Description
This course offers you a discussion about diversity in the workplace. Within your team, various people, all with human qualities, have different ways of viewing the world. It takes all these other parts of your workforce to make up a cohesive team. Finding the potential within a diverse workplace helps create an environment that appreciates each part of the team’s distinctions and finds a way to enhance individual skills instead of focusing on people’s differences. In this course, you will identify the role of fear in the diversity relationship, understand value differences, and identify elements that help create a cohesive workplace.
Part One – Reduce Fear of Diversity
This module discusses the fear reaction and how it impacts you and your team. Participants will: Learn about the physiological response of fear. Understand the pattern that fear creates. Identify ways that diversity introduces fear.
Part Two- Judge as Different
This module discusses different ways to view the world. Participants will: Understand the role of critical thinking and binary thinking in the workplace. Identify the value-added for diverse and inclusive teams. Learn how to create a narrative that does not judge.
Part Three- Create Your Culture
This module looks at how to create a culture that introduces more inclusion into a diverse team. Participants will: Identify the three elements for building culture. Learn three behaviors that work together to create a lively culture. Understand the value of culture in establishing a diverse team.
This course is eligible for 2.25 PMI® PDU in the Power Skills category of the Talent Triangle.
