Diversity 2005 For those living and working in the 21st Century, one thing is strikingly clear. The global market place is becoming increasingly diverse. This new diversity promises to bring vitality and work group synergy to the marketplace. A Harvard Business Review article stated recently that if work group synergy can be achieved, worker productivity will increase and certain businesses will be able to successfully "jump the curve" of competition. Many Fortune 500 companies are attempting to address the issue of work force diversity by putting professionals through training that is aimed at helping them to understand and value the differences they see in others. This is a noble idea, but all too often people walk away from such training with an increased sense of their differences and a minimal understanding of how to leverage those differences in the context of work. As a result most companies who spend money on diversity training don't necessarily believe that they have maximized their investment dollar. Diversity 2005 is a process that will enable professionals to establish highly effective work relationships by building solidarity around the things that people have in common. This approach is called Discovering Common Ground. This dynamic new process focuses on seven key relational principles and a set of proven communication strategies that will enable people to minimize conflict and maximize the synergy's that produce high performing work groups. The result is increased levels of performance efficiency and a powerful method that eliminates barriers to effective work relationships. This process features state of the art relationship development technologies that will produce: • A shift in the condition of mind of employees toward accountability for building relationships and accomplishing work. • Strategies for making powerful connections with others, regardless of differences. • A systematic process for solving relational problems. • Dialog skills that lead to powerful conversations and highly productive work relationships. • An ongoing process for creating and sustaining vital relationships with diverse groups of people. Diversity 2005 will give your organization the tools for developing your new and existing employee population around the timeless and proven methods for building high performing work groups. This process will enable your organization to successfully build its employee base in a way that will create powerful work team synergies and result in greater productivity.