How to Have Inclusive Conversations at Work
An Essential Guide for Increasing Engagement and Belonging
Description
Have you ever wondered how to approach inclusion or exclusion in your workplace?
Are you nervous about addressing topics such as marginalization as a manager?
Have you seen opportunities to be a better ally but didn't know what to say?
Embark on a transformative journey of personal growth and empowerment, where you'll learn to navigate crucial workplace conversations. If you have hesitated to discuss topics related to identity or experiences with marginalization, or you are aiming to enhance your allyship skills, this course provides the guidance you need.
Research shows the profound impact of empathy, trust, psychological safety, and belonging in the workplace – these are essential foundations for driving innovation, engagement, and productivity. The catalyst for achieving these positive business and team outcomes lies in cultivating regular, inclusive conversations.
Through this course, you will:
Learn strategies to create a safe space for having inclusive conversations.
Grow your cultural competence for having productive conversations about sensitive identity topics.
Learn practical tips for addressing experiences with workplace exclusion.
Strengthen your management expertise by building empathy, trust, and safety in times of change or uncertainty.
Develop essential skills for responding to harmful, unsafe, or unproductive conversations.
Explore the areas holding you back and create an action plan for your first conversation.
Let's be honest. This is a topic that makes many people nervous. But rather than avoid hard conversations, this is an opportunity to walk through the unknown and learn how to be a better manager, a better employee, and a better person. You will come away with new insights about empathy and allyship in the workplace in a way that builds your own confidence and drives belonging and innovation on your team.
What You Will Learn!
- Strategies to create a safe space for having meaningful inclusive conversations at work.
- Effective ways to increase engagement and belonging as a manager by building empathy, trust, and safety.
- How to have conversations that address workplace exclusion.
- Essential skills for identifying and managing conversations that become harmful, unsafe, or unproductive.
- How to grow your cultural competence for having productive conversations about sensitive identity topics.
Who Should Attend!
- Team members interested in having constructive conversations that increase engagement and belonging at work
- Managers wanting to have meaningful conversations about identity and inclusion with their direct reports
- Leaders wanting to address acts of exclusion or specific changes to the team like reorganizations, layoffs, or rapid growth