THANK YOU for making the time to participate and contribute to the “How to be an Ally” training, as coordinated by LFI. Please find below the link to the presentation as well as the results of the polls from each of the sessions. If you have a question or some feedback, please feel free to use the form at the bottom of this page, or send me an email directly at info@aldenhabacon.com

A. Introduction to Being an Ally at Work

CORE VALUES

This module began with a discussion about the core values of LFI:

Poll: Which LFI values do you need support from your colleagues? (click to enlarge)

Poll: How might the support of your ideas, well-being, and safety from your colleagues contribute to living LFI’s core values?

Poll: What else might an ally at work do, in addition to support your ideas, well-being, and safety?

LFI’S BUSINESS CASE

Poll: Which D&I Business Case benefits are most relevant to LFI?

LFI’s TOP 5 D&I BUSINESS CASE BENEFITS

1. Discrimination and/or exclusion negatively impacts the physical and psychological health & safety of a workplace.

2. Diversity makes us smarter. Diverse teams are smarter.

3. Diversity is a driver of innovation.

4. There is an ethical imperative for a more diverse and inclusive workplace/society.

5. Diversity leads to better decisions.

Poll: Allies support their peers by…

FOSTERING PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY

Poll: How might an ally foster one of these traits of psychological safety in their peers?

WHEN EMPLOYEES ACTUALLY FEEL INCLUDED

PEOPLE FEEL INCLUDED WHEN THEY FEEL PSYCHOLOGICALLY SAFE

Poll: What do colleagues need to feel included?

Poll: How equipped/prepared do you feel to foster inclusion in your peers?

SCENARIO: A coworker is speaking about a [colleague’s] lifestyle in a negative way…

Poll: What impact might not having an ally have on this colleague or their team?

B. Doing the Internal Work

Poll: How do people actually achieve success at LFI?

Poll: What are you prepared to do as an ally?

Poll: How comfortable are you in discussing the “unearned advantage” associated with…

C. The Dos of Showing up as an Ally

Poll: Speaking up to non-inclusive or unsafe language and behaviour requires…