Diversity in the Workplace Training: Building Bridges of Understanding

Course 3309

  • Duration: 2 days
  • Language: English
  • Level: Foundation

In this Diversity in the Workplace Training course, you will learn how to work productively in a diverse workspace to: 

  • Increase your self-awareness and your awareness of others  
  • Recognise and value human differences 
  • Develop strategies for fostering organisational diversity

Diversity in the Workplace Training Delivery Methods

  • In-Person

  • Online

Diversity in the Workplace Training Benefits

Develop awareness and knowledge of the many dimensions of diversity

Identify the major components of culture and its influence on the individual and on relationships

Examine the effect of group affiliations on individual identity

Explore the costs and effects of stereotyping

Recognise the stages toward an inclusive workplace

Improve communication among diverse employees

Test your knowledge in the included end-of-course exam

Continue learning and face new challenges with after-course one-on-one instructor coaching

Diversity in the Workplace Training Outline

In this module, you will learn about course goals, objectives, and community agreements.

Activity:

  • What’s in a Name?

In this module, you will learn about diversity, its dimensions, and its levels of uniqueness. 

Activity:

  • Similar Differences 
  • Who Am I? 

In this module, you will learn about culture, its layers, its value, and value programming.

Activity:

  • Brief Encounters
  • My Life’s Journey

In this module, you will learn how to:

  • Approach diversity in the workplace
  • Share the workplace with others
  • Leverage the benefits and characteristics of an inclusive workplace

Activity:

  • Portraits of Diversity
  • Identifying Barriers to Inclusion

In this module, you will learn about:

  • Group identities and why they are important 
  • What stereotyping is, what its pitfalls are, and why people stereotype

Activity:

  • Why Do People Stereotype?
  • Internalised Oppression; Internalied Pride
  • Untold History

In this module, you will learn about:

  • Conscious and unconscious bias
  • Key characteristics and types of unconscious bias
  • Systemic racism and sexism
  • Characteristics of dominant groups

Activity:

  • I Don’t Know What I Don’t Know
  • Race, Gender, and Power

In this module, you will learn about the definition, axioms, and keys of communication.

Activity:

  • Diversity Competence Skills

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Diversity in the Workplace Training FAQs

Yes, this course will teach you to embrace and work with a diverse workforce and make a positive difference in your organisation.

Yes, this course is eligible for 8 DevOps Institute Continuing Education Units. Learning Tree offers a variety of DOI CEU-eligible training to help you maintain your certification. View the list of DOI CEU-eligible training courses.