Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

The Basics: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Series
Diversity is invaluable to your company, from recruitment and retention to innovation and performance. But diversity alone doesn’t deliver the productive culture you’re looking for. Inclusion is a system that supports your diverse workforce in a way that makes everyone feel valued and respected. Equity serves to make the individual talents of employees accessible to ...

The Basics: What is Unconscious Bias?
When you’re working toward a more diverse workforce, you try to eliminate prejudice. But what about the prejudice that happens deep inside your subconscious? Unconscious biases skew your perception and color your judgments all day, every day. This course will discuss how to bring unconscious biases into the light to explore and correct them. Course ...

The Basics: What are Intent and Impact?
If you’ve ever said, “I was just joking,” “I didn’t mean it like that,” or “You took it the wrong way,” you can probably see the difference between intent and impact. Your intent was to get a laugh or maybe even give a compliment, but the impact you made was quite different. This course will ...

The Basics: What is Meritocracy?
You might have heard meritocracy discussed as a forward-thinking way to promote fairness and encourage performance in the workplace. If you’re serious about achieving a diverse and inclusive culture, you should understand that meritocracy has flaws that must be addressed as the concept is implemented. This course will help you identify and apply equity in ...

The Basics: What is Accessibility?
Accessibility is similar to equity in that it allows your company and your employees to benefit from a fully functional relationship. Breaking down barriers gives your team more resources and capabilities. When you promote an accessibility culture, your people can ask for what they need and give their best in return. This course will help ...

The Basics: What is Belonging?
We all know the feeling of being excluded. It hurts and makes us want to withdraw. That’s not a company culture that leads to growth and innovation. “Belonging” is a feeling of acceptance. Making belonging part of your culture brings out everyone’s best while improving performance, retention, creativity, and collaboration. This course will empower you ...