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MicroInequities: The Power of Small™

"MicroInequities: The Power of Small™" is a unique leadership training program designed to promote true diversity through an awareness of the effects of body language, spoken language, and cultural mores on productivity in the workplace.

"MicroInequities: The Power of Small™" is available to any company around the world through Insight Education Systems.

• The "MicroInequities" program reveals the gap between rhetoric and reality—what you think you’re saying vs. what you’ve actually communicated
• Based on research conducted at MIT which revealed that human behavior toward all groups is rooted in micromessages--many of which are negative--Stephen Young has designed and implemented a program that raises awareness of the micromessages people send as they go about their normal business day.
• These negative micromessages are called microinequities. Hence, "MicroInequities: The Power of Small™" is a leadership initiative that focuses on the impact of microinequities in the workplace.
• Microinequities (or negative micromessages) can be further explained as small, subtle messages, frequently unconscious, that devalue, discourage, and ultimately impair performance in the workplace. These messages can take the shape of looks, gestures, or tones. Microinequities occur most often when people are perceived to be different—for instance, Caucasians in a Japanese-owned company, African Americans in a white firm, women in a traditionally male environment.
• "MicroInequities: The Power of Small™" is a program that can help erase the negative micromessages that erode organizations. It alerts senior-level executives and managers to the impact of a cumulative pattern of devaluing messages which impair employee performance and productivity. Negative micromessages lead to low morale, absenteeism, and turnover. Employees may withdraw, question their own abilities, and possibly resign as a result of regular negative micromessages.
• Conversely, positive micromessages—or microadvantages—can encourage employees to commit to the company feel more motivated, and excel in their work. It is the purpose of "MicroInequities: The Power of Small™" to teach people to utilize positive micromessages at all levels of a corporation.
• "MicroInequities: The Power of Small™" is a cutting-edge tool for effecting change in corporate cultures. It delivers critical concepts and skills that carry over instantly when participants return to the workplace.

"MicroInequities" is designed for companies that seek to move beyond traditional diversity training and break through to the next level of a truly inclusive workplace. It opens the door to what companies have sought for decades: an accessible employee development program with measurable bottom-line results.