Inclusive Leadership Training

Inclusive leadership training develops leadership capabilities for building a climate where employees with diverse backgrounds and experience are able and willing to bring their whole selves to work and contribute fully to work practices and decision-making.

Overview

Inclusive leadership training assists leaders in understanding their implicit assumptions and preferences. It also seeks to improve their motivation and ability to empower diverse talent and integrate differences into work practices and decision-making.

 

Objectives

Inclusive leadership training has three main objectives:

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Engage leaders in cultural change

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Strengthen leadership capability for fostering inclusive workplaces where diverse talent is able and willing to contribute fully to work practices and decision-making

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Embed learnings through action learning and accountability

Content & Flow

    • Identifying organisation-specific business drivers for diversity and inclusion
    • Understanding barriers to representation and participation including bias in mindsets and practices and societal inequities
    • The four-factor model of inclusion—respect, belonging, empowerment, fair progression
    • The role of leaders in driving cultural change
    • Leadership strategies for building a diverse team, fostering interpersonal safety, and integrating difference
    • The defining traits of inclusive leaders
    • Developing an action and accountability plan

Learning Outcomes 

    • Respect for and willingness to embrace individual differences and diverse perspectives
    • Appreciation of the value of the contributions of all employees
    • Linking diversity and inclusion efforts to business strategy
    • Knowledge of the characteristic traits of inclusive leaders
    • An understanding of the nature, origin, and consequences of cognitive blindspots and bias
    • Awareness of one’s own ingrained preferences and assumptions
    • Strategies for fostering interpersonal safety including upstander skills
    • Techniques for eliciting and integrating diversity of thought and fostering a collaborative culture
    • Willingness and ability to flex leadership styles
    • Techniques to manage bias in oneself and others
    • Understanding of solutions for empowering diverse talent
    • Action and accountability plan linked to business strategy and personal strengths and developmental areas

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.

Participants

People leaders.

Optimal learning outcomes are achieved in groups of 8-15 participants; however, larger groups can be accommodated.

Delivery

Developing an inclusive mindset requires commitment. The recommended length of the workshop is a half-day (3 hours); however, shorter sessions are available on request. 

The workshop can be delivered virtually or face-to-face. 

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Unconscious Bias & Mindful Inclusion

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