1. NEW PARADIGM: LEARNING AND EFFECTIVENESS
CONNECTING DIVERSITY TO MAINSTREAM WORK AND CORE CULTURE

2. INCORPORATE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVESS INTO MAIN WORK
RETHINK
TASKS -PRODUCTS
MARKETS -PROCESSES
STRATTEGIES -POLICIES
PROCEDURES -HR PRACTICES
ALL IN THE LIGHT OF WHAT IS LEARNED FROM DIVERSE APPROACHES, OPINIONS, PRACTICES
FIND OUT WAYS IN WHICH THESE CAN BE USED BY EVERYONE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIRM

3. INTEGRATION INTEGRATION IS THE MAIN VALUE IN THE 3RD PARADIGM
DIFFERENTIATION IN THE 2ND PARADIGM
ASSIMILATION IN THE 1ST PARADIGM

4. 8 PRECONDITIONS FOR THE INTEGRATION PARADIGM TO HOLD
1. LEADERSHIP TRULY VALUE
DIVERSITY OF
OPINIONS
INSIGHTS
APPROACHES
PERSPECTIVES
BEARING ON THE WORK OF THE FIRM
DEMONSTRATE AN INVITING ATTITUDE
SUPPORT INITIATIVES FOR WORK DIVERSITY

5. 2. LEADERSHIP AWARENESS OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT DIVERSE APPROACHES BRING
CHALLENGES IN MANAGING DIVERSE APPROACHES
FORWARD THINKING AND PROACTIVE LEADERS

6. 3. A CULTURE OF LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
PROPER SKA INVENTORY
ENHANCED JOB DESIGNS
COACHING
MENTORING
CAREER MANAGEMENT
FORMAL AND INFORMAL TRAINING

7. 4. HIGH STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FROM EVERYONE
A FORMAL, OBJECTIVE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
360 PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
CLEAR, CONSISTENT EXPECTATIONS OF WORK PERFORMANCE
NO NEGATIVE (AND LOWER) EXPECTATIONS

8. 5. A CULTURE THAT VALUES WORKERS
POSITIVE ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE
UNDERSTANDING THAT THE WORKERS ARE THE MOST CRITICAL RESOURCE
MIND SET THAT THE WORKERS ARE THE BIGGEST INVESTMENT
EXPECTATIONS THAT THE WORKERS WILL BRING ALL OF THEIR SKAs ST TO WORK

9. 6. FIRM CULTURE THAT VALUES OPENNES
TRUSTING CLIMATE
NON-DEFENSIVE COMMUNICATION
NO FEAR OF CONSTRUCTIVE CONFLICTS
BELIEF ABOUT ABILITY TO MANAGE CONFLICT
SUPPORT FREE EXPRESSION OF IDEAS
ZERO TOLERANCE FOR INTOLERANCE TO VARIED IDEAS AND PERSPECTIVES ON WORK RELATED MATTERS

10. 7. EGALITARIAN, NON-BUREAUCRATIC ORGANIZATION
A FLAT STRUCTURE?
A SMALL SPAN OF CONTROL DESIGN?
SURELY, NOT RESISTANT TO EXPERIMENTATION
NOT PRONE TO “NOT INVENTED HERE” SYNDROME
NOT INFLICTED WITH “ WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE IT THIS WAY” WOUND.

11. 8. CLEAR MISSION AND GOALS
. CLEARLY FORMULATED
WELL ARTICULATED
WELL COMMUNICATED
WELL ACCEPTED
BRING FOCUS
PROVIDE UNITY OF DIRECTION
PROVIDE OBJECTIVE CRITERIA FOR JUDGING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VARYING APPROACHES TO WORK.

12. TRANSITION TO THE LEARNING PARADIGM
MENTAL CONNECTIONS ARE BEING MADE
EXPLORATIONS ARE UNDER WAY TO LEARN THE VARIED CONTRIBUTION STYLES
OPEN AND EXPLICIT DISCUSSION IS LEGITIMATED
PEOPLE ARE OVERTLY DISCUSSING BACKGROUND CULTURAL EXPERIENCE & COMPLETE POOLS OF SKAs
NO DOMINANCE AND SUBORDINATION OF WORK APPROACHES IS TOLERATED
HIGH LEVELS OF ORGANIZATIONAL TRUST
LEADERSHIP VISION OF THE PURPOSE OF DIVERSITY IS CLEAR AND UNEQUIVOCAL