How to Have Inclusive Conversations at Work

How to Have Inclusive Conversations at Work, available at $44.99, has an average rating of 4.41, with 37 lectures, based on 368 reviews, and has 1717 subscribers.

You will learn about Strategies to create a safe space for having meaningful inclusive conversations at work. Effective ways to increase engagement and belonging as a manager by building empathy, trust, and safety. How to have conversations that address workplace exclusion. Essential skills for identifying and managing conversations that become harmful, unsafe, or unproductive. How to grow your cultural competence for having productive conversations about sensitive identity topics. This course is ideal for individuals who are Team members interested in having constructive conversations that increase engagement and belonging at work or Managers wanting to have meaningful conversations about identity and inclusion with their direct reports or Leaders wanting to address acts of exclusion or specific changes to the team like reorganizations, layoffs, or rapid growth It is particularly useful for Team members interested in having constructive conversations that increase engagement and belonging at work or Managers wanting to have meaningful conversations about identity and inclusion with their direct reports or Leaders wanting to address acts of exclusion or specific changes to the team like reorganizations, layoffs, or rapid growth.

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Summary

Title: How to Have Inclusive Conversations at Work

Price: $44.99

Average Rating: 4.41

Number of Lectures: 37

Number of Published Lectures: 37

Number of Curriculum Items: 37

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 37

Original Price: $34.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Strategies to create a safe space for having meaningful inclusive conversations at work.
Effective ways to increase engagement and belonging as a manager by building empathy, trust, and safety.
How to have conversations that address workplace exclusion.
Essential skills for identifying and managing conversations that become harmful, unsafe, or unproductive.
How to grow your cultural competence for having productive conversations about sensitive identity topics.

Who Should Attend

Team members interested in having constructive conversations that increase engagement and belonging at work
Managers wanting to have meaningful conversations about identity and inclusion with their direct reports
Leaders wanting to address acts of exclusion or specific changes to the team like reorganizations, layoffs, or rapid growth

Target Audiences

Team members interested in having constructive conversations that increase engagement and belonging at work
Managers wanting to have meaningful conversations about identity and inclusion with their direct reports
Leaders wanting to address acts of exclusion or specific changes to the team like reorganizations, layoffs, or rapid growth

Have you ever wondered how to approach inclusion or exclusion in your workplace?
Are you nervous about addressing topics such as marginalization as a manager?
Have you seen opportunities to be a better ally but didn’t know what to say?

Embark on a transformative journey of personal growth and empowerment, where you’ll learn to navigate crucial workplace conversations. If you have hesitated to discuss topics related to identity or experiences with marginalization, or you are aiming to enhance your allyship skills, this course provides the guidance you need.

Research shows the profound impact of empathy, trust, psychological safety, and belonging in the workplace – these are essential foundations for driving innovation, engagement, and productivity. The catalyst for achieving these positive business and team outcomes lies in cultivating regular, inclusive conversations.

Through this course, you will:

Learn strategies to create a safe space for having inclusive conversations.
Grow your cultural competence for having productive conversations about sensitive identity topics.
Learn practical tips for addressing experiences with workplace exclusion.
Strengthen your management expertise by building empathy, trust, and safety in times of change or uncertainty.
Develop essential skills for responding to harmful, unsafe, or unproductive conversations.
Explore the areas holding you back and create an action plan for your first conversation.

Let’s be honest. This is a topic that makes many people nervous. But rather than avoid hard conversations, this is an opportunity to walk through the unknown and learn how to be a better manager, a better employee, and a better person. You will come away with new insights about empathy and allyship in the workplace in a way that builds your own confidence and drives belonging and innovation on your team.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Course Overview

Lecture 2: Activity-Igniting Your Journey

Chapter 2: What Are Inclusive Conversations and Why Are They Important?

Lecture 1: Why Inclusive Conversations Matter in the Workplace

Lecture 2: The Power of Inclusive Conversations

Lecture 3: Common Barriers to Inclusive Conversations

Lecture 4: Activity-Moving Through Your Fears

Chapter 3: Building Intercultural and Inter-Identity Competence

Lecture 1: Key Language for Having Inclusive Conversations

Lecture 2: Recognizing How Identity and Power Can Impact a Conversation

Lecture 3: Developing Intercultural and Inter-Identity Competence

Lecture 4: Activity-Group Exercise: Exploring Identities

Lecture 5: Activity-Personal Identity Reflection

Chapter 4: Creating Safe Spaces for Inclusive Conversations

Lecture 1: Laying the Groundwork for Psychologically Safe Conversations

Lecture 2: Create a Call In Culture

Lecture 3: Activity-Developing Your Agenda and Mutual Agreement

Lecture 4: How Managers and People Leaders Can Facilitate Greater Psychological Safety

Lecture 5: Manager Activity-Psychological Safety Assessment

Chapter 5: Leading With Empathy and Allyship

Lecture 1: Showing Empathy

Lecture 2: Activating Allyship

Lecture 3: Self-Regulating to Reduce Your Biases and Microaggressions

Lecture 4: Activity-Transforming Biases through Self-Regulation

Chapter 6: Strategies to Promote Inclusive Dialogue

Lecture 1: Inclusive Conversation Checklist

Lecture 2: Guidance for Building Team Empathy

Lecture 3: Guidance for Conversations that Address Specific Team Experiences

Lecture 4: How to Have Inclusive 1:1 Conversations Between Managers and Direct Reports

Lecture 5: How to Have Inclusive 1:1 Conversations with Your Colleagues

Lecture 6: Activity-Final Preparations for Your Conversation

Chapter 7: Having Inclusive Conversations in Remote and Hybrid Work Settings

Lecture 1: Inclusive Conversations on Video

Lecture 2: Inclusive Conversations on Intranet, Slack, and Other Group Chat Channels

Lecture 3: Reducing Proximity Bias in Remote, Hybrid, and Dispersed Workplaces

Lecture 4: Activity-Practicing Remote Conversations

Chapter 8: Troubleshooting and Course Correcting

Lecture 1: Course Correcting: What to Do When a Conversation Isn’t Productive

Lecture 2: What to Do When Harm Has Been Done

Lecture 3: It's Okay to Make Mistakes—How to Apologize If You Do

Lecture 4: Activity-Course Correcting: How to Create Your Own Scripts

Chapter 9: Conclusion & Next Steps

Lecture 1: Make Inclusive Conversations a Habit: Incorporate Them into Your Everyday Work

Lecture 2: Activity-Defining Your Action Plan

Lecture 3: Next Steps

Instructors

Melinda Briana Epler
Author, Speaker, Changemaker

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 2 votes
2 stars: 4 votes
3 stars: 45 votes
4 stars: 128 votes
5 stars: 189 votes

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