COURSES
Diversity Equity & Inclusion
OUR COURSES SERIES
Diversity Equity & Inclusion Course Directory
Diversity Equity & Inclusion
| Course Name | Course Type | Syllabus |
|---|---|---|
| Psychological Safety: Building a Culture of Inclusion and Innovation | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Psychological Safety: Building a Culture of Inclusion and InnovationOverview/Description: Psychological safety involves the feeling of being accepted and respected—believing you can present your true self at work without fear of negative consequences to your self-image, status, or career. But it also goes beyond that to trusting that your team and your workplace is safe for interpersonal risk taking, which is crucial to being in an energized workplace of learners and problem solvers. When there’s a high level of psychological safety, there is a culture of inclusion. People feel safe to speak up, to offer ideas, and to ask questions. At the very core of psychological safety is a mindset that welcomes diversity of thought, whether it brings good news, bad news, or a puzzle.In this course, you’ll learn what psychological safety is and the big impact it has in the workplace, and how to nurture a mindset of psychological safety and build a skillset that supports it. And you’ll learn what challenges might inhibit a culture of psychological safety, solutions for overcoming each challenge, and techniques to measure and sustain high levels of psychological safety in your workplace. Course Number: bs_apd44_a01_enus |
| Leading the Team (2021 Update EGlobal) | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Leading the Team (2021 Update EGlobal)Overview/Description: A project manager is only as good as the project team they lead. Team development isnt simply a matter of telling others what to do and when to do it, but rather requires the team building, interpersonal skills, and communication models of agile leadership.In this course, youll learn about best practices for leading a team, including the importance of diversity and inclusion, and team motivational theories like Maslows Hierarchy of Needs, among others. Youll also explore the stages of team development, theories like servant leadership, and the barriers to communication, along with the communication methods and channels you can use to overcome them. Course Number: bs_apj30_a20_enus |
| Engaging Team Members and Stakeholders (2021 Update EGlobal) | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Engaging Team Members and Stakeholders (2021 Update EGlobal)Overview/Description: Project management is more than just basic decision-making and scheduling. Its leadership. Its coaching, training, cross-training, and motivating. It requires both self-awareness and self-regulation, employing your emotional intelligence, or EQ, skills to keep a diverse team of professionals engaged and working effectively together.In this course, youll learn about tools and techniques that project managers can use to engage team members and stakeholders, including effective decision-making and conflict management and resolution. Youll also explore how your social skills and empathy can be employed to keep you team motivated and on point. Course Number: bs_apj30_a21_enus |
| Planning and Managing Project Compliance (2021 Update EGlobal) | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Planning and Managing Project Compliance (2021 Update EGlobal)Overview/Description: No project is an island. Project managers must know, understand, and reckon with the environment in which their project lives, and they must comply with it. Be it regulatory compliance, workplace safety issues, or corporate social responsibility considerations, all projects require compliance governance.In this course, youll explore planning and managing project compliance, including identifying compliance requirements, establishing performance metrics, assessing compliance, and taking action to correct noncompliance. Youll also learn about aspirational goals to exceed compliance standards, including project ethics, team diversity, and values. Course Number: bs_apj30_a33_enus |
| Business Strategy: Managing Organizational Value | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Business Strategy: Managing Organizational ValueOverview/Description: In this 13-video course, learners discover how to align organizational activities with a strategic goal of adding value to customers through value-based management. Explore key value drivers and the role of the Value Manager and Value Management Office (VMO), along with several other topics. Begin by learning the importance of value in business strategy, and also basic concepts of value-based management. Examine the growth, efficiency, and financial value types that drive value-based management; recognize value drivers for a value-based organization, and processes involved in value-based management. Discover how value analysis and value engineering differ, but work together to build a value-based organization. Examine tools and techniques for assessing stakeholder value. Learn about ethical leadership and how making sound, ethical business decisions adds value, and how managing a multicultural, diverse team adds value for internal stakeholders or an organization. Explore aligning projects to organizational goals to deliver product requirements, benefits and value, and finally, learn how the performance-based earned value (PBEV) tool is used to evaluate effectiveness of value-based management. Course Number: it_pmorvmdj_01_enus |
| Software Project Management Communication Skills | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Software Project Management Communication SkillsOverview/Description: Communication skills are vitally important to any project; project managers must have impeccable communication skills in order to effectively manage projects. In this 13-video course, learners can explore the art of communication in the context of project management. Key concepts covered in this course include what communication means to a project; keys to effective project communication; and how to recognize barriers that may impede effective project communication. Learn about methods that may help prevail over difficulties in communication; considerations inherent in project communication with diverse teams; and keys to effective software project management communications considerations. Next, observe how to recognize methods of communication in Agile software project management; compare Agile project communication and traditional project communication; and examine challenges to effective Agile project communication and how to overcome them. Then learn about communication best practice techniques and processes for software project management; learn how to generate a high-level software project communication plan; and learn how to effectively communicate on projects by using key communication skills. Course Number: it_pmspmcdj_01_enus |
| How Culture Impacts Communication | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus How Culture Impacts CommunicationOverview/Description: With so much business now happening on a global scale, cross-cultural communication is more important than ever before. Communication is always a challenge, and when diverse cultures interact, good communication can be even more challenging. To become a more efficient and effective communicator, you must acknowledge and respect cultural differences.In this course, youll learn about the importance of taking culture and diversity into account in the workplace. Youll explore aspects of cultures that affect how people communicate across cultural boundaries. Youll also learn different considerations for speaking and writing across cultures. Course Number: bs_comm48_a01_enus |
| Using Communication Strategies to Bridge Cultural Divides | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Using Communication Strategies to Bridge Cultural DividesOverview/Description: It takes time to build working relationships with people from other cultures, but it only takes a second to alienate them by inappropriately crossing cultural boundaries. Thats why building relationships across cultures is so important in the current global business context, where you have to share objectives and working space with people with diverse cultural backgrounds.In this course, you will learn about dealing effectively with cultural diversity to improve cross-cultural communication and build rapport. Youll also learn about the misunderstandings and behaviors related to a culture that can hinder good communication and ways to overcome them. Finally, youll learn strategies for giving effective presentations to people from low- and high-context cultures. Course Number: bs_comm48_a02_enus |
| The Evolution of the Black Corporate Experience: Session Replay | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus The Evolution of the Black Corporate Experience: Session ReplayOverview/Description: The future of work is here and it’s inclusive,?equitable, and diverse.?We must consider how to create a company culture that ensures work is meaningful for ALL employees.?Leaders must develop proactive and innovative solutions to help mitigate any discomfort or fear associated with doing the right Eand sometimes the hard Ething. Ultimately, this will cultivate sustainable accountability and produce tangible business outcomes.The Evolution of the Black Corporate Experience is a webinar for employees, leaders, coaches, and HR professionals who are genuinely interested in attracting, developing, and retaining Black talent.This webinar offers transformative solutions to generate meaningful change. By the end of the webinar, you will:Discover practical solutions for attracting, developing, and retaining Black talent?Explore strategies to lessen the emotional tax levied against Black employeesImplement restorative practices in the workplaceUnderstand the benefits of intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship in the Black corporate experienceJoin La’Wana Harris on as she provides practical solutions embracing and amplifying the evolving experience of the Black corporate workforce. Course Number: bs_lcbce_01_enus |
| Leadercamp on-demand: Celebrating Indigenous Culture Across Canada | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Leadercamp on-demand: Celebrating Indigenous Culture Across CanadaOverview/Description: Recognizing National Indigenous History Month and National Indigenous Peoples Day is significant for all Canadians as they are Treaty Partners. Understanding the sovereign status of First Nations, Metis and Inuit people who collectively are now referred to as Indigenous supports the journey towards reconciliation. Historic inequities and harms continue to be a challenging reality, but this presentation will focus on the beauty and ingenuity of Indigenous People who have contributed much to Canadian society from fashion to food and medicines. Join us in Kim Wheatley’s Leadercamp on Celebrating Indigenous Culture Across Canada where participants are invited to explore the diversity and beauty of Indigenous People across Canada. Course Number: bs_lccicac_01_enus |
| Embracing Allyship Leadercamp: Session Replay | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Embracing Allyship Leadercamp: Session ReplayOverview/Description: This is a recorded replay of the Embracing Allyship Leadercamp Live session that ran on August 25th at 10 AM ET led by LaWana Harris, author of Diversity Beyond Lip Service: A Coaching Guide for Challenging Bias. The Embracing Allyship Leadercamp will illuminate how embracing your role as an ally can help you achieve significant and lasting change Eas an individual, a team member, and a leader in your organization. Course Number: bs_lcea_01_enus |
| Leadercamp on-demand: LGBTQ+ Etiquette and Common Bloopers | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Leadercamp on-demand: LGBTQ+ Etiquette and Common BloopersOverview/Description: Join Superbia for a special learning session with Jeannie Gainsburg, author of "The Savvy Ally" as we explore LGBTQIA2S+ Etiquette and Common Bloopers. You can check out "The Savvy Ally" on Percipio as a Book Summary or Audio Summary if you want to get started today.LGBTQ+ terms and identities are constantly changing. It is difficult to keep up. Many people feel intimidated by all the changes and are silenced by the fear that they will accidentally say something that will offend someone. This workshop helps relieve this anxiety by offering easy respectful language tips and suggestions for how to mess up properly. Participants will leave with a list of the most common LGBTQ+ etiquette bloopers, better language suggestions, best-practice communication tips, and an increased confidence in their ability to have respectful interactions with and about LGBTQ+ people. Allies can create safer spaces with their language choices and this workshop shows them how. Course Number: bs_lcecb_01_enus |
| Leadercamp on-demand: Inclusive Leadership | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Leadercamp on-demand: Inclusive LeadershipOverview/Description: While most organizations and leaders understand the importance of diversity and inclusion for better business results, individuals often struggle as they get confused about what they can actually do to create a more inclusive work environment, where everyone feels they can be themselves and that they belong. Leaders often hesitate and end up doing nothing, as they worry about doing or saying something that is inappropriate or that will have unintended consequences. In this session, we will help everyone, and particularly leaders, understand the role they can play for workplace diversity and inclusion, providing practical examples of behaviors and leadership practices to foster a more inclusive employee experience. Course Number: bs_lcicl_01_enus |
| Leadercamp on-demand: Unified Leadership: Inspiring Meaningful Change | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Leadercamp on-demand: Unified Leadership: Inspiring Meaningful ChangeOverview/Description: Support for DEI programs have surged in recent years, but only a fraction of those policies include people with intellectual disabilities. On November 15th at 12pm EST, Special Olympics International Athlete Leadership Coordinator, Caitlin Baran, Special Olympics Athlete, Heidi Mallet, Special Olympics Sargent Shriver International Global Messenger, Renee Manfredi, and Skillsofts Culture & Inclusion Specialist, Chris Whalen, discuss how unified leadership can create a powerful mindset change across organizations. Course Number: bs_lcimc_01_enus |
| Leading Inclusively Leadercamp: Session Replay | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Leading Inclusively Leadercamp: Session ReplayOverview/Description: This is a recorded replay of the Leading Incuslively Live session that ran on June 24th at 10 AM ET led by LaWana Harris, author of Diversity Beyond Lip Service: A Coaching Guide for Challenging Bias, "Leading Inclusively" will provide guidance and a safe discussion forum to start you on the journey toward inclusive leadership. You will also gain insights and tools to help you and your organization value and leverage the unique strengths and talents of all individuals. Course Number: bs_lcli_01_enus |
| Leadercamp on-demand: Political Speech in the Workplace | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Leadercamp on-demand: Political Speech in the WorkplaceOverview/Description: Political speech in the workplace is a complex issue for todays leaders and HR professionals that requires careful consideration of the legal, ethical, and cultural implications. Leaders must establish the guardrails that balance the need to maintain a productive and harmonious workplace with the rights of employees to express their views. In this Leadercamp, Doug Stuke will provide clarity on proactive steps you can take now to set the right foundation as well as "in the moment" strategies to address and defuse situations that will likely arise in this election year. Course Number: bs_lcpsw_01_enus |
| Global Perspectives on Race Ethnicity and Equity: U.S. Brazil and Japan Reply Session | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Global Perspectives on Race Ethnicity and Equity: U.S. Brazil and Japan Reply SessionOverview/Description: This is a recorded replay of the Global Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and Equity: U.S., Brazil, and Japan Live session that ran on September 13th at 10 AM ET led by Aperian Globals DEI and Inclusive Leadership Practitioners. During this Leadercamp, Aperian Globals DEI and Inclusive Leadership Practitioners will address race, ethnicity, and equity in a cross-border context. The session will provide workable entry-points for advancing the inclusion and equity dialogue outside of your home country, with a closer look at DEI factors in France and Denmark. Course Number: bs_lcree_01_enus |
| Global Perspectives on Race Ethnicity and Equity: France and Denmark Replay Session | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Global Perspectives on Race Ethnicity and Equity: France and Denmark Replay SessionOverview/Description: This is a recorded replay of the Global Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and Equity: France and Denmark Live session that ran on September 14th at 10 AM ET led by Aperian Globals DEI and Inclusive Leadership Practitioners. During this Leadercamp, Aperian Globals DEI and Inclusive Leadership Practitioners will address race, ethnicity and equity in a cross-border context. The session will provide workable entry-points for advancing the inclusion and equity dialogue outside of your home country, with a closer look at DEI factors in France and Denmark.You will leave the session with a heightened appreciation for culture-bound nuances of DEI work as well as ideas for:EInviting and integrating new perspectives to address marginalizationEBalancing corporate values and initiatives with local realitiesEUsing a multi-layered approach to enable employees to better understand each other and work together more effectively Course Number: bs_lcree_02_enus |
| Global Perspectives on Race Ethnicity and Equity: Malaysia Singapore and India Replay Session | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Global Perspectives on Race Ethnicity and Equity: Malaysia Singapore and India Replay SessionOverview/Description: This is a recorded replay of the Global Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and Equity: Malaysia, Singapore, and India Live session that ran on September 16th at 1 AM ET led by Aperian Globals DEI and Inclusive Leadership Practitioners.During this Leadercamp, Aperian Globals DEI and Inclusive Leadership Practitioners will address race, ethnicity and equity in a cross-border context. The session will provide workable entry-points for advancing the inclusion and equity dialogue outside of your home country, with a closer look at DEI factors in Malaysia, Singapore and India. Course Number: bs_lcree_03_enus |
| Leadercamp on-demand: Reimagine Inclusion | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Leadercamp on-demand: Reimagine InclusionOverview/Description: It’s no secret that having a healthy workplace culture can improve employee morale, increase productivity, and attract and retain top talent. So, how do we build a healthy workplace culture? As it turns out, implementing transformative inclusivity is a great first step.In this Leadercamp, veteran DEI leader Mita Mallick debunks 13 myths that hold us back from transforming our workplaces. She explains that when we show up as more inclusive leaders, we have the power to change our organizations, ultimately creating a ripple effect across our ecosystem. Course Number: bs_lcri_01_enus |
| Removing Systemic Bias from Organizational Culture: Session Replay | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Removing Systemic Bias from Organizational Culture: Session ReplayOverview/Description: This is a recorded replay of the Removing Systemic Bias from Organizational Culture Leadercamp Live session that ran on January 26th at 10 AM ET led by Su Joun, Diversity & Inclusion Practitioner. For organizational leaders who want to advance diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in workplace, recognizing and removing systemic bias continues to be a challenge. This Leadercamp will share proven methods to mitigate embedded biases that exist in our organizations, will provide a safe learning environment for assessment, and collaboration, and will allow for ample time for attendees to ask questions. Course Number: bs_lcrsb_01_enus |
| Truth Hope and Equity in a Disrupted World: Session Replay | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Truth Hope and Equity in a Disrupted World: Session ReplayOverview/Description: This is a recorded replay of the Truth, Hope, and Equity in a Disrupted World Leadercamp Live session that ran on October 20th at 10 AM ET led by LaWana Harris, author of Diversity Beyond Lip Service: A Coaching Guide for Challenging Bias. Truth, Hope, and Equity in a Disrupted World is a constructive conversation that calls people in rather than calling them out. There’ll be no finger pointing, blame, or shame. With pragmatic, expert guidance from our world-class coach Eand conversations with peers from all over the world Eyou’ll learn ways to maximize productivity, engagement, and equity for all in your own organization. Course Number: bs_lcthe_01_enus |
| Active Leadership and the Context for Leadership | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Active Leadership and the Context for LeadershipOverview/Description: Todays business climate is characterized by intense competition coupled with flattened hierarchies, multi-dimensional teams, and a diverse working environment. This reality requires a repertoire of leadership practices and skills for anyone responsible for getting results with and through others. Recent studies confirm the leader is the prime factor for creating a productive work environment and contributing to higher employee retention. The Active Leadership Model provides the concepts, context, and perspective for active leaders. This course will cover the key aspect of KUBA, the tasks, and the ability and motivation for performance. You’ll then learn about the difference leadership styles used according to individual abilities and motivation. You’ll learn to recognize time and the importance of progression as well as how to adapt the detail and frequency of task-related information with the ability and motivation of the employee. Finally, you’ll reflect on the compelling reasons for becoming a better leader. This course was originally created by Global Knowledge (GK). Course Number: it_gklbgk_01_enus |
| Bridging Differences in Cross-cultural Communication | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Bridging Differences in Cross-cultural CommunicationOverview/Description: In today’s world, business is global. No matter the industry or sector, the chances that you are working with people from another country or culture are high. Given that business is communication, the ability to communicate successfully across cultures is a mission critical skill. Communicating successfully with people from our own culture, in our own language is challenging enough. When we interact with people from other cultures, the barriers to effective communication are even more pronounced.In this course, you will learn about two principal dimensions of culture that underlie culturally different ways of communicating and learn vocabulary that will allow you to explain differences in communication styles. You will also explore barriers to communicating effectively across cultures and identify ways to overcome them. Course Number: bs_acm26_a01_enus |
| Building Shared Understanding across Cultural Divides | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Building Shared Understanding across Cultural DividesOverview/Description: Building good working relationships with any colleague takes time and effort, but when colleagues are from different cultures, creating productive relationships may be more challenging. Cultural differences can impact communication and even steer it away from the intended purpose. When you compound cultural differences with the need to communicate virtually, achieving effective communication becomes even more formidable. In this course, you will learn communication strategies that will help you to effectively build and maintain relationships with culturally diverse colleagues around the globe. From building initial rapport to sharing information, brainstorming, and preventing conflicts, youll be able to recognize behaviors that will enable you to communicate effectively and achieve your business goals. Course Number: bs_acm26_a02_enus |
| Leading Virtually | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Leading VirtuallyOverview/Description: Rarely will a modern organization be housed entirely under one roof, with all employees sitting together in co-located offices and workspaces. Today, your teams are just as likely to be scattered across countries, continents, languages, and cultures. Leading virtually requires skills and attitudes that would have been unthinkable a generation ago.This course will provide strategies and techniques for using modern collaboration technologies to leverage the benefits of virtual teams and overcome their inevitable challenges.You will learn how to: EAdapt and adjust your virtual leadership skills to better understandERelate to virtual team members with widely ranging backgrounds and experiencesEVirtually lead people with diverse talents, languages, and approaches Course Number: bs_ald07_a09_enus |
| Leading across Cultures (Global) | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Leading across Cultures (Global)Overview/Description: Globalization is a reality. Once, only explorers and world travelers needed to be culturally knowledgeable, but now most of us work with people from different cultural backgrounds. Our variations in attitudes, beliefs, and communication styles present daily challenges for business leaders charged with managing across cultures. Managing diversity is now a necessary skill.In this course, you’ll learn about leading across cultures. You’ll explore the dynamic nature of cultural intelligence (CQ) and how to grow it and use it to bridge cultural differences. You’ll also discover techniques for motivating, influencing, and managing across cultures, and adapting your own leadership style. Finally, you’ll learn about managing conflict across cultures by identifying and navigating cultural barriers and minefields. Course Number: bs_ald07_a26_enus |
| Leadership Toolkit: Facilitating a Workshop | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Leadership Toolkit: Facilitating a WorkshopOverview/Description: Successful leadership in today’s business world requires a multitude of skills and competencies. Among them is the ability to manage diverse teams of individuals with different backgrounds, experiences and expertise. Facilitating effective workshops requires a delicate mix of didactic, proactive leadership and structured interaction that helps teams generate and debate creative, innovative ideas and build strategies for applying them to solve business problems and explore new business opportunities. Effective workshops allow the team to benefit from its members sharing their experiences and expertise.In this course, you will learn specific techniques and strategies for facilitating a successful workshop, mitigating the challenges of diverse personalities and priorities, and keeping your business team focused and on-task through the use of guidance and structured activities. Course Number: bs_ald07_a33_enus |
| Leadership Toolkit: Running a Team Debrief | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Leadership Toolkit: Running a Team DebriefOverview/Description: Successful leadership in today’s business world requires a multitude of skills and competencies. Among them is the ability to manage diverse teams of individuals with different backgrounds, experiences and expertise. Running an effective team debrief helps business teams more fully understand both the positive outcomes and shortcomings of team events and what needs to be done to rectify missteps and make similar future events even more successful.In this course, you will learn specific techniques and strategies for running a successful team debriefing while handling the challenges of diverse personalities and perspectives. You’ll also learn how to keep your business team focused on improving processes, mitigating potential future risks, and finding solutions while avoiding the temptation of assigning blame or abdicating responsibility. Course Number: bs_ald07_a34_enus |
| Facing the Management Challenges of Difficult Behavior and Diverse Teams | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Facing the Management Challenges of Difficult Behavior and Diverse TeamsOverview/Description: As a manager, it can be daunting to find yourself in charge of a diverse group, comprised of different age ranges, backgrounds, and experiences. Its inevitable that youll encounter difficulties. Effectively handling conflict, whether its team conflict or difficult employee behavior, is essential to productivity and requires developing conflict management skills.This course covers useful techniques and processes for conflict resolution. Youll learn methods for resolving conflict when dealing with an employees difficult behavior. Youll also learn ways of effectively managing team conflict and understanding and dealing with conflict in the workplace as a whole. Course Number: bs_amg02_a03_enus |
| Navigating Micro-behavior Dynamics in the Workplace | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Navigating Micro-behavior Dynamics in the WorkplaceOverview/Description: As the contemporary workplace continues to evolve, it becomes increasingly evident that even the tiniest actions wield immense influence. Micro-behaviors Ethose subtle yet potent gestures and expressions Eintricately shape our daily interactions. Much like the threads in a complex tapestry, they possess the potential to either weave a fabric of inclusivity, collaboration, and professional growth or, if overlooked, unravel hidden rifts that weaken team dynamics. In todays dynamic professional landscape, recognizing and addressing these nuanced behaviors is not just an advantage, but an imperative.In this course, you will learn about the different types of micro-behaviors commonly observed at the workplace and their impacts on both individuals and teams. You will also explore the reasons why micro-behaviors are often misinterpreted and identify strategies to manage and deal with difficult micro-behaviors more effectively, leading to improved workplace interactions and increased employee engagement within teams. Course Number: bs_apd39_a07_enus |
| Creating a Solid Support Base through Peer Relationships (Global) | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Creating a Solid Support Base through Peer Relationships (Global)Overview/Description: Developing and maintaining relationships with your peers at work can lead to success for both you as an individual, and for your organization. A supportive peer network can provide you with a wide variety of expertise and institutional knowledge and enable you to leverage other peoples networks. The workplace of today poses some challenges with diversity in workforce and remote teams who are separated physically. In this course, you’ll explore how to identify the different peers in your organization who may be important in meeting your goals or may form a support base for you. You’ll also learn how to develop and maintain solid, mutually beneficial relationships with the different peers in any environment. Course Number: bs_apd40_a01_enus |
| Adopting New Leadership Mindsets to Drive DEI | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Adopting New Leadership Mindsets to Drive DEIOverview/Description: Are you in a mindset that will help you drive DEI throughout the systems of your organization? As a leader, you hold the keys to activating DEI on your team and in your organization as you role model inclusive behaviors for the people who work for you. DEI as an initiative is multifaceted Eit’s individual and programmatic, organizational and systemic, and you need a mindset that allows you to shift cultures and embedded norms to enhance every operational area. The discipline of systems thinking is an underlying philosophy that is particularly applicable to complex change efforts such as DEI. Systems thinking is more than just a collection of tools and methods Eit’s a way of thinking on an ecosystem level.In this course, youll learn to recognize how systems thinking applies to DEI and practices for examining DEI goals. Youll also learn strategies to build organizational culture awareness for DEI, identify how organizational culture is represented in your team and processes, and recognize how to make DEI part of how you do business, including using more gender-neutral language. Course Number: bs_apd43_a01_enus |
| Activating DEI Culture Shifts | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Activating DEI Culture ShiftsOverview/Description: With the right mindset, leaders can transform team and organizational culture. This course is designed to help leaders apply systems thinking methodology to transform team and workplace dynamics. Leaders who develop a systems-thinker approach are better equipped to honor and navigate the complexity of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. In this course, leaders and managers will learn how to push in the direction that produces an inclusive work environment, including using inclusive language, to lead toward transformation for the total enterprise, not just its component parts. You’ll also learn how a new way of leadership can support DEI, and what techniques can keep employee engagement and motivation in the work of DEI consistently high. Course Number: bs_apd43_a02_enus |
| Advancing DEI with Agility | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Advancing DEI with AgilityOverview/Description: Inclusive leadership is an art and a science. Leaders need to build their capacity for creating an inclusive and safe environment where employees feel valued and included, where they can be their authentic selves. This course is designed to provide leaders with a foundation for agile, inclusive leadership that they can build on and, in turn, develop in others.In this course, you will learn to identify a leadership mindset that cultivates inclusion in all work environments, and what key elements of self-leadership promote inclusion. Youll learn strategies to individualize inclusion and belonging for all team members, including using more inclusive language and gender-neutral pronouns, techniques for an intersectional approach to DEI leadership, and inclusive leadership practices that promote development of the whole person. Course Number: bs_apd43_a03_enus |
| Embedding Inclusion into Everyday Experiences | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Embedding Inclusion into Everyday ExperiencesOverview/Description: DEI concepts are easy to train, but harder to put into practice. In our ever-changing world of work, leaders are taxed with delivering optimal results and still creating a space where people want to contribute their time, talent, energy, and creativity. This course covers the top ways for leaders to create micro-experiences that have a macro impact on the culture of their teams and their organization.In this course, youll learn strategies to weave storytelling into everyday work, competencies for leading and enabling inclusive conversations, including using inclusive language and chosen names and pronouns, as well as leadership practices that embody allyship through personal accountability. Youll also learn techniques to use organizational resources equitably to support DEI, and how to gain confidence in building inclusive cultures. Course Number: bs_apd43_a04_enus |
| Reimagining the Employee Experience: DEI from Hire to Retire | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Reimagining the Employee Experience: DEI from Hire to RetireOverview/Description: Diversity, equity, and inclusion are not just initiatives and programs Ethey are cultural DNA that can completely transform an organization, drive business, and generate positive results for people, organization, and community. This course is designed to provide organizational leaders and HR leaders with a toolkit for designing a diverse, equitable, and inclusive employee and leadership experience from first interactions onward. It provides practical examples for infusing inclusion into every aspect of the employee experience.In this course, you will learn the key elements of developing a DEI scorecard as a first step in ensuring systemic DEI, strategies to create an inclusive talent acquisition experience including using inclusive language and gender-neutral honorifics, and techniques to enable talent to develop and advance equitably. Youll also learn ways to democratize DEI leadership in association with employee groups and techniques to ensure inclusion in policies, processes, and systems. Course Number: bs_apd43_a05_enus |
| Running Inclusive Meetings | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Running Inclusive MeetingsOverview/Description: The most effective leaders know that inclusive meetings drive better decisions, stronger innovation, and improved business outcomes. Yet creating an environment where everyone feels empowered to contribute requires specific skills and strategies. In this course, youll learn practical techniques for running meetings that tap into your teams diverse perspectives Efrom pre-meeting planning to effective facilitation. Whether youre leading in-person, virtual, or hybrid meetings, youll discover how to break down participation barriers and transform your meetings into platforms for collaboration. Course Number: bs_apd43_a06_enus |
| Embracing the Power of Diversity and Inclusion featuring Special Olympics | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Embracing the Power of Diversity and Inclusion featuring Special OlympicsOverview/Description: Diversity, equity, and inclusion are necessary for the healthy development and success of individuals and organizations alike. But to achieve those, they have to be more than catchphrases and buzzwords. True DEI and belonging journeys require developing a growth mindset and embracing the perspective that with every person we meet, there’s something new to learn. In this course, youll meet people with compelling stories to tell of how they fought for, and found, a welcoming workplace. By sharing their stories, they offer you an opportunity to learn, understand, and grow in ways that will help you make your own workplace a safe and welcoming place for everyone. Course Number: bs_apd46_a01_enus |
| Great Leaders Must Be Inclusive featuring Special Olympics | Course | View details Course Syllabus | Print Syllabus Great Leaders Must Be Inclusive featuring Special OlympicsOverview/Description: Inclusion is more than just a seat at the table. It means being a respected member of the team. It means being involved, being an active part of the organization’s culture, not just a decoration for press releases or a number in the annual report. Being a great leader means being an inclusive leader and finding ways to get the best from everyone. In this course, you’ll learn how to support and encourage the diverse individuals you work with in becoming full, active, and productive members of your team and the larger organization. Course Number: bs_apd46_a02_enus |