Program Overview

(2-4 weeks)

In this module, you will explore why D&I continues to be a key focus for organizations around the world. Different organizations in North America have established D&I programs focused on different priorities, making it complex to evaluate which approach is considered the most efficient. You will learn more about current initiatives being undertaken to improve D&I practices and how different D&I leaders feel about the program’s performance. This will allow you to reflect on what you believe is the best approach for your organization.

Topics covered include:

• Countering unconscious biases and microaggressions
• The need for uncomfortable conversations and how to normalize open dialogue
• Intersectionality and identity
• Neurodiversity in the workplace
• Gender disparity
• Indigenous inclusion
• Accommodations and accessibility
• Inclusive policies and processes
• Health and safety
• Dismantling barriers to inclusion and addressing power, privilege, and systems
• Amplifying the voices, lived experiences, and perspectives of historically marginalized groups

By the end, they will have a clear understanding of diversity concepts and their application to different diversity categories.

(3-6 weeks)

Topics covered include:

• Designing a D&I program from the ground up
• Using inclusive language
• Implementing D&I practices for recruiting, performance reviews, and talent management
• How marketing and HR can work together to support D&I initiatives
• Understanding HR analytics
• Using software to measure engagement, develop achievable KPIs, track performance, promote agile workplaces, and ensure employee success

By the end, they will have acquired conceptual tools in order to analyze their reactions in social interaction in the workplace.

(3-6 weeks)

Dive into the world of self-awareness as you tune in to your own feelings, thoughts, and actions. You will learn how to assess and identify relevant trauma and triggers that represent challenges in your daily life, as well as strengths and values that will allow you to develop a growth mindset, be compassionate towards yourself, and build resilience and positive self-esteem.

Topics covered include:

• Attachment theory
• Traumas and triggers: our core programming
• False self vs true self
• Expressing how we feel: Plutchik’s emotions wheel
• Identifying and expressing needs that need to be met
• Establishing healthy personal and interpersonal boundaries
• Identifying our own biases
• Self-compassion and self-care
• Vulnerability as a sign of strength

Strategies for mindfulness and self-regulation

(3-6 weeks)

The motivations that lead organizations toward creating and maturing a D&I program are based on the ongoing need humans have to connect, feel like they belong, and feel like they are of value. To achieve this, individuals are required to be open to direct, transparent, and sometimes challenging discussions to develop trust and a genuine partnership. It takes vulnerability, self-awareness, and courage to become a D&I agent that promotes change, transformation, and a real impact.

Topics covered include:

• Communication skills and strategies
• Deep listening
• Pity vs empathy
• The Integrative Enneagram Personality Test vs other personality assessments
• Self and peer advocacy: identifying boundaries and preventing burnout
• Sustainability: prioritizing daily personal and interpersonal tasks to improve and maintain collaborative work and strengthen relationships
• Metrics to measure internal communications
• Teamwork activities to increase engagement
• Conflict resolution
• Agile methodology: how to remain on task and increase productivity individually and within your team