LIVE ONLINE COURSE
Empower yourself and your organization to make diversity, equity, and inclusion a reality at last!
Join Carla Wright-Jukes, Director of People & Communities at a Fortune 500 Company, for the only course that combines DEI concepts with actions for each stage of the talent lifecycle.
For many managers, the path to equity and inclusion remains opaque. This course teaches you practical ways to create and measure DEI culture throughout the employee life cycle.
What if you had a roadmap for affecting real change in your organization? This course offers templates, cheatsheets, and more being used by organizations leading in the DEI space around the world.
Sometimes, it's easier to just not say anything, isn't it? This course exposes the techniques for corporate DEI advocacy that actually work.
Strengthen your corporate toolkit with data-backed approaches to making diversity, equity, and inclusion a reality in your organization.
Replace guesswork and well-intentioned mistakes with guidance from a proven leader in the DEI space. With open office hours and instructor feedback on all your work, you can lead with confidence.
Back up concepts with strategic DEI action plans and policies. Plus, develop a talent attraction & retention program for your own organization.
Get lifetime access to expert-crafted DEI templates and frameworks. When it's time to deliver on strategies in the real world, you'll have a clear path already laid out.
Share, collaborate, and grow a supportive network. Several classes include live workshops and breakout sessions.
Dive into the world of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) as Carla walks you through where it came from, who it sets out to protect, and how it’s currently captured in the Fortune 500.
Assignment #1: Look at the DEI resources available at your company (or one provided) and identify successes and areas of opportunity in the annual DEI report.
Identity is a multifaceted and layered topic. Take a deep dive into how we define who we are and what makes us unique and how to apply that within the workplace.
DEI starts with empathy. Learn about the real and current inequities in our communities, politics, and workplaces.
This class looks at how employers are addressing some of the inequities affecting their employees. What works well? Where is the best place to start?
Assignment #2: Create a representation heat map for target areas of DEI engagement.
How can you subjectively find the right issue to solve within your organization?
Assignment #3: Create DEI targets and workstreams based on the issues found in your annual report.
Learn how to measure success and hold your organization accountable.
Assignment #4: Develop a quarterly audit scorecard that will help hold company leadership accountable.
Bias comes in many forms and can impact every stage of the employee lifecycle. Carla will discuss major forms of bias impacting modern workplaces and effective unbiasing strategies.
Assignment #5: Create a mock taskforce to unbias the performance evaluation process.
Start building a strategy for positive DEI impact. The goal is to build a reliable tool that you can immediately use to tackle inequities within your organization.
Assignment #6: Research two community non-profits that could be suitable partners for your organization.
Now that you have a strategy, it’s time to talk about how to get it in motion.
Assignment #7: Create a list of leadership commitments based on your target opportunity areas. List the major ideas and strategies you think will resonate most with leadership.
Who is responsible for getting the word out within an organization? Learn how to communicate with the wider team and the key to impactful communication.
Assignment #8: For your final project, create a DEI strategy slide deck. Include a representation heat map, stakeholder list, talent attraction strategy, retention/progression strategy, ERG creation model, external engagement strategy, and audit mechanisms.
This class will help you determine who should be involved in organizational decision-making, with proven advocacy strategies to opt for.
Good DEI programs are shaped by employee experiences and feedback. In this final class, Carla will explain the importance of Affinity Groups/Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) for employee voice.