Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Acadmey

Session 1:

In this session you will learn:

• How diversity and inclusion can improve your business and why now is the time to start your DE&I journey.

• The difference between Diversity and Inclusion and why both are critical.
• How an inclusive environment leads to employee engagement needed to reach “The high-performance zone” within your company.
• Understand that our lifetime of identities and experiences impact how we see others and how others see and treat us.  = Unconscious bias
• Understand our proprietary DEI model; how your identities and experiences lead to unconscious biases and privileges; which unrecognized and unchecked will lead to exclusive behaviors (microaggressions and bias processes and procedures) which lead to exclusive culture. 

Outcomes:

• Your elevator story on how DE&I will benefit your organization.
• A list of your identities and experiences and how they might impact your behavior/leadership and lead to unconscious bias.

Session 2:

In this session you will:

• Understand the conditions in which unconscious biases are most likely to happen
• Understanding privilege
• Understand how behaviors that come from unconscious bias and privilege leads to exclusionary and inequitable behaviors– i.e., microaggressions, code switching.
• Understand ways to evaluate and get a baseline for the inclusiveness of your workgroup/organization
• Learn how as INDIVIDUALS we can interrupt bias and increase belongingness in your organization

Outcomes:

• A list of your identities and privileges and how they might impact your behavior/leadership
• An understanding of your privileges (and others lack privilege) and how this impact leadership dynamics and behaviors in your organization.
• Development of 3, 6, 9 and 12 month plans to change individual behavior to reduce bias and increase belongingness in your organization.

Session 3:

In this session you will learn:

• Workgroup Norms and Manager behaviors that will increase belongingness in your organization
• Leadership behavior/norms that will increase belongingness in your organization

Outcomes:

• Development of 3, 6, 9, and 12 month plans to increase inclusiveness in your organization:
  • How will I change norms/rules to increase belongingness in my workgroup?
  • How will I change my leadership behavior/style to increase belongingness in my department?
  • Practice your first three-month plans

Session 4:

In this session you will learn:

• Where bias can impact the hiring process and best practices that can be used to mitigate this bias:
  • Company Awareness
  • Sourcing
  • Screening
  • Interviewing
  • Verification/Assessment
  • Offer
  • Hiring process and employee work/life support benefits (family leave, childcare, flex time)

Outcomes:

• Indentify which of the best practices you will implement in your hiring practices; identify to do, timing, and responsibilities

Session 5:

In this session you will learn:

• Where bias can impact retention of employee and ways to mitigate these biases through changes/ best practices in the following process/procedures:
  • Onboarding and new employee programs
  • Job design
  • Performance Management/performance review
  • Promotions/Career Progression/ Succession planning
  • Organized Networks (ERG’s, Affinity Groups, BRG etc.)
  • Grievance System
  • Benefits
  • Etc.