Gobinder helps decision makers learn more about the benefits of diversity through in-person sharing of personal and professional stories. He has watched (as well as helped) society change considerably since he was a child in school and a young adult in the workforce. While Canadian society today tolerates and even embraces cultural diversity, there is more to it than simply appreciating cultural attributes such as food, music, and art.
Different historical and cultural backgrounds form worldviews that still manage to clash in contemporary workplaces. Understanding each other better, through cultural awareness training, can help minimize those clashes. Gobinder Gill overcame personal adversity by embracing his own diversity. And, in the process, he has uncovered a driving passion to share his insights with those who have the vision to recognize the untapped wealth within our country’s diverse population and that have the desire to tap into it.
His book is available on this website, at Amazon and Chapters. Gobinder is available for private consultations, public speaking engagements, seminars and workshops.
Benefits of DEI Training in the Workplace
Current HR practices use Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (“DEI”) training to build workplaces that are free from the negativity, toxicity and low productivity that stem from racial discrimination, injustice, unconscious bias and micro-aggression. Such workplaces appeal to a broad range of stakeholders.
DEI training empowers organizations to create a corporate culture that allows the workplace to be safe, just, impartial, and inclusive regardless of employees’ backgrounds, life experiences, sex, religion, race, age, and ethnicity. Such a culture ensures that members of underrepresented and underserved communities are given a chance to get their foot in the door of the corporate world.
The HR issues that DEI training addresses include hiring, promotion, compensation, and employee development practices. DEI training can also address implicit and unconscious biases and replace these with inclusive and non-stereotypical processes that give rise to a positive culture. To generate the intended impact, an organization’s DEI efforts must involve all relevant stakeholders – from the CEO to the janitor.
DEI training helps employees build better relationships with management, such that the employees take care of their mental health while building and enjoying a better work/life balance that can boost their workplace productivity. It also empowers employees to find common ground, enhances their communications, addresses cultural sensitivity, resolves unconscious bias, accommodates differences, promotes anti-oppression and stereotyping and creates avenues for community engagement.
If you are interested in developing a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace through appropriate and strategic DEI training, Gobinder Gill and his team will custom design and implement training programs that suit your organization’s DEI goals.
Diversity Training Services
Gobinder has acquired over two decades of experience in a variety of positions, including on-air radio announcer, program coordinator, advertising sales representative and advertising sales manager. He has also written a syndicated column and numerous articles for Metro Valley Newspapers and the Vancouver Sun on business, cultural diversity and other issues involving ethnic communities.
Gobinder has worked for CBC Radio and Television as a reporter and researcher and has had principal acting roles in TV shows and commercials. He has also worked as a movie and a TV set decorator (titles include Air Buddies, Dr. Doolittle, Another Cinderella Story and Psych).
Gobinder has provided cultural awareness training for companies and organizations for over 10 years and helps companies leverage the benefits of a multicultural workforce.
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Testimonials
“Gobinder Gill is a fantastic speaker and a master of inspiration through his art of Diversity/Cultural Sensitivity. I was extremely moved by his keynote speech. I truly believe everyone can benefit from his wit, wisdom, lived experiences and his knowledge. “
“On behalf of Prospera Credit Union, I’d like to express our appreciation for presenting to our leadership conference. Thank you for the excellent, valuable and personal presentation! You are a great speaker. ”
“I came away from Gobinder’s session realizing the unconscious bias within me. The simple act of looking at pictures and acknowledging what first comes to mind was very powerful. The most important take away from the session was how important it is to embrace our differences to achieve our best.”