Elements and Performance Criteria
- Influence organisational culture
- Adopt a leadership position which reflects understanding of the strategic advantage of diversity to the organisation
- Embed diversity strategies and performance indicators into organisational strategies, policies and senior management performance agreements
- Develop, support and resource initiatives to attract and advance the position of equity groups within the organisation
- Embed diversity education in induction, on-the-job learning and professional development opportunities
- Recruit, develop and deploy staff with a range of attributes that are reflective of a diverse workforce
- Monitor, identify and celebrate organisational culture, working relationships, business outcomes and client feedback for positive diversity achievements
- Provide strategic direction in diversity management
- Research, analyse and communicate future trends and issues that may impact upon workplace diversity to senior management, business unit and line managers
- Model and promote different leadership styles
- Identify the current and future diversity needs of the organisation and initiate strategies to address gaps
- Keep key stakeholders informed, in a manner suited to their needs, of what constitutes good practice in the area of diversity management and its potential impact on the organisation.
- Formulate strategic diversity priorities for the organisation
- Formulate strategic priorities in consultation with key stakeholders in the organisation and the community, and set out a shared vision for the future that provides challenging but realistic objectives
- 3.2 Identify strategic priorities and embed them in performance measures to encourage staff to be creative and innovative in their approach to attaining the organisation's diversity objectives
- Communicate strategic priorities to stakeholders using a variety of strategies tailored to their needs and purposes and in such a way as to attract their support
- Monitor implementation to ensure strategic diversity priorities are addressed
- Engage stakeholders to contribute to the evaluation of outcomes
- Monitor and continue, enhance or replace strategies, based on feedback and supporting organisational data.