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Value of Diversity in Teams

Value of Diversity in Teams – Kristina Müller & Petra Stühler

Petra Stühler Banker

Master of Business and

Informationsystems (FH)

Experience

• Consultant in the area of BI/Reporting • Projectmanagement • Implementing PMOs, Program- and Mulit-Projectmanagement • Introducing Scrum / agile methologies • Change Management • Delivery Lead / Agile Coach

Kristina Müller Automobilkauffrau

Busines Psychologist (B. Sc.)

Systemic Consultant (M. A. candidate)

Experience

• Organization Development • Change Management • Agile Coaching • Nearshoring • Scrum Master

We are…

Value of Diversity in Teams – Kristina Müller & Petra Stühler

• What is Diversity?

• 4 Layers of Diversity

• Diversity Experience • Value of Diversity

• Learnings

• Dialog

Value of Diversity in Teams - Kristina Müller & Petra Stühler

Agenda

… does diversity mean to you?


What…

Similarities and differences (among employees)

Why managing diversity? • Anti-discrimination

• Anti-discrimination law • Reduce conflicts, staff turnover & sick leave

• Diversity as a resource • Learning from other perspectives • Innovation • Close to the customer • Marketing & employer branding • Increase the market value of a company


Diversity


Management Status

Seniority Union Affiliation

Diversion/ Department/ Unit/Group

Work Location

Work Content

Field

Functional Level / Classification

Religion

Marital Status

Parental Status

Work Experience

Appearance

Educational Backround

Geographic Location

Personal Habits

Recreational Habits

Income Age

Race Gender

Sexual Orientation

Physical Ability

Ethnicity

Personality

Organizational Dimensions

External Dimensions

Internal Dimenesions

Source: Gardenswartz, L. & Rowe, A. (1994). Diverse Teams at Work.

Capitalizing on the Power of Diversity. Nwe York: McGraw-Hill. P.

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4 layers of diversity

Banker

Mediation coach

Hotel expert

Poker club owner

Master of Information and Business administration

Historian

Educater

Business Psychologist

Automobilkauffrau

IT expert pragmatic

creative

empathetic

Loves crazy creative methods

esoteric

Data driven

funny

patient

unpatient

inspirable Result oriented

Tobacco expert/seller

Our former team setup - diversity

Germany

Brazil

Australia

UK

New Zealand

Turkey

Poland

Norway

USA

HoAPM - Employee

Junior – Prof - Senior

Berlin – Wroclaw - Vienna

0 – x years


Great feedback culture Great working place / good atmosphere

cooperative/ to accept help

openness / straightforwardness

respect

strong communicater

„doesn´t want to be the lone warrior“

Want to learn

trust

Appreciation / acceptance

Our former team setup - alignment



Strengths-Weaknesses Paradox

economical

stingy

Loves new methods

No focus on the business goal

Focus here!

Be aware!

Organize social Events like Pecha Kucha Night, Scrum

Clubs, …)

Agile and „real“ Coachings

Planing and realization from

Offsites / Workshops

Mediation (conflict management)

Training (Agile, Role specific,

Moderation/Creative methods, Project

Management)

Consult IT and Non IT Departments

regarding Performance, Transparency and

Teambuilding

Big range of service portfolio

Planing and realization from Team Building

Workshops

Value of Diversity in Agile Coach Teams

Moderation from an operative to a top

management level for internal and external

people


Motivated people (remeber Agile Principles)

…

Less conflicts (respect, acceptance,

understanding and appreciating each other)

learning and broadening horizions

Innovation (different perspectives,

knowledge, experience, …)

Open minded culture

(open minded also for customer needs)

Chances for…

More Productivity & Efficiency

Value of Diversity in Teams

Recruiting (more possibilities)


different natures

= inspiring

different education

= Life-enhancing

Common ground =

strenght

Broad service portfolio Diverse Team Building

= Takes Time

Alignment / same Goal =

Team

Learnings


What does this imply for you?

How diverse is your team/company?

How diverse do you/your company want to be? How do you realize it?


Dialog

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Thank you!

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