Overview

Our Diversity and Inclusion Training For Executives and Boards workshop is a facilitated leadership discussion that develops executive knowledge of entity-specific business drivers and industry best practices for building diverse, equitable and inclusive workplaces including effective governance, equitable talent management, inclusive leadership and culture, inclusive policies and premises, regular measurement and reporting, and proven strategies for addressing gender pay gaps including intersectional risks and opportunities.

Content & Flow

• • Setting the scene; emerging themes in diversity and inclusion relevant to the employer and industry
  • The business drivers of workforce diversity relevant to the entity
  • Barriers to equitable representation and participation
  • Awareness of one’s own biases and blind spots
  • Inclusion as a leadership strategy for managing diversity barriers
  • The four-factor model of inclusion
  • Understanding of the lived experience of inclusion through an intersectional lens that encompasses all employees
  • Entity-wide best practices for fostering diverse and inclusive work settings
  • Evidence-based strategies for driving gender diversity and inclusion and addressing the gender pay gap
  • The role of leaders in culture change
  • Moving forward

Approach 

Consistent with research on adult learning, we believe that the best learning outcomes result when participants engage holistically with program content. All Culture Plus Consulting learning and development programs incorporate experiential learning techniques, including opportunities to reflect on and apply learnings to the real-life challenges facing participants.