We don t go back and look at how race plays out because we re uncomfortable. We say race is no longer an issue. One reason for the increasing diversification of diversity may be a push by those who provide training. You have consultants, games, videos a whole catalog of products to fill these needs. She says that the issue in diversity training today is whether to run programs geared exclusively to race relations or to broaden programs to include gender, marital status, personality clashes and more.
Trainers think they ll get greater buy-in if they broaden their focus.
Further, the time constraints of certain types of diversity training may be a factor. Evaluating Diversity Programs Gauging the effectiveness of diversity programs can be difficult because there is little hard data on the subject. Fitz-enz has no hard information on diversity effort expenditures and can offer no benchmarking data. However, consultants and practitioners estimate that, overall, the corporate world has put millions maybe even billions into diversity efforts over the years. Most employers simply don t know, according to Kulik.