Conduct a workplace survey

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Conduct a regular workplace survey to assess the culture of your workplace; find out how your employees feel about the workplace culture and find out what could be done to improve cultural safety. This can be such a powerful way of giving everyone a voice. You could make the survey anonymous.

How do I do this?

  • Create an employee resource group led by staff at all levels as a response to the survey findings
  • Encourage the sharing of lived experiences and create opportunities for this to encourage discourse around workplace culture
  • Reach out to the community for partnerships, meaningful cultural connections and learning opportunities as a response to the survey findings
  • Benchmark your survey results and responses with other similar organisations or companies
  • Create opportunities for learning and signpost to relevant organisations for support

Top resources to Conduct a workplace survey

Webinar

PWC Global Diversity & Inclusion Survey

A toolkit and survey you can take based on PwC’s multi-year, global, cross-industry survey. It explores what diversity and inclusion programs organisations have in place, and the impact they are having on employee experience.

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  • 5 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: Global

  • Author: PWC

Infographic

What to ask to measure cultural diversity in your organisation

Useful infographic which guides your organisation through what to ask in order to create cultural diversity in your workplace.

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  • 1 minute
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  • Published: 2021
    Country: Australia

  • Author: University of Sydney Business School

Toolkit

Socio-Economic Diversity And Inclusion In The Arts

Comprehensive toolkit for all arts employers, with case studies, guidance and recommendations for best practice in advancing socio-economic diversity and social equality. Informed by learning from the Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries programme which worked with 110 arts organisations for over a decade, and significant research produced by the Bridge Group.

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  • 60 minute
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  • Published: 2014
    Country: UK

  • Author: Jerwood Arts / Bridge Group

Toolkit

Inc Arts Unlock - Anti-racism toolkit

The Unlock toolkit is a free comprehensive resource aimed at arts organisations. It contains over 100 actions that will help creative workplaces become more inclusive, and focuses on hiring, leadership, work and care.

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  • 5 minute
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  • Published: 2021
    Country: UK

  • Author: Inc Arts Unlock

Toolkit

Managing Cultural Diversity: Training Manual

This training document aims to enable small and medium enterprises to better understand cultural diversity and how to manage it effectively to improve workplace relationships, teamwork, productivity, market knowledge, community relationships, customer service and competitiveness.

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  • 2 minute
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  • Published: 2021
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Australian Multicultural Foundation and Robert Bean Consulting

Article

We need to develop a more nuanced understanding of cultural diversity

An article discussing how and why we need to measure diversity, and how growing a platform for this will shape future practices.

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  • 5 minute
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  • Published: 2019
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Dimitria Groutsis, Jane O’Leary and Cathy Brown — Sydney Morning Herald

Toolkit

Campaign for Race Equality in the Workplace

Business in the Community (BITC) in the UK lay out actions to prioritise on race. They offer a 'Race at Work Charter', with a list of actions to take as an organisation, and discusses the impacts of the role of organisational culture in making change happen. Download 'Monitoring ethnicity: A comprehensive guide for employers' for tips on capturing ethnicity and pay data in your organisation.

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  • 3 minute
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  • Published: 2021
    Country: UK

  • Author: Business in the Community (BITC)

Research

The Hidden Value of Culture Makers

Multinational business strategists Accenture present their culture and equality research, with proactive approaches and actions to become successful in creating a culture of diversity in organisations and the workforce.

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  • 11 minute
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  • Author: Julie Sweet, Ellyn Shook

Research

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Counting Culture

The Diversity Council Australia (DCA) and the University of Sydney have partnered to develop a standardised approach for defining, measuring, and reporting on workforce cultural diversity in a respectful, accurate and inclusive way.

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  • 4 minute
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  • Published: 2021
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Diversity Council Australia, University of Sydney

Article

Why do we recommend asking about ‘Identity’?

In this article, Shelley Timms explains why it's important to ask about Identity in research.

"The ‘Identity’ question can be used to ‘pivot’ data to gain deeper insights into the experiences of demographic groups that may be underrepresented, and provide specific actionable feedback to increase their engagement and outcomes."

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  • 7 minute
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  • Published: 2024
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Shelley Timms, CultureCounts

Article

Measuring inclusion, respect and belonging

This article highlights the benefits of using quantitative and qualitative methodologies for understanding inclusion and diversity in the workforce.

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  • 6 minute
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  • Published: N/A
    Country: USA

  • Author: The Nova Collective

 
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