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Resource: Shifting the Cycle Of Group Dynamics; Creating Inclusive Workplaces

Outsider-Insider Dynamics Create a Self-Perpetuating Cycle That Can Block Efforts To Be Inclusive

 

From Buildforce Canada — To successfully shift the self-perpetuating cycle of outsider-insider dynamics, researchers recommend that leaders and managers build individual awareness and self-management and embrace the paradox of individuality versus group membership.

LEARN MORE: Click for more on the shifting the cycle of outsider-insider group dynamics.

Respectful and Inclusive Workplace Toolkit —

Support diversity and inclusive practices in your workplace with an accessible online course designed for anyone working in construction! The BuildForce Respectful Workplace Toolkit provides three practical tools, the Online Self-Assessment Tool, a Policy Framework and Implementation Guide, and the online course, “Working in a Respectful and Inclusive Workplace.”

CANS Member Companies get a FREE PIN! CANS has partnered with Buildforce Canada, Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency and Department of Labour and Advanced Education to offer Working in a Respectful and Inclusive Workplace Online course for FREE to our members (typically a $100 cost).

ACCESS YOUR PIN NOW: For more information, or to access your company’s PIN, contact Katelyn Bennett, Education & Training Coordinator at kbennett@cans.ns.ca.

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