Series Overview

Are you ready to transform your organization’s culture to one that is inclusive, growth-oriented, and empowering for your employees? Join The Center’s seven-session training series to develop the foundational skills and knowledge needed. All sessions are facilitated synchronously via Zoom.

Program Objectives

Develop key frameworks for a healthy and inclusive workplace
- Learn strategies to create and reinforce organizational agreements, foster constructive feedback, and promote accountability.
Apply training tools directly to your organization’s needs
- Tackle real-time organizational challenges with hands-on practice and practical applications.
Engage with a professional learning community
- Join a network of HR individuals committed to continuous learning and collaboration.

Program Outline

This program includes seven sessions. Sessions will be held once a month (15 PDCs total). Completion of all five sessions grants the attendee a certificate. The topics, descriptions, and dates/times are as follows:

Session 1: Accountability Part I (3 PDCs) | April 18 (9am-12pmPDT)

Explore and define accountability
Reflect on your personal relationship to accountability
Learn the foundational, Five Tenets of Healthy Accountability
Identify common ways we avoid accountability
Develop strategies for taking responsibility

Session 2: Accountability Part II (3 PDCs) | May 23 (9am-12pmPDT)

Review definitions of accountability and Five Tenets
Learn how to hold others accountable
Unpack interpersonal accountability
Collaboratively practice relevant accountability strategies

Session 3: Feedback Tools (3 PDCs) | June 27 (9am-12pmPDT)

Discover how feedback shapes personal and organizational growth
Explore your relationship to feedback
Examine your organization’s relationship to feedback
Utilize a feedback framework for giving and receiving feedback
Apply the Noticing & Wondering framework with a relevant case study

Session 4: Culturally Responsive Supervision (3 PDCs) | July 25 (9am-12pmPDT)

Understand the impact of culturally responsive supervision in diverse workplaces.
Adapt supervision strategies to embrace cultural differences and promote inclusivity.
Strengthen communication skills for cross-cultural interactions.
Recognize and mitigate biases that affect supervision.
Build trust and rapport in diverse supervisory relationships.

Session 5: Establishing Common DEI Language (3 PDCs) | August 22 (9am-12pmPDT)

Association brainstorm and working definitions for foundational DEI language
Equity vs. Equality
Learn about the importance of establishing and using common language at your organization

The Center for Equity & Inclusion is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities.