Think about how safe you feel when you’re at work. Do you feel both physically and psychologically safe? What about with other employees or leaders? Can you share concerns and issues with coworkers? With supervisors? And do you feel like your team is free from judgment and stereotypes about who you are? In an ideal work environment, everyone is able to say yes to all of these questions. The reality is that sometimes work can be a place where people don’t feel safe and included.
This course will teach you the long-lasting adjustments you can make to ensure your employees feel included, safe, and supported. We discuss ways you can learn about their needs, which will enable you to anticipate them throughout their employment. You’ll learn how to build a diverse leadership team and why it makes a major impact for your unique workforce. We also talk about bias, equal opportunity laws, and facing negative feedback on your efforts to make your workplace more equitable.
This course takes a nuanced look at confronting harmful biases that divide and discourage employees. You’ll learn the spectrum of actions you can take to interrupt microaggressions and initiate a proactive response towards welcoming each person’s diverse traits.
Learning objectives:
- Discover how to learn about the people you manage
- Find ways to build a diverse leadership team
- Explore the benefits of customer equity
Skills you’ll gain
Diversity TrainingEmployment EquityInternal Pay EquityJob EnrichmentWorkplace DiversityDiversity Equity And Inclusion CertificationWhat You'll Learn
- Discover how to learn about the people you manage and anticipate their needs throughout their employment
- Build a diverse leadership team and understand why it makes a major impact for your workforce
- Explore the benefits of equity for a business, including customer equity
- Create a safe and inclusive work environment where employees feel included, safe, and supported
- Recognize how bias and microaggressions impact the workplace and learn the spectrum of actions to interrupt microaggressions
- Navigate equal opportunity laws and handle negative feedback during cultural transformation
Key Takeaways
- Lasting adjustments to the work environment help employees feel included, safe, and supported, both physically and psychologically.
- Building a diverse leadership team makes a major impact for a unique workforce.
- Equity offers business benefits, including customer equity.
- Confronting harmful biases and interrupting microaggressions enables a proactive response that welcomes each person's diverse traits.
- Making a workplace more equitable can involve facing negative feedback during cultural transformation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
It is designed for managers and leaders who want to make their workplace more equitable, helping their employees feel included, safe, and supported.
What topics does this course cover?
The course covers knowing your team, creating a diverse leadership team, the business benefits of equity, building a safe and inclusive environment, equal opportunity laws, how bias and microaggressions impact the workplace, and handling negative feedback during cultural transformation.
What skills will I gain from this course?
You will develop skills in diversity training, employment equity, internal pay equity, job enrichment, workplace diversity, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
How does the course address bias and microaggressions?
It takes a nuanced look at confronting harmful biases that divide and discourage employees, and teaches the spectrum of actions you can take to interrupt microaggressions and welcome each person's diverse traits.
Is there an assessment in this course?
Yes, the course concludes with a Test Your Knowledge lesson.
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(light music) What makes equity strong? Leaders need to combine factors inside and outside of the organization when they flesh out a plan to maintain their equity initiatives. Welcome to Knowledge City's course on Promoting Equity in the Workplace. This course will help you gain perspective on how your organization is establishing equity by adopting a new focus on potentially unmet needs when communicating with your team members. Be equitable from the top down by adding diversity to your leadership team. And prevent interpersonal tensions at work by addressing microaggressions. Sustain equitable foundations you've built by promoting equity in the workplace.
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