[Adta] new word - MicroInequities - anyone heard of this?

[Arnett, Sarah]

Our (training) department has been hearing this word - "MicroInequities" - see what this is about 
This sounds like it is up our alley!!

Sarah Arnett

 

MicroInequities: The Power of Small(tm) is a unique leadership training program designed to promote true diversity through an awareness of the effects of body language, spoken language, and cultural mores on productivity in the workplace. 

MicroInequities is designed for companies that seek to move beyond traditional diversity training and break through to the next level of leadership and a truly inclusive workplace. It opens the door to what companies have sought for decades: an accessible employee development program with measurable bottom-line results. The program is available to any company around the world through Insight Education Systems. 

The MicroInequities program reveals the gap between rhetoric and reality-what you think you're saying vs. what you've actually communicated.
Based on research conducted at MIT, which revealed that human behavior toward all groups is rooted in micromessages (many of which are negative), Stephen Young has designed and implemented a program that raises awareness of the micromessages people send as they go about their normal business day. 

MicroInequities - negative micromessages - can be further explained as small, subtle messages, frequently unconscious, that devalue, discourage, and ultimately impair performance in the workplace. These messages can take the shape of looks, gestures, or tones, nuance, inflection, inference and even the absence of a message can often be a message itself.

MicroInequities: The Power of Small is a program that can help erase the negative micromessages that erode organizations. It alerts senior-level executives and managers to the impact of a cumulative pattern of devaluing messages which impair employee performance and productivity. Negative micromessages lead to low morale, absenteeism, and turnover. Employees may withdraw, question their own abilities, and possibly resign as a result of routine negative micromessages.
 
MicroAdvantages - positive micromessages - can encourage employees to commit to the company, feel more motivated and excel in their work. It is the purpose of MicroInequities: The Power of Small to teach people to utilize positive micromessages at all levels of a corporation. 

MicroInequities: The Power of Small is a cutting-edge tool for effecting change in corporate cultures. It delivers critical concepts and skills that carry over instantly when participants return to the workplace.