Diversity in the Workplace Training: Building Bridges of Understanding
Course Outline
In this Diversity in the Workplace Training course, you will learn how to work productively in a diverse workspace to:
- Increase your self-awareness and your awareness of others
- Recognize and value human differences
- Develop strategies for fostering organizational diversity
Diversity in the Workplace Training: Building Bridges of Understanding Benefits
Develop awareness and knowledge of the many dimensions of diversity
Identify the major components of culture and its influence on the individual and on relationships
Examine the effect of group affiliations on individual identity
Explore the costs and effects of stereotyping
Recognize the stages toward an inclusive workplace
Improve communication among diverse employees
Test your knowledge in the included end-of-course exam
Continue learning and face new challenges with after-course one-on-one instructor coaching
Diversity in the Workplace Training Outline
Module 1: Introductions & Overview
In this module, you will learn about course goals, objectives, and community agreements.
Activity:
- What’s in a Name?
Module 2: Diversity: Similar Differences
In this module, you will learn about diversity, its dimensions, and its levels of uniqueness.
Activity:
- Similar Differences
- Who Am I?
Module 3: How Culture Shapes Us
In this module, you will learn about culture, its layers, its value, and value programming.
Activity:
- Brief Encounters
- My Life’s Journey
Module 4: Diversity and Inclusion
In this module, you will learn how to:
- Approach diversity in the workplace
- Share the workplace with others
- Leverage the benefits and characteristics of an inclusive workplace
Activity:
- Portraits of Diversity
- Identifying Barriers to Inclusion
Module 5: Identity Groups and Stereotypes
In this module, you will learn about:
- Group identities and why they are important
- What stereotyping is, what its pitfalls are, and why people stereotype
Activity:
- Why Do People Stereotype?
- Internalized Oppression; Internalized Pride
- Untold History
Module 6: Race, Gender, Power
In this module, you will learn about:
- Conscious and unconscious bias
- Key characteristics and types of unconscious bias
- Systemic racism and sexism
- Characteristics of dominant groups
Activity:
- I Don’t Know What I Don’t Know
- Race, Gender, and Power
Module 7: Communicating in a Diverse Workplace
In this module, you will learn about the definition, axioms, and keys of communication.
Activity:
- Diversity Competence Skills
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