Competency
Implement leadership strategies for managing group and team dynamics.
Transferable Skill(s)
Diversity and Teamwork
Scenario
You are the Director of Human Resources, and you are attending a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) summit to enhance leadership strategies. You have three scenarios to review and, using leadership strategies, summarize how to address and resolve the issue.

You have two employees that cannot work together, and due to their disagreements and poor communication, it has disrupted the team. One employee says the other employee is “angry, loud, ineffective, and unintelligent”, while the other is citing a possible “dislike” and “unwillingness” to work together due to “their beliefs.”
You have a female team member that has just reviewed their annual evaluation, and they noticed their score is lower than their counterpart, who happens to be a male. The female team member is aware that the male coworker has several documented work infractions (late to work, absentees, slow or late work, etc.), but he has received a pay increase, whereas the female employee has not. As both of their supervisors, the female team member has approached you with questions.
It has come to your attention that political discourse has become a big distraction in the workplace, and it is impacting productivity and employee morale. A group of individuals continued to carry on group discussion in the workplace and was overheard trying to organize a political demonstration on work time and premises. The group said they all want to wear specific political stated masks during working hours. The company has already put out a memo to cease all political conversation while at or on work grounds. As a manager, you know that your team worked very well, “like family,” before the political talks.

Instructions
As part of the DEI Summit training exercise, you have been given a worksheet to complete for each of these scenarios. Specific questions have been provided, as well as an area for additional information you would like to add. Download and complete the DEI Summit training exercise form below. You must download and fully complete the “DEI Summit Training Exercise Worksheet.” Answer each question thoroughly using detailed examples and scholarly sources in each section to support your work. Both a title page and reference page referring to in-text citations in APA format are expected to be included. 
DEI Summit Training Exercise Worksheet
A – 4 – Mastery
Clearly and strongly completed the worksheet using clear examples and well-thought-out answers.
A – 4 – Mastery
(Scenario 1) Clearly and Strongly described leadership strategies for effective communication, using clear examples in a well-defined worksheet.
A – 4 – Mastery
(Scenario 2) Clearly and strongly discussed the desired outcomes of team development using a five-stage model, using clear examples in a well-defined worksheet.
A – 4 – Mastery
(Scenario 3) Clearly and strongly appraised the risk of groupthink on organizational effectiveness, using clear examples in a well-defined worksheet.

DEISummitTrainingExerciseWorksheet.docx

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Summit – Training Exercise
Scenario 1: Beliefs in the workplace
As a leader, you must find a median or common ground and get team members on the same page.
Address the following questions:
1) Describe your leadership style?

2) How does your leadership style affect your response to resolving an issue?

3) What are some leadership strategies that would work best to aid with employee communication?

Address any other areas for leadership strategies for this situation:

Scenario 2: Lower wages
Address the following questions:
1) Explain how you would handle this situation.

2) How could this situation have been handled differently and improved?

3) In reviewing the team development model, assess what changes, if any, are needed in order to get this team back to performing stage.

Address any other areas for leadership strategies for this situation:

Scenario 3: Political Discourse in the Office
Address the following questions:
1) What are the risks of allowing this type of group thinking to continue in the workplace?

2) Discuss how groupthink impacts organizational performance based on the scenario presented?

3) What are some leadership strategies that can be implemented in order to reduce or eliminate this concern in the workplace?

Address any other areas for leadership strategies for this situation: