LGBT Sensitivity Trainings

The Pride Center offers LGBT Sensitivity Trainings to businesses & organizations interested in having members of their staff trained on being sensitive to the thoughts and feelings of their LGBT customers/clients and co-workers. and to treat them as they would want to be treated.

Why should you care if your employees are sensitive to others?
When employees' behaviors are the antithesis of diplomacy and tact, they can hurt and take down your business. In short, you should care based on three practical business reasons: 

  1. Sensitive employees are more likely to treat co-workers with respect.
  2. Sensitive employees are more likely to treat customers with respect.
  3. Respected employees and respected customers help your bottom line. 

In addition to the above, there are legal and compliance concerns affecting employers.  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces federal laws and regulations that specify how employees, including supervisors, must treat one another in the workplace. The EEOC strongly recommends sensitivity & diversity trainings.

Sensitivity Training Benefits Your Business
Effective sensitivity training uses real-world examples, role playing and exercises to enlighten employees in ways that lead to a more harmonious and productive workforce. By providing ongoing sensitivity training programs and enlisting management support, you should see improvements—which also improve business performance—in these important behavioral areas:

To schedule an LGBT Sensitivity Training for your business or organization, please contact the Pride Center's Program Coordinator, Damian Martinez at ext 437

 

Pride Center of Western New York, Inc.
206 S. Elmwood Ave
Buffalo, NY 14201
P: 716-852-PRIDE
F: 716-847-0418