Course Description
Inclusive language is a way for leaders to take on the role of establishing a culture of inclusion, acceptance, and understanding. In this course, leaders learn how to use inclusive language, how not to commit microaggressions, and how to use more microaffirmations in the workplace.
This course will help you identify ways to improve inclusion and increase diversity within your team. In this course, you will learn to encourage inclusion through your language choice, policies, and daily practice in the workplace. Attitudes toward diversity can be reflected in language and policy, and these attitudes can have very serious legal and social consequences if they are offensive or problematic.
In leadership roles, it’s important to consider the many viewpoints in your workplace as you communicate. In this course, you will learn how being respectfully curious about culture is an empathetic practice that can help you work well with others, allowing you to demonstrate through words and actions that you feel the concerns of others in the workplace.
What You'll Learn
- Identify and use inclusive language in workplace communication
- Model empathy and cultural understanding in your communication
- Consciously avoid committing microaggressions in the workplace
- Consciously use microaffirmations to support inclusion
- Encourage inclusion through your language choice, policies, and daily practice
- Improve inclusion and increase diversity within your team
Key Takeaways
- Inclusive language lets leaders establish a culture of inclusion, acceptance, and understanding.
- Attitudes toward diversity are reflected in language and policy and can carry serious legal and social consequences if they are offensive or problematic.
- Being respectfully curious about culture is an empathetic practice that helps leaders work well with others.
- Leaders can encourage inclusion through their language choice, policies, and daily practice in the workplace.
- Reducing microaggressions and increasing microaffirmations helps improve inclusion and diversity within a team.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
This course is designed for leaders who want to establish a culture of inclusion, acceptance, and understanding and improve inclusion and diversity within their teams.
What does this course cover?
It covers how to use inclusive language, how to model empathy and cultural understanding, how to avoid committing microaggressions, and how to use more microaffirmations in the workplace.
What skills will I gain from this course?
You will learn to identify and use inclusive language, model empathy and cultural understanding in your communication, and consciously use microaffirmations while combating microaggressions.
Why does inclusive language matter for leaders?
Attitudes toward diversity are reflected in language and policy, and these attitudes can have serious legal and social consequences if they are offensive or problematic, so leaders must consider the many viewpoints in their workplace as they communicate.
What lessons are included in the course?
The course includes an Introduction, Identify and Use Inclusive Language, Model Empathy and Cultural Understanding in Your Communication, Consciously Avoid Microaggressions, Consciously Use Microaffirmations, and a Test Your Knowledge section.
Professional Certifications and Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Professional Development Units (PDUs): 0.5
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