Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Essentials Workshop

In this engaging and application focused learning experience participants

• Increase their understanding and awareness of essential and current diversity terminology and concepts.
• Discover the personal benefits of embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion and how it benefits organizational culture, employee engagement, and the bottom line.
• Learn to identify conscious and unconscious biases and how bias impacts personal and professional interactions.
• Learn the common ways people can offend each other and the skills that, when applied consistently will help people feel respected and their contributions valued.
• Explore strategies often used for managing interpersonal differences.
• Learn the four types of discrimination in personal, social, and work environments.
• Expand their personal point of view and increase their self-awareness.
• Identify how to support the diversity and equity goals of the organization and contribute to an inclusive work environment.

As participants expand their self-awareness and apply the principles learned in this course, they will help the organization be a place where everyone can feel welcome, be included, and do their best work.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Essentials is appropriate for professionals and leaders at all levels and in all career stages because it empowers people with the awareness and practical skills needed to build an inclusive workplace, manage diverse teams, and effectively serve diverse customers and clients. It is applicable for people in businesses, schools, and other types of organizations. The program is ideal for organizations looking to build a foundation for DEI practices in the organization as well as for new employee or compliance training.

What makes CMOE’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Essentials program highly effective is that it is built around

• The most current thinking and terminology related to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Real examples and case studies
• Opportunities for personal reflection
• Practical skills
• Tools and guides
• Simulations and exercises
• Ongoing resources for transfer and sustainability

CMOE also offers customization services to ensure that the learning experience is tailored to the specific needs of the audience and the diversity, equity, and inclusion priorities in the organization.