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Age: Realising the benefits of an age diverse
workforcePart one
This documentary, divided into the following
chapters, enables viewers to gain an awareness of the key issues
surrounding age and the workplace in the light of the new age
regulations. Featuring employees, employers and HR specialists
in a wide range of organisations, it explains why age diversity
in the workplace makes good business sense.
Age and your workplace challenges the ageist
stereotypes by featuring the working life of a 60 year old winch
man with a Coastguard Search and Rescue Helicopter Unit. At the
young end of the scale, we meet the 19 year old who became the
London winner of the Contribution to Business Award 2006.
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Key areas covered
by the new age laws - why age diversity makes good business
sense
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The age myths.
Common misconceptions about mental and physical abilities
and their relationship with age
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Bias-free
recruitment - harnessing the benefits of age diversity and
keeping on the right side of the law
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Career
development and promotion
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Avoiding
unintentional harassment on the grounds of age
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When people leave
- rights and responsibilities in retirement and the new
retirement process
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Part two
Part two consists of 4 dramatised case
studies, based on real-life scenarios, exploring the following
aspects of Age in the workplace:
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Ageist banter
resulting in isolation
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Age and the job
interview
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Dealing with
ageism at work
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Key learning points
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An understanding of employers’ and employees
responsibilities under the Employment Equality
(Age) Regulations 2006.
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Why age is a key aspect of diversity and it
simply doesn’t make sense to overlook good
people because they are seen as too old or too
young.
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Why it is misleading, unreasonable and
unlawful to make assumptions about peoples’
abilities based on age alone.
How an ‘aged-balanced’ workforce can give an
organisation a healthy combination of fresh
thinking, new ideas, stability, maturity,
experience and ‘corporate memory’.
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How to create an atmosphere that gives people
the space and encouragement to flourish so an
organisation can reap the benefits of a
mixed-age workforce.
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How training can help workers adapt to new
systems and technologies and inspire them to
get involved in implementing change.
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What constitutes harassment on the grounds of
age and why it is often unintended.
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Age laws protect employees throughout their
working lives and are involved in all aspects
of employment from recruitment, grievances,
pay and benefits to career development,
progression and retirement.
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Produced in
association with The EFA
Programme
includes:
30 minute video,
Leaders guide with detailed training
notes and presentation slides.
Price: DVD £995.00
(prices exclude delivery & VAT).
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As old as you feel - Promoting age
diversity at work
The aim
To promote awareness of age discrimination in the workplace.
About the programme
Does age matter where you work? Is everyone treated fairly? Is the best person
recruited for the job? Are all the team encouraged to develop their skills?
As old as you feel will help you put your diversity policy into practice.
Use As old as you feel to:
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Show examples of age
discrimination |
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Indicates the detrimental
effects for people of all ages |
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Introduce the Employment
Equality (Age) Regulations |
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Promote benefits of an
inclusive approach |
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Demonstrates the implications
for a manager's job ' for recruitment, training, team working and
motivation.
This new resource is ideal for both managers and team leaders for managing
diversity and can be used a self-study tool for age awareness.
Programme includes:
10 minute video
Commentary by Jenni Murray
User guide with detailed training notes and presentation slides |
Price: DVD £499.00, Rental £299.00
(prices exclude delivery & VAT).
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Diversity in action:
the business of diversity
Helping to make practical sense
of diversity driven business skills development
This programme
aim's raise awareness about the strategic importance of diversity to modern
organisations, and to show how diversity can provide a competitive advantage to
organisations that are committed to its ideals.
Diversity is
relevant to every individual and every organisation. If it is taken on board
seriously it can have a beneficial effect on a businesses bottom line. Recent
government initiatives and international legislation have raised the profile of
the diversity agenda. This programme will help organisations integrate their
diversity initiatives with future and ongoing change and quality programmes to
positive effect.
Diversity in action: the business of diversity is the perfect practical
resource for a manager or trainer about to launch, renew or reinvigorate a
diversity programme. Presented in a lively modern style, realistic dramatic
examples set in a modern office are used to explain why diversity matters.
Hosted by dynamic TV presenter and paralympian Ade Adepitan, practical
principles and ideas are advanced to help orientate, explain and make relevant
the issues and ideas surrounding diversity in the modern workplace.
The programme covers the diversity angle of vital business core skills centred
on Quality, Personal development, Communication, Teamwork and Supportive
Procedures and Processes. In addition to raising awareness, it provides an
effective model to help learners put these ideas into action at both the
organisational and personal level.
The benefits
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Provides practical link between
diversity and core business skills |
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Ideal diversity awareness programme
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Suitable for any business skills
course or workshop |
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Targeted at all levels of the
business hierarchy |
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Ideal for blended training delivery |
Programme includes:
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Video (25
mins)
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self study workbook
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Course leaders guide
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group workbook
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PowerPoint
slides.
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Price: DVD £1299.00, Rental £299.00
(prices exclude delivery & VAT).
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Fair's
fair -
Equal opportunities for all
This programme
shows employees how all types of discrimination can and should be avoided in the
workplace.
About the
programme
This video demonstrates some of the common discrimination problems using
dramatised case studies. It shows that it may be wrong to treat everybody as if
they are the same, because people are individuals. And it may be equally as
wrong to treat them as different, either because of stereotypes or by judging
one aspect of their persona such as age and race.
Femi Otitoju, a leading authority on equal opportunities, takes us through five
clear examples.
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What can we do for him? Dealing
with physical disability and how easy it is to make assumptions about others
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Ron’s girls. How inappropriate
language about someone else’s gender or sexuality can be offensive and cruel,
even if we don’t realise it |
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Present company accepted… About
racial discrimination and the importance of non-verbal communication as well
as what people say |
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Can’t they take a joke? Covers the
issue of age and how jokes at the expense of individuals or groups can offend
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Jobs for the boys. Brings all the
issues together, when two women second-guess their organisation’s recruitment
strategy with nothing to go on but stereotypical assumptions |
The benefits
| Case studies with/without commentary, and flexible written materials |
| Sensitive treatment of a problem issue for all staff members |
| Wide-ranging problems treated in a sensible, practical way |
Programme includes:
| Video
(45 mins) |
| Summaries (3 mins) |
| Reprise (30 mins) |
| Course guide |
| 6 OHPs, Quick
guide. |
Price: DVD £1199.00, Rental £299.00
(prices exclude delivery & VAT).
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A tale of 'O' -
Dealing with diversity in teams
The aim
To integrate all individuals into a team by promoting collective
understanding.
About the programme
This is an entertaining parable about being different; about being an 'O'
among a group of 'X's, such as being a minority through race, sex, handicap,
education, age or occupation. It demonstrates how to integrate non-traditional
employees into a team - avoiding sensitive issues in a non-threatening way.
The discussion that follows the video will be co-operative, and helps promote
understanding and personal effectiveness in work teams. Team members should
become more comfortable in their dealings with each other and thus work
together more productively.
The benefits
-Comprehensive resource and support materials for running five different
half-day courses
-British version of a world best-seller, based on Rosabeth Moss Kanter's
acclaimed work
-Targeted at groups featuring minorities of all types
Style: Animation (British version by Melrose, Release
date: 1993)
Programme includes: DVD (21 mins), Instructor's guide
Price: DVD £1199.00, Rental £299.00
(prices exclude delivery & VAT).
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A world
of difference
- Working successfully across cultures
This programme shows how to overcome
challenges and maximise productivity when managing a multicultural team.
About the
programme
Working internationally is difficult and demands special skills to ensure
success. However, highly effective managers and professionals often under
perform when working with people from different cultural backgrounds, who do not
share the same values and working practices. This challenge is yet more complex
in multicultural teams where managers are required to build relationships and
achieve business success across a number of different realities, values and
perspectives.
A world of difference is for organisations whose business depends on
high-quality international relationships, and who need support in making
international teamwork effective. The programme focuses on a video dramatisation
of an international team, brought together to launch a new product. It
illustrates the complex challenges that individuals and teams face in working
internationally.
It covers:
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How conflicting assumptions about
communication style, feedback, task and relationship handling – if unmanaged –
can lead to poor results |
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The essential international skills
needed to work successfully and manage effective teamwork across cultures |
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Issues of building trust, teamwork,
people management and remote communication in a multicultural context. |
The benefits
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Clearly illustrates how business
counterparts from other cultures can have differing approaches and attitudes
to basic business variables |
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Provides a clear framework for
experienced and inexperienced international professionals to understand the
challenges and complexities of working in a world of difference |
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Helps to develop the practical
skills and attitudes required to work with differences, rather than against
them, in the pursuit of an organisation’s international goals |
Programme includes:
Video (35 mins), self study workbook, Course leaders guide.
Price: DVD £1199.00, Rental £299.00
(prices exclude delivery & VAT).
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A
Peacock in the Land of Penguins
The aim is to show
employees how to make the most of our strengths and learn from each other.
Meeting the
challenges of a rapidly changing and increasingly diverse world is more
important than ever. This animated, award-winning video featuring Perry the
Peacock is an insightful, inspiring and non-threatening way to illustrate
employee empowerment, effective communication and team building skills within
the context of diversity.
When Perry and his exotic feathered friends arrive in the homogenous Land of
Penguins they have trouble fitting in, despite their talent and intelligence.
However, when Perry and his friends save the island from an attacking pack of
wolves, the penguins realise that in their ever-changing world, all birds would
have to appreciate each other's skills and contributions.
This video and its accompanying Leader's Guide are appropriate for all levels of
an organisation - for executives, managers and supervisors who are in a position
to set the tone and establish policies and procedures, as well as for
non-management employees who need to enhance their tolerance and understanding
of others who are different from themselves and others.
The accompanying leader's guide contains two training designs: One for Diversity
Awareness and one for Creativity
The benefits
| Build awareness of differences and similarities between groups as well as
individuals. |
| Enhance appreciation for people who are different and help them work
comfortably with a wide variety of individuals. |
| Understand how to facilitate the empowerment of themselves and others.
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| Become aware of barriers to empowerment and strategise ways to overcome
them.
Programme includes: Video
(10 mins), self study workbook, Course leaders guide.
Price: DVD £395.00, Rental £299.00
(prices exclude delivery & VAT).
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Managing Diversity
The workplace is changing, reflecting the increasing
diversity of our communities. With these changes come new challenges. This
award-winning video takes a hard look at one of the most important issues of
our day. As more and more women and minorities enter the American workplace,
managing diversity is more than just "a sensitive issue." It requires a leap
to new levels of awareness. The task is not merely to deal with a diverse
workforce, but to capitalize on diversity. Managing Diversity reveals a range
of human perspectives on such issues as power, authority, communication and
performance. This enlightening film helps manager better understand the cause
and effect of varying viewpoints. It inspires open-mindedness and a
willingness to learn from those with diverse backgrounds. It offers strategies
for clearer two-way communications, more productive relationships and stronger
teamwork. And it provides guidance for bringing the values of the
organizational culture into focus, and into action. Managing Diversity
dramatizes problems and solutions in several scenarios involving differences
in gender, race and ethnicity. It presents practical solutions as the cast
models the attitudes and techniques for promoting increased understanding,
expanded participation, effective teamwork and the fullest expression of
individual potential.
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Understand that
personal values and behaviours are strongly influenced by differences in
gender, race and ethnicity |
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Develop
enlightened self-awareness by rejecting arbitrary assumptions about people who
have different backgrounds |
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Identify and
overcome barriers to effective communication and performance
Programme includes: Video
(22 mins), self study workbook, Course leaders guide.
Price: DVD £595.00 (prices
exclude delivery & VAT).
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THE DIFFERENCE: Diversity at work
Video 1: What the Photocopier saw
48 minutes of powerful and
entertaining drama scenes showing the costs and benefits of managing a diverse
team badly or well. The action revolves around the office photocopier, a
silent witness to countless everyday incidents revealing how the business
suffers when team members fail to treat each other with respect. This is a
subtle training video and there is little spoon feeding - because Diversity is
a subtle and complex subject. Users who want clear guidance about training
points will find it in the accompanying Training Manual. This is also a more
versatile training video than most - the scenes could contribute to training
in a number of other areas, including communication skills, team working and
supervisory skills.
Video 2: Real people: different people
Six people talk about the prejudices
and stereotypes they encounter at work because of their personal
characteristics: their age, gender, race, sexuality, disability or parental
responsibilities. Each has their own way of dealing with other people’s
attitudes towards them. For some, prejudice causes extra pressure to achieve.
Some are less able to work effectively because of the attitudes they meet. In
this 24 minute programme, we also hear about the positive benefits each of the
six brings to work by being ‘different’.
The videos / DVD come with a
comprehensive Training Manual, in print or on CD-ROM, structured to support
use by trainers or individual learners. Includes a detailed supplement about
the legal framework for diversity and equal opportunities.
Price: DVD £795.00, Rental £150.00
(prices exclude delivery & VAT).
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