Course Description
Leaders are expected to model appropriate behaviors and attitudes in the workplace. But how do leaders know how to demonstrate fairness and inclusion in all situations? In this course, you will learn how to identify ways to make good employees feel appreciated, and how to minimize situations that create discomfort for your team.
As a leader, it’s important to be aware of who’s more likely to have certain privileges and disadvantages so you can fairly include everyone. In this course, we will explain how each person’s social identity is associated with levels of power and privilege that influence the way we work. We also discuss the legal and social obligations associated with fair and equitable workplaces, and how you can show equality and empathy in your role as a leader of a diverse workplace.
This course on Understanding Inclusivity as a Core Principle of Successful Leadership teaches leaders how to prioritize and create an environment in which all employees thrive. We teach you how to be fair and empathetic in your role as a leader of a diverse workplace, and how you can change workplace culture to be more inclusive.
Changing organizational culture can be challenging, and the intention to change is an accomplishment on its own. Let us help you with the next steps, which include understanding the key concepts that can make your company a safe and welcoming place for everyone.
What You'll Learn
- Prioritize diversity and inclusion in your workplace
- Identify and employ inclusive language in your communication
- Model empathy and cultural understanding as a leader
- Identify and correct microaggressions while employing micro affirmations
- Understand fair work and equitable distribution of labor and opportunity
- Recognize how social identity is linked to power and privilege at work
Key Takeaways
- Leaders are expected to model appropriate behaviors and attitudes and demonstrate fairness and inclusion across all situations.
- Each person's social identity is associated with levels of power and privilege that influence the way people work.
- Fair and equitable workplaces carry both legal and social obligations that leaders must understand.
- Leaders can change workplace culture to be more inclusive so that all employees thrive in a safe and welcoming environment.
- Making good employees feel appreciated and minimizing situations that create discomfort are part of inclusive leadership.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
It is for leaders who are expected to model appropriate behaviors and attitudes and to demonstrate fairness and inclusion as leaders of a diverse workplace.
What will this course teach me to do?
It teaches leaders how to prioritize and create an environment in which all employees thrive, how to be fair and empathetic in a diverse workplace, and how to change workplace culture to be more inclusive.
What topics and concepts does the course cover?
It covers the business need for workplace diversity and inclusion, prioritizing diversity and inclusion, power and privilege, inclusive language, empathy and cultural understanding, microaggressions and micro affirmations, and fair distribution of labor, along with the legal and social obligations of fair and equitable workplaces.
What skills does this course help build?
It supports skills including adaptive leadership, diversity, equity and inclusion policies, diversity management, diversity training, and workplace diversity.
How is the course structured?
The course is organized into lessons covering an Introduction, the business need for workplace diversity and inclusion, prioritizing diversity and inclusion, power and privilege, committing to actions to create a more inclusive culture, and a Test Your Knowledge section.
Professional Certifications and Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Professional Development Units (PDUs): 0.5
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.
Professional Development Credits (PDCs): 0.5
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™).
