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Diversity, Inclusion & Unconscious Bias | MBAinAction
Master real tools to build inclusive teams, fight bias, and drive performance in hiring, culture, and leadership
Created byPawel M. Pawlak
Last updated 6/2026
English
What you'll learn
- Build a business case for diversity that wins over leadership and budget holders
- Embed inclusion across hiring, onboarding, retention, and offboarding
- Recognize and counter unconscious bias in your own decisions and your team's
- Create an inclusive culture that improves engagement and reduces turnover
- Measure diversity and inclusion with practical metrics and tools
- Apply the seven principles of inclusive leadership in daily management
- Integrate diversity and inclusion into formal company strategy
- Give and receive feedback that strengthens trust across diverse teams
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Course content
9 sections • 36 lectures • 2h 18m total length
Requirements
- No prior knowledge of diversity or inclusion needed. The course starts from the fundamentals
- An open mind and willingness to reflect on your own assumptions
- Useful for anyone working in or leading a team, regardless of seniority
Description
Companies with high ethnic diversity are 35% more likely to outperform their competitors. Every 1% increase in women's representation on boards translates into a 0.2% increase in net profits (Peterson Institute for International Economics).
The business case is clear: diverse, inclusive teams drive engagement, and engaged employees create satisfied customers.
Yet the challenges remain real. According to the Human Rights Campaign, 46% of LGBTQ+ employees hide their identity at work for fear of discrimination. Pay gaps between women and men persist across many countries. Negative examples like these are still everywhere.
This course gives you the knowledge and practical tools to build a more diverse, inclusive, and high-performing organization, whether you're a manager, an HR professional, or a leader shaping company strategy.
What topics will we cover?
The course starts with the foundations of diversity, inclusion, and unconscious bias, then moves into more advanced territory.
You'll explore inclusion across the full employee lifecycle: hiring, retention, onboarding, and offboarding, as well as how to build an inclusive organizational culture. You'll learn to measure diversity and inclusion, and you'll see real examples of programs and tools companies use to strengthen both.
From there, the course covers integrating diversity and inclusion into formal company strategy, fostering empathy, and applying inclusion in everyday life. You'll learn the seven principles of an inclusive leader and the key rules for giving and receiving feedback.
Finally, we tackle unconscious bias in depth: what it is, where it comes from, and how it shapes our decisions. You'll learn the main types of bias, see real-life examples, and develop practical techniques to recognize and counter them.
It covers a lot of ground, but the material is presented in simple language and illustrated with examples and research throughout. You won't get bored :)
What's included:
8 structured modules covering diversity, inclusion, and unconscious bias from foundations to strategy
A knowledge-check QUIZ after every module
A practical assignment at the end of each section, applying what you learned to real situations
Plenty of real-world examples and research-backed insights, explained in simple language
A bonus Leadership Survival Kit (free book and toolkit)
Who created this course?
Dr. Pawel Pawlak, PhD in Economics (Management), with 20+ years of C-suite experience leading teams of up to 1,000+ people in multinational organizations. He has worked extensively in multicultural environments and with teams including people with disabilities. 9,600+ professionals trained across 146 countries.
Ready to start?
Enroll now and start building a more inclusive, higher-performing organization. You'll have lifetime access, all future updates, and you can reach me anytime through the Q&A section (I usually respond within 24-48 hours). The course is backed by Udemy's 30-day money-back guarantee, so there's no risk.
See you inside.
Who this course is for:
- HR and L&D professionals designing diversity, inclusion, and anti-bias programs
- Managers and team leaders building inclusive, high-performing teams
- Business owners and executives integrating diversity into company strategy
- Diversity and inclusion specialists looking for practical frameworks and tools
- Anyone responsible for hiring, onboarding, or retention
- Professionals who want to recognize and reduce their own unconscious biases