Course description
Leading in a Diverse Equitable and Inclusive Culture
A diverse team with unique individual perspectives can deliver exceptional results. Having such a team calls for a leader with an arsenal of inclusive leadership practices and keen self-awareness.
This course gives you deeper insights into yourself, your team, and the benefits of inclusion at all levels in your organization. Through self-assessments, case studies, and proven hands-on activities, you'll develop competencies and get tools to create an environment fueled by engagement and innovation. In addition, you'll learn to apply a roadmap that ensures that all are heard, recognized, and appreciated—so productivity can soar.
How You Will Benefit
- Recognize the issues and value of D&I at the personal, team, and organizational levels
- Become a more inclusive leader by recognizing strengths and growth opportunities for yourself and for others
- Communicate effectively and inclusively in a diverse environment
- Articulate how operating from biases impacts innovation, productivity, and engagement
- Analyze diversity and cultural competencies in the context of talent management
- Harness the power of differences to boost team performance and collaboration
- Manage disagreements, misunderstandings, and conflict
Upcoming start dates
Who should attend?
Managers and leaders who want to promote and lead an increasingly diverse workforce and client base, and promote an inclusive environment; diversity and inclusion leaders; learning and development professionals.
Training content
- Introduction to diversity and inclusion
- How culture impacts our perceptions, beliefs, behaviors, and responses
- Bridging communication differences
- Applying cross-cultural communication and messaging skills that move people to commitment and action
- Recognizing and responding effectively and appropriately to diversity and inclusion dynamics
- Knowing how to be an actively inclusive leader
- Understanding the primary source of unconscious bias, micro inequities, and micro advantages
- Conducting dialogues about unconscious bias with peers, managers, and subordinates to improve communication, services to clients, and team collaboration
- Leading a successful multicultural team and inclusive meetings
- Dialogue: having difficult conversations
- Practicing facilitating and engaging in successful difficult conversations
- Developing your vision and plan for an inclusive workplace and teams
Costs
Course price for:
- Non Members: $2595
- AMA Members: $2345
Certification / Credits
CEU: 1.2, PDU: 12
Reviews
Average rating 4.7
Jennifer was great! She tailored the training for her audience which was wonderful.
I thought the training was well organized, had lots of interactivity and the facilitator was very knowledgeable. I liked the size of the class&(n=4).
American Management Association Company Info
The American Management Association, International (AMA) is the global leader in talent development. Founded in 1923, AMA supports the goals of individuals and organizations through a complete range of educational products and services, including instructor-led classroom and virtual seminars, webinars,...
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