Fostering a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace

Diverse and inclusive workplaces are more innovative, efficient, productive, and successful. You will engage in self-reflection and discussions to better understand how diversity and inclusion affect the workplace, determine strategies for contributing to an inclusive work culture that leverages different dimensions of diversity, and identify ways to create inclusive work relationships.

Learning Objectives

• Recognize why diversity and inclusion are important to team and organizational success
• Identify the strengths and challenges of diversity in the workplace
• Analyze how the dimensions of one’s identity shape their views, values, and perceptions in the workplace
• Manage hidden biases
• Contribute to an inclusive workplace environment
• Establish processes to plan and integrate diversity and inclusion in your organization

Course Topics

The Importance of Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace

• Exercise: Identity Bingo Icebreaker
• What Is Diversity and Inclusion?
• How Diversity and Inclusion Improves Employee and Organizational Performance
• Challenges Within a Diverse Workplace

Examining Identity and Its Impact on the Workplace

• Dimensions of Individual Identity
• The Influence of Culture in the Workplace
• Exercise: Checkpoint Review and Takeaways

The Influence of Hidden Biases

• Discovering Hidden Biases Through Self-Awareness
• The Effects of Hidden Biases in the Workplace
• Three Strategies to Manage Hidden Biases
• Exercise: Checkpoint Review and Takeaways

Building an Inclusive Workplace

• Fostering an Inclusive Workplace
• Addressing a Non-Inclusive Workplace Environment