Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DE&I)

Duration: 0.46 Hrs

Course Level: Fundamental
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video

Today, the question isn’t so much whether, but how organizational practices and policies create a culture that disadvantages people of color. This course is designed to identify the ways in which racism may operate within an organization and provide skills for moving beyond recognition to taking action that builds and sustains antiracist culture. Topics covered include why it’s important to publicize a commitment to be an antiracist organization; how climate assessments and policy reviews can build trust and confidence in an organization; why antiracism must emerge from and be centered on BIPOC perspectives; and the steps for implementing antiracist change.

Duration: 0.69 Hrs

Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video

It’s true that diversity, equity and inclusion can make teams stronger—maybe even boost the bottom line. But the sad reality is that the professional environment doesn’t always make people feel included. In fact, it may exclude them based on a number of things, including race, ethnicity, ability, sexual orientation, gender identity, age and religion. This may cause them to feel like they have to alter aspects of themselves—like appearance, tone or dialect—just to fit in. That’s why it’s so important for employers to create and model a fair and inclusive work environment for everyone. But what does this look like? And how can we, as managers and employees, contribute to this? This course is designed to show how everyone can make the workplace both fair and welcoming to those who have historically faced discrimination for any one aspect of their identity. Topics covered include barriers to an inclusive work environment and actionable steps to foster inclusion in the workplace.

Duration: 0.26 Hrs

Course Level: Fundamental
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady, Responsive

Practicing allyship is an important and rewarding endeavor. As an ally, you can develop new relationships with people who share the values of equity and inclusion. And you can make new personal and professional connections within your community. This course provides course takers with an overview of the tools needed to practice allyship. Topics include defining allyship, how to approach allyship, ways to educate yourself as an ally, ways of learning about inequity and privilege as it relates to allyship.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Define allyship
• Describe how to approach allyship
• Discuss ways to educate yourself as an ally
• List ways of learning about inequity
• Describe privilege as it relates to allyship

Duration: 0.35 Hrs

Course Level: Fundamental
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady, Responsive

Acting as an ally helps turn personal goals about diversity and inclusion into everyday choices and actions that support members of marginalized groups and break down institutionalized discrimination. This course provides course takers of all experience levels with the tools needed to practice allyship. Topics include: the differences between effective and ineffective allyship; and ways to sustain ongoing allyship work.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify the differences between effective and ineffective allyship
• Describe how to sustain your ongoing allyship work

Duration: 0.60 Hrs

Course Level: Fundamental
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady, Responsive

It’s true that diversity, equity and inclusion can make teams stronger—maybe even boost the bottom line. But the sad reality is that the professional environment doesn’t always make people feel included. In fact, it may exclude them based on a number of things, including race, ethnicity, ability, sexual orientation, gender identity, age and religion. This may cause them to feel like they have to alter aspects of themselves—like appearance, tone or dialect—just to fit in. That’s why it’s so important for employers to create and model a fair and inclusive work environment for everyone. But what does this look like? And how can we, as coworkers, contribute to this? This course is designed to show how employees can make the workplace both fair and welcoming to those who have historically faced discrimination for any one aspect of their identity. Topics covered include barriers to an inclusive work environment and actionable steps to foster inclusion in the workplace.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Define the meanings of diversity, equity, and inclusion within the professional landscape
• Examine the barriers to an inclusive work environment
• Discuss actionable steps to foster inclusion in the workplace

Duration: 0.92 Hrs

Course Level: Fundamental
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady, Responsive

Today’s workplaces are made up of people of diverse backgrounds and experiences. Different beliefs and values, as well as the distinct ways we express our individuality, encourage new ideas and perspectives that can help grow and strengthen our businesses. When employees respect the unique qualities each person brings to work, the entire organization benefits. That’s why it’s so important for employers to create and model a fair and inclusive work environment for everyone. This course is designed to give an overview of the fundamental aspects of diversity, equity and inclusion and how they bring value to the workplace. Topics covered include how certain policies and practices have historically undermined these concepts; how discrimination and harassment continue to play a part in today’s professional landscape; challenges faced by those in the LGBTQ community; and implicit bias and the destructiveness of microaggressions.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Define the meanings of diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and discuss how certain policies and practices have historically undermined these concepts
• Examine how discrimination and harassment continue to play a part in today’s professional landscape
• Discuss some of the challenges faced by those in the LGBTQ community
• Examine implicit bias and the destructiveness of microaggressions

Duration: 0.93 Hrs

Course Level: Fundamental
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady, Responsive

Today’s workplaces are made up of people of diverse backgrounds and experiences. Different beliefs and values, as well as the distinct ways we express our individuality, encourage new ideas and perspectives that can help grow and strengthen our businesses. When employees respect the unique qualities each person brings to work, the entire organization benefits. That’s why it’s so important for managers to create and model a fair and inclusive work environment for everyone. This course is designed to give an overview of the fundamental aspects of diversity, equity and inclusion and how they bring value to the workplace. Topics covered include how certain policies and practices have historically undermined these concepts; how discrimination and harassment continue to play a part in today’s professional landscape; challenges faced by those in the LGBTQ community; and implicit bias and the destructiveness of microaggressions.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Define the meanings of diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and discuss how certain policies and practices have historically undermined these concepts
• Examine how discrimination and harassment continue to play a part in today’s professional landscape
• Discuss some of the challenges faced by those in the LGBTQ community
• Examine implicit bias and the destructiveness of microaggressions

Duration: 0.17 Hrs

Course Level: Fundamental
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady, Responsive

This course defines cultural appropriation and explains how it relates to an imbalance of power dynamics and a history of oppression in the culture being appropriated. Participants will examine cultural appreciation and learn how to engage with diverse cultures by taking the time to listen and seek information. Participants will also learn how cultural appropriation can cause lasting financial, social, and emotional harm for members of marginalized cultures.

Duration: 0.15 Hrs

Course Level: Fundamental
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video

This course describes the value of developmental networks to a diversity-competent mentor. Coursetakers will examine sponsorship, employee resource groups – or ERGS, and group mentoring models, while determining the potential benefits for people in marginalized groups. Mentors will consider the benefits and pitfalls of each type of mentoring relationship and learn which models work best in a variety of situations.

Duration: 0.18 Hrs

Course Level: Fundamental
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady, Responsive

This course helps mentors understand how relational mentoring can help diverse candidates uncover hidden rules, integrate into the workplace without sacrificing their identity, and ultimately find success. Course takers will explore the importance of setting boundaries and goals, how to avoid mentee symbolism and deindividuation, the benefits of unheard perspectives and distinctive skills, and how to integrate and include those perspectives and skills in the workplace.

Duration: 0.30 Hrs

Course Level: Fundamental
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video

This course identifies four common manifestations of bias that people from marginalized groups often encounter in academic and professional environments. Course takers will learn practical strategies for combatting both the presence and impact of bias in the workplace.

Duration: 0.25 Hrs

Course Level: Fundamental
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady, Responsive

This course explores four common myths around hiring, retention, and advancement in the workplace, as well as strategies for combating these myths. The myth of the meritocracy favors candidates with similar credentials and hinders non-traditional candidates from advancement. The myth of bad fit can mask the role of unconscious bias in evaluation. The myth of the ideal leader makes it harder for non-traditional candidates to establish credibility when they step into a leadership role, and the myth of the single leadership style denies the value and success of more collaborative, less abrasive leadership styles. In addition to helping coursetakers identify the four myths, this course provides practical ways to level the playing field for all candidates.

Duration: 0.75 Hrs

Course Level: Fundamental
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady, Responsive

This course examines the role that unconscious bias plays in recruiting and hiring decisions. It examines a number of myths and stereotypes related to women, people of color, people with disabilities, and people who identify as LGBTQ. It also offers practical steps employers can take to confront and mitigate both covert and unconscious bias when making personnel decisions, and it establishes the value and benefit of creating a diverse workplace.

Duration: 0.72 Hrs

Course Level: Fundamental
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady, Responsive

This course focuses on the importance of considering impact, not intent, when engaging with identity terminology and self-identification. Microaggressions are defined and explored, with an emphasis on the impact of unchecked microaggressions as well as on strategies for recipients, senders, and bystanders who want to mitigate the harm that microaggressions cause. The course ends by discussing microaffirmations and the way they can be used to counteract the negative impact of microaggressions.

Duration: 0.40 Hrs

Course Level: Fundamental
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady, Responsive

This course focuses on how employees define and engage with diversity, using the iceberg model to illustrate how some aspects of diversity are not readily observable. It examines how diversity resistance, reactions to difference, assumptions, and the ladder of inference can negatively impact the workplace, while providing practical strategies, such as intentional exposure to difference, to help coursetakers engage more comfortably with diversity.

Duration: 0.50 Hrs

Course Level: Fundamental
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady, Responsive

This course addresses practical steps that recruiters and hiring managers can take to ensure that their organization attracts and retains diverse candidates. It defines microaggressions and helps course takers recognize them while providing practical ways to counter the harm they cause. This course identifies three guidelines and ten strategies companies should use for diversity-competent hiring searches and examines what those strategies look like in real scenarios.

Duration: 0.63 Hrs

Course Level: Fundamental
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady, Responsive

This course defines and examines unconscious bias as a challenge workers from all identity groups must face. Coursetakers will unpack a variety of commonly-held myths surrounding people with disabilities, women, and LGBTQ members of the workplace while identifying clear and specific strategies for counteracting these damaging assumptions and creating a welcoming hiring process and workplace.

Duration: 0.50 Hrs

Course Level: Fundamental
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady

Is your biology working against you? This course will help you understand how our minds create blind spots and subconscious bias, and teach you how to evaluate the subconscious drivers that lead to ethical breakdowns.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Recognize the three types of blind spots
• Analyze how the brain operates maladaptively in the modern world
• Apply strategy to neutralize your flight or fight response associated with blind spots
• Create an Awareness, Action, Adaptation plan for overcoming blind spots

Duration: 0.20 Hrs

Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady

An inclusive work environment is created by individuals who value each other’s differences – and, are proactive in stopping workplace discrimination or harassment. It’s often difficult to know how to react when witnessing an individual or group of people experiencing any form of discrimination or harassment – but don’t ignore it and walk away! This course will provide three ways you can be proactive about inclusion in your workplace.

Learning Objectives

• Identify ways to be proactive in stopping workplace discrimination and harassment
• Identify ways to be proactive about inclusion.

Duration: 0.20 Hrs

Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady

A gender-neutral restroom is, when we think about it, a simple idea. We use them in our homes without a second thought. However, in a workplace environment they are a topic of debate. This course will help you understand why gender-neutral restrooms matter and how they work.

Learning Objectives

Identify why gender neutral restrooms matter and how they work.

Duration: 0.20 Hrs

Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady

A gender-neutral restroom is, when we think about it, a simple idea. We use them in our homes without a second thought. However, in a workplace environment they are a topic of debate. This course will help you understand why gender-neutral restrooms matter and how they work.

Learning Objectives

Identify why gender neutral restrooms matter and how they work.

Duration: 0.20 Hrs

Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady

When discussing gender identity and sexual orientation it’s common to hear acronyms used to reference different groups, orientations, and identities. For several years, the most common acronym was LGBT, however to be more inclusive the acronym has evolved into many different forms. In this course we’ll help you understand the pieces that make up the LGBTQIA+ acronym.

Learning Objectives

Identify the meaning of the acronym LGBTQIA+

Duration: 0.20 Hrs

Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady

Having an understanding of gender and gender identity is important in today’s society. While it feels natural to describe people using the terms we were taught since early childhood, the female-male binary no longer applies to everyone. In this video we’ll discuss what gender identity is and provide some tips for respecting everyone’s deeply held sense of self.

Learning Objectives

• Define the difference between gender and gender identity
• List ways to better respect everyone’s own deeply held sense of self

Duration: 0.50 Hrs

Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video

A disability is defined as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of a person’s major life activities. Employers often struggle with how to respond and cope with workers with disabilities, but learning the basics about etiquette, as well as rights and responsibilities as outlined by the American Disabilities Act, or ADA, can make the situation better for everyone. This course describes the ADA, the benefits of hiring workers with disabilities, types of disabilities, reasonable accommodations, interviewing and etiquette, as well as how to prevent and deal with discrimination.

Learning Objectives

• Describe the goals of the Americans with Disabilities Act
• Differentiate between types of disabilities
• Identify an employer’s rights and responsibilities regarding employees with disabilities
• Define the concepts of reasonable accommodations and undue hardship
• Identify the do’s and don’ts about interviewing applicants with disabilities
• Describe the proper etiquette to use when working and communicating with workers with disabilities
• Describe how to prevent discrimination, as well as how to deal with it if it does occur