Cultivating an Inclusive Workplace

Learn

Choose at least one resource below. Commit to the learning experience. Then… discuss.

Enroll in instructor-based training

• Cultivating an Inclusive Workplace
• Respectful Workplace

View a recorded webinar

• Leading with Inclusion, by Caroline Simard of Stanford Women’s Leadership Lab
• Your Brain is Good at Inclusion Except When it’s Not, by Steve Robbins
• Or choose from a selection of other videos.

Take web-based training

Implicit Bias Training in Hiring Practices

Read a book

• Belonging, by Owen Eastwood
• Inclusion: Diversity, the New Workplace & the Will to Change, by Jennifer Brown
• Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work, by Ruchika Tulshyan and Ijeoma Oluo
• Leading Inclusion: Drive Change Your Employees Can See and Feel, by Gena Cox

Read an article

• 3 Small Ways to Be a More Inclusive Colleague, Harvard Business Review
• 5 Things Inclusive Leaders Do Everyday, Every Woman
• 6 Traits of Inclusive Leadership, Deloitte
• 6 Benefits of Creating More Inclusive Workplaces, Neuroleadership.com
  

Other things you can do

• Download an Inclusion Infographic (PDF) to post at your desk.
• Take a free Harvard Implicit Association test.

Discuss

Recommend the resource(s) to others and discuss your reflections, questions, and what you learned. Focus on questions like the following.

1. What resonated for you from the learning resource you chose?
2. Why does Inclusion matter?
3. What does an Inclusive Workplace look like?
4. What inclusive behaviors do you demonstrate to ensure an inclusive workplace?
5. Think of a time when you could have been more inclusive in your approach to work/building new relationships/managing a project/managing people, etc. What would you do differently?
6. Think of a time when you demonstrated Inclusive Leadership? How did it impact a work situation? The individual? Your team?
7. What are some things you can do to be more inclusive?
8. Discuss with a colleague how will you intentionally apply what you learn on the job.