'Memorie's input has been priceless for my growth and understanding of the dynamics of different personalities in the workplace'
- John White, COO Bayport
'As CEO of the organisation, I found the workshops to be insightful, dealing with pertinent issues in a straightforward and unapologetic manner - something that I think the South African landscape is in sore need of. The primary message , for
me, was that we must seek to understand first and not allow personal biases to cloud our vision. More often than not our interaction with others are based on our personality types and should not be confused with racial or cultural differences. The resounding message from the staff was that, although having been skeptical about the workshops prior to the workshops (because many similar workshops were held previously), they came away from the workshops having heard (for the first time) a meaningful and insightful approach to understanding and
managing diversity in the workplace'
- Gert Steyn, General Manager: South African Medical Association
VALUING DIVERSITY WORKSHOPS:
What sets Memorie's workshops apart is that she focuses on valuing diversity and ways in which we can truly move forward and build a better future together, rather than spending the majority of the workshops on re-visiting our hurtful past. She also does not merely create diversity awareness, but focuses on transferring core diversity skills to empower all in attendance to further engage in diversity conversations once they leave the workshops. From asking diversity questions in a respectful manner, to providing feedback if someone offends you, she entrenches dialoguing skills and attendees are empowered to engage confidently with the amazing diversity South Africa holds (2-day workshops allow for all participants to practise and master these new diversity skills, while 1-day only allows for awareness creation). Workshop options:
4-hour Diversity Awareness
1-day Valuing Diversity
2-day Core Diversity Skills
Other valuing diversity services:
- Keynote addresses at conferences
- Diversity Coaching (focused coaching for
executives who needs urgent diversity
awareness and management skills, as well as
some employees who have been on the
receiving end of insensitive comments/
behaviour from others)
- Cultural Misunderstanding sessions
(awareness creation on the many
misunderstandings that exists between the
different South African cultures)
- Why BEE? (creating an understanding of the
origins and principles behind BEE)
- Understanding the Bill of Rights – in relation to
diversity
- Discrimination in the workplace (awareness
creation about structural and institutional
discrimination)
- Disability & Reasonable Accommodation
(create awareness of what reasonable
accommodation is, as well as creating better
understanding of the disabled worker’s
needs).
