Press Release

Equality & Diversity@work™

Jigsaw@work® – the unique jigsaw based discovery tool that does not pigeonhole individuals – has a new companion, the Equality and Diversity@work™ programme.


Building on Jigsaw@work’s central tenet that people have the ability to be flexible in their approach by accessing different behavioural and thinking styles, the new equality and diversity tool takes things a stage further with each individual. The new tool:-

· Spotlights why we all have different assumptions about other people
· Helps anyone to feel safe in admitting their negative feelings about other people
· Presents a red/yellow/green and blue print. A realistic action plan- based on the famous jigsaw dominance types, for managing assumptions and prejudice about other people


And like Jigsaw@work® discovery tool, the new Equality & Diversity Companion is devoid of formal testing methods, lots of paperwork and unrealistic expectations. Building on this last point, the new tool does not:-

· Present equality and diversity issues in stark black and white politically correct terms
· Offer a pot of gold for reaching the “promised land” – no preaching
· Soften what is a hard headed subject with pink and fluffy abstract terms


Instead, the tried and tested, universally acclaimed Jigsaw@work® dominances of Red, Yellow, Green & Blue thread together to make a powerful Equality & Diversity Companion.


Participants are taken through a lively workshop with:-

· A series of quizzes on their own assumptions
· You the jury sessions-based on real discrimination cases
· A reminder about the business case for getting things right first time!
· Spotlights on how to find out more about the neighbours
· Everybody-including the trainer-admitting to their own prejudices
· Everyone leaving the session with some practical tools to work well with others

Suitable for both employment and service delivery situations, the Equality & Diversity Companion which is being launched at the International HRD Exhibition, which takes place this week, at EXCEL, in the heart of London’s Docklands, is sure to be in high demand from those:-

· Who have sat through numerous dry and dusty training seminars on the topic
· Need urgent help now in grappling with the growing number of new equality duties impacting directly on the public sector and indirectly on the private world of business & commerce
· Simply want some reassurance that it is ok to be human!

Flexibility being the watchword of Jigsaw@work® tools means that, both resources can be applied singly or together.

Launching the new product, Keith Nicholson, Managing Partner said today:-

“ Jigsaw@work® has proved a huge success in creating understanding and realistic harmony between different individuals. Jigsaw@work® provides a practical framework for numerous employment situations such as performance assessment schemes or service delivery situations such as handling difficult customers.

The new equality & diversity companion tackles and acknowledges that even when handing these employment or customer care issues, we often retain our prejudices and assumptions. The new companion provides the framework for managing these issues in a safe way that does not infringe on freedom of thought or worse create a strait jacket of political correctness. It provides a convivial way for people to develop more empathy and understanding, but against the education of their own experiences.

Together, Jigsaw@work® discovery tool and the new companion present a wonderful resource for both the world of work and the market. More importantly, they both share the same powerful focus on each and every individual”

The new Jigsaw@work® companion was created by the newly formed Equality and Diversity Unit now working under the leadership of Equality Expert William Chadwick. The new unit is based in the Jigsaw@work® UK headquarters, in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
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