Diversity & Inclusion
We Help Organizations Transform Their Culture Through Tailored Diversity & Inclusion Training
Create an inclusive culture specific to your business' context and goals.
Drive Diversity & Inclusion Through Your Leadership
How inclusive are your leaders?
Diversity and inclusion (D&I) need to be at the heart of any successful business strategy. That’s because D&I is directly related to greater innovation, better decision-making, and a better bottom line. But it’s not enough to just get diverse people in the door. They won’t stay if they don’t feel included.
That’s where your leaders come in. To succeed in creating an inclusive culture, leaders at every level need to make sure that people from every race, gender, ethnicity, and background feel like they belong and can contribute meaningfully. Not in spite of what makes them unique, but because of it.
The secret to success? Inclusion can’t be an “extra” thing leaders have to worry about. It has to be woven into everyday actions. We believe that great leadership is inclusive leadership. And we’ll be by your side every step of the way to help leaders turn intention into action.
Transform Your Leaders Through Customized Learning Journeys
Many companies start out with great intentions to build a diverse and inclusive culture. But they fall short on the execution side.
We’re here to be the execution engine of your D&I strategy. We’ll work with you to connect your D&I goals to the critical leadership behaviors that will enable your success. And we partner with curriculum provider DDI to create custom learning journeys that will help your leaders move from awareness to action and allyship.
Being aware of unconscious bias or the business case for D&I is not enough. Leaders need the tools, frameworks, and skills to bridge the gap between theory and practice. By focusing on the day-to-day micro-moments of leadership, we will help your leaders truly transform.
Inclusion consultants will work with our configurable development solutions to design a learning journey to match the specific context of your business and goals for inclusion. We will draw on our extensive library of content, including virtual and classroom training options, virtual reality experiences, coaching, and more.
How Your Organization Benefits
Common benefits of D&I in organizations include:
- Increased productivity
- More intelligent decision-making
- Optimized problem-solving
- Greater creativity
- Greater innovation leading to improved financial performance
- Higher employee engagement
- Higher attraction and retention rate among talent
- Increased levels of trust
- Better company reputation
7 Key Leadership Behaviors Drive Inclusion
Our research shows there are seven critical leadership behaviors crucial to creating an inclusive culture. These behaviors will help your leaders leverage diversity on their teams and reap the organizational benefits.
- Build Empathy
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Inclusion must start with empathy. Leaders need to be able to put themselves in the shoes of everyone on their team. We help leaders build empathy through unique programs, like our award-winning virtual reality experience or desktop simulation on developing empathy for exclusion. In addition, we offer our course “Inclusion: Take Action” to help leaders act on their newfound empathy and commitment to change.
CORRESPONDING COURSES:
- Inclusion: Build Empathy
- Inclusion: Take Action
- Communicate Inclusively
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How leaders communicate daily is at the core of inclusion. We teach leaders how to communicate effectively with Key Principles, which give leaders the day-to-day skills to help all members of their team feel valued, respected, trusted, supported, and included.
CORRESPONDING COURSES:
- Creating an Inclusive Environment
- Communication: Connect Through Conversations
- Run Inclusive Meetings
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Inclusion is about making sure the right people are in the room—for ideation and decision making. We provide tips and practices so everybody participates (and not one person dominates), conversations stay respectful, and meetings keep on track.
CORRESPONDING COURSE:
- Leading Meetings: Use Time Effectively
- Delegate for Opportunity
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It’s easy for leaders to get in a rut with delegation. They get into a habit of giving the same assignments to the same people and making assumptions about what people do and don’t want to work on. We help leaders inclusively assign projects and support their teams through execution.
CORRESPONDING COURSE:
- Delegation: Engage and Empower People
- Give Honest Feedback
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New accordion content Many managers are uncomfortable giving honest feedback to people who are different from them, especially minorities. But failure to provide honest feedback robs your team members of critical developmental insight for future success. We teach leaders to give structure to both their positive and developmental feedback and how to share it inclusively.
CORRESPONDING COURSE:
- Conversations to Inspire Performance
- Coach Inclusively for Growth
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People from different backgrounds are often left out of informal networks and conversations that help them learn, grow, and influence others. We give leaders the coaching skills to accelerate performance and practice fair performance standards across their teams.
CORRESPONDING COURSE:
- Coaching: Moving People Forward
- Resolve Conflict Fairly
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Healthy conflict on diverse teams drives more well-rounded decisions and innovation. But it’s critical that leaders pay special attention to how they resolve this conflict. We help them practice behaviors that make sure multiple viewpoints are heard and evaluated.
CORRESPONDING COURSE:
- Resolving Workplace Conflict
Begin Creating an Inclusive Environment Now
The future will belong to companies that engage and retain the best possible talent from all walks of life. This is the moment to start changing your culture.
Have questions or are ready to learn more? Schedule a call with our program coordinator, Ginger Duggan.