
Examine the business, ethical, and economic case for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and build practical skills in metrics, inclusive leadership, recruitment, onboarding, development, and retention across the employee life cycle.
Embrace dei to drive innovation, deepen customer understanding, boost retention, and improve profitability through diverse perspectives and inclusion-driven, autonomous workplaces.
Measure diversity and inclusion to guide your dei program by collecting self-identified demographic data during recruitment, onboarding, and exit, and tracking inclusion through engagement surveys and leadership representation.
Practice inclusive leadership by self-evaluating biases, pursuing ongoing personal development, being transparent about your progress, and modeling language and actions to build a diverse, equitable workplace.
Diversify recruiting sources and engage diverse communities to attract more applicants; remove biased language from job descriptions and implement unbiased processes like diverse hiring panels and blind resume reviews.
Promote inclusive onboarding by delivering consistent experiences for all new hires, structured materials and trainings, day-one mentors and peer buddies, while clarifying career paths with diversity, equity, and inclusion training.
Explore how belonging and inclusion reduce turnover by integrating gender-diversity policies, engagement surveys, and ERGs, while celebrating diversity through employee stories and mentoring to boost retention.
Foster belonging and well-being by hosting diverse cultural events, inclusive holidays, and employee resource groups that connect employees, invite ally participation, and leverage diverse perspectives for better outcomes.
Publicly commit to diversity, equity, and inclusion and lead from the front, holding others accountable while sharing progress with employees and using course resources to engage your team.
Learn how you can weave DEI into the fabric of your organization throughout the employee lifecycle from Beth Ruffin, a certified consultant, author, podcast host, and business owner of a diversity, equity, and inclusion consulting firm.
In An Organizational Guide to Diversity and Inclusion, Beth will teach you how to strengthen diversity, equity, and inclusion in your organization. Starting with the business case for DEI, you’ll learn the rational, ethical, and economic benefits of focusing on diversity and inclusion. You’ll also learn strategies for collecting metrics on diversity within your organization and ways to gauge your employees’ sense of inclusion.
Additionally, Beth discusses how you can develop as a leader through understanding your own level of accountability & ownership in this area. And you’ll walk away with a roadmap for recruiting and retaining diverse employees.
Topics covered include:
Outlining the rational, ethical, and economic benefits diversity and inclusion
Defining diversity
Defining inclusion
Describing methods used to collect quantitative and qualitative data on employee inclusion
Listing inclusive recruiting strategies
Explaining how to provide consistent onboarding experiences for all employees
Describing practices that provide consistent opportunities for advancement for all employees
Listing ways to prevent employee turnover and increase retention
Identifying events and groups that celebrate diversity
Describing strategies to prevent employee turnover and increase retention
Determining steps for making a public commitment to be an inclusive organization
Identifying available resources for creating a more inclusive recruiting organization
Strengthen the social fabric of your organization by learning specific ways to build diversity and inclusion in your workforce!
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