Competitive Advantages Through Workforce Diversity

    Changes in demographics of the United States population require organizations to develop and cultivate teams that reflect the characteristics and cultures of the patients they serve. Diversity and inclusion among the health care workforce, considered a strategic necessity by the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), is an innovative necessity for organizations to deliver value and reduce disparities that currently exist. For your initial response, address the following: Discuss what a high-performing, highly diverse team is. Discuss why diversity should be everyone's responsibility within the organization. Identify the implications of not cultivating and sustaining a diverse workforce for the organization as well as the consumers. Examine how culture and diversity can leverage the organization to make innovative strategic decisions.