “that diversity and inclusion in the National Guard is not a policy or a program, but is a fact of America, and we

are America.”

-General Craig R. McKinleyA Leader’s Guide to Diversity: The Decade of Diversity

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QUESTIONS?