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Best Practices in Creating a Diverse and Inclusive Culture

Create an inclusive vision and workplace practices for your organization’s future
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Course: On-Demand
Advanced Provider Karen Korn  6 Lessons ·  16m  in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese 

Course Description

This course will explain how centering diversity and being more inclusive and empathetic in creating your vision for your team can help your organization thrive. In this course, we will discuss how you can lead toward inclusion with a focus on employee satisfaction, as well as the importance of providing equal access and opportunity for advancement, educational opportunities, and other perceived workplace perks.

As a business leader, identifying privilege enables you to be mindful of those who may not receive the same benefits, allowing for more fairness and inclusion at work. This course assists leaders with the art of leading diverse populations fairly and equitably. We will explore how leadership style can be a driver of inclusion or a deterrent to employee satisfaction. We will also discuss how you can build diverse leadership teams to create a model for diversity throughout your organization. This course will also show leaders how to monitor successes and evaluate and improve on failures, creating a model for accountability and consistent improvement within any organization.

What You'll Learn

  • Create an inclusive vision for your workplace that centers diversity and empathy
  • Build a diverse and inclusive leadership team to model diversity throughout your organization
  • Divide work and opportunities equitably among diverse populations
  • Monitor how inclusive your workplace is and act on the feedback you receive
  • Identify privilege so you can lead more fairly and provide equal access and opportunity
  • Evaluate successes and failures to create a model for accountability and consistent improvement

Key Takeaways

  • Centering diversity and being more inclusive and empathetic in your team vision can help an organization thrive.
  • Providing equal access and opportunity for advancement, educational opportunities, and other workplace perks is central to inclusion.
  • Identifying privilege helps leaders be mindful of those who may not receive the same benefits, allowing for more fairness at work.
  • Leadership style can be a driver of inclusion or a deterrent to employee satisfaction.
  • Monitoring successes and evaluating failures creates a model for accountability and consistent improvement.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is this course for?

This course is designed for business leaders who want to lead diverse populations fairly and equitably and build a more inclusive culture.

What does this course cover?

It covers creating an inclusive vision for your workplace, building a diverse and inclusive leadership team, dividing work and opportunities equitably, and monitoring how inclusive your workplace is and acting on feedback.

What skills will I gain from this course?

You will learn to create an inclusive vision, build a diverse and inclusive leadership team, divide work and opportunities equitably, and monitor inclusiveness while acting on feedback.

How does leadership style relate to inclusion in this course?

The course explores how leadership style can be a driver of inclusion or a deterrent to employee satisfaction.

How is the course structured?

The course includes an Introduction, lessons on creating an inclusive vision, building a diverse and inclusive leadership team, dividing work and opportunities equitably, and monitoring inclusiveness and acting on feedback, followed by a Test Your Knowledge section.

Professional Certifications and Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Project Management Institute (PMI®)

Professional Development Units (PDUs): 0.5

Certification Program Categories:
Ways of WorkingPower SkillsBusiness Acumen

KnowledgeCity has been reviewed and approved by the PMI® Authorized Training Partner Program. Users can maintain your PMI credentials by earning PDUs from KnowledgeCity qualified courses in Project Management, Business Management, Leadership and many others.

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM®)

Professional Development Credits (PDCs): 0.5

Certification Program Categories:
Leadership & NavigationBusiness AcumenConsultationGlobal MindsetEthical PracticeRelationship ManagementAnalytical AptitudeCommunicationDiversity, Equity & Inclusion

KnowledgeCity is approved by SHRM as a Recertification General Provider to offer SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP professional development credits (PDCs). By taking the courses approved by SHRM, KnowledgeCity can award SHRM Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for HR knowledge and competency programs related to the SHRM Body of Applied Skills and Knowledge™ (the SHRM BASK™).