Six Hour Certificate

In this highly interactive and experiential workshop, participants will:

• Examine their own diversity attributes and how they relate to privilege
• Understand how privilege can impact organizational dynamics including personal and organizational unconscious bias
• Dig into systemic issues brought on by a misunderstanding and misappropriation of privilege
• Explore how to have positive impactful discussion about privilege in their organizations
• Learn how privilege can be leveraged for good through programs like mentoring and allyship

Who Should Attend?

• DEI leaders and practitioners who need to lead privilege discussions in their organizations
• Organizational leaders and executives who want to better understand how privilege impacts their leadership and their organizations
• Any professional who wants to gain a better understanding of privilege and how to address it in their work places

Training Outline

• Introduction to the concepts of and inter-relationship between diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging and privilege
• Understanding intersectionality and exploring our own privileges and disadvantaged through interactive exercises
• How privilege impacts our leadership lens and styles
  • Relationship to emotional intelligence and cultural competence
• Relationship between privilege and unconscious bias
  • Personal unconscious bias
  • Impacts on organizational processes (recruiting, talent development, team work, interactions with clients/customers)
• The long term systemic derivatives of privilege
  • Systemic and institutional racism
  • Sexism and gender equality
  • Ethnocentrism
  • Understanding gender identity and sexual orientation
• Leveraging privilege for good
  • The power of allyship
  • Being a mentor
• Building your own personal action plan - what will yo do from here