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About DiversityFIRST™ Consulting |
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DiversityFIRST™ was founded by Armida Mendez Russell, internationally recognized as a leading pioneer in the field of Diversity and former founder and CEO of Mendez Russell Training & Development, Inc., since 1986; Dennis Kennedy, founder of the National Diversity Council; and Carmen Carter, the Chief Diversity Officer of the National Diversity Council.
DiversityFIRST™ partners with numerous Fortune 1000 companies, Nonprofits, Government Agencies and Educational Institutions to create respectful workplaces that result in operational excellence and lead to increased workplace productivity AND employee & customer satisfaction, acquisition and retention.
DiversityFIRST™ a public company, is the consulting arm of the National
Diversity Council, a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization.
Company Overview
OUR MISSION
DiversityFIRST™ is committed to helping organizations achieve success by leveraging the full potential of their human resources. It does so by providing a broad range of high quality, practical and cost-effective diversity management products and services.
All strategic development recommendations by DiversityFIRST™ reflect our holistic, Head-Heart-Hand philosophy.
Head = Knowledge
The "Head" portion of our philosophy refers to two specific factors:
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Organizations implement diversity processes for very sound and "rational" reasons.
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Before they can internalize a diversity message, individuals must first acquire knowledge and "accept" a message at the cognitive or thinking level.
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Heart = Empathy, Feeling and Understanding
This portion of our philosophy refers to the following:
- In addition to very concrete benefits, organizations also realize less tangible but equally valuable "soft dollar" rewards from implementation of a diversity management process. It is truly "the right thing to do.
Individuals move from cognitive knowledge to empathy, true acceptance and internalization of diversity messages
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Hand = Action and Skill Application
Finally, action and skills are required to make any concept or idea a reality. "Hand" refers to:
- The fact that organizations, which accept the message, must take specific, concrete actions to ensure results.
- The fact that individuals who have truly internalized the diversity message behave and "do" things differently as a result of that understanding.
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