Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Organizational Leadership in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Google and Rice University

Defining Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion in Organizations

• Course 1 • 6 hours • 4.8 (173 ratings)

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What you’ll learn

Defining Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Organizations is the first course in a four-course series. This course introduces the basic definitions of diversity, equity, and inclusion and the reasons why these efforts often run into difficulties. We will also explore the components required to make a case for diversity and the concept of DE&I maturity, where an organization’s activities can be assessed along the DE&I continuum.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Provide a shared understanding of the terms diversity, equality, and inclusion and how this can be effectively implemented in the organization.
• Understand how changes in our demographics will impact your organization, uncover different arguments used to make the case for diversity, and connect them to your organization’s success.
• Identify the different levels of diversity in the DE&I continuum and where your organization is located.
• Identify common difficulties in implementing DE&I initiatives and how to avoid the various ways that undermine diversity efforts.

Key principles in organizational DE&I

• Course 2 • 5 hours • 4.8 (61 ratings)

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What you’ll learn

Core Principles of Organizational DE&I is the second in a four-course series and explains the basic principles of DE&I and how they often influence decision-making in organizations. Although these principles are common, this course presents them through the unique perspective of an equal opportunity professional with experience resolving discrimination complaints and implementing DE&I programs to influence organizational culture and policies.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Demonstrate the ability to connect the fundamental principles of DE&I (equal opportunity, bias, power, privilege, and other key principles) and use awareness exercises to change behaviors in your organization.
• Recognize the difference between prejudice (such as racism or sexism), xenophobia (such as racism against foreigners), bias, and other discriminatory forms of thinking from discriminatory behavior.
• Describe ways you and your employees can use cultural competency to address and limit the impact of bias, prejudice, and stereotypes on organizational decision-making.
• Describe the essential elements of systemic discrimination and how different forms of power and privilege must be managed to create inclusive organizations.

Best practices in planning DE&I interventions

• Course 3 • 5 hours • 4.8 (55 ratings)

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What you’ll learn

Best Practices in Planning DE&I Interventions offers a step-by-step, “how-to” approach to planning and implementing diversity initiatives. From recruitment, retention, and training, this module discusses issues such as what to do when your organization is not ready for DE&I, and how to translate the principles of DE&I into practical implementation and desired outcomes.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Understand the challenges of DE&I strategic planning and how to create a process that will help you achieve your DE&I goals.
• Explore strategies for recruiting talent that is on a diversity horizon by implementing a DE&I recruitment process that is targeted and compliant.
• Examine your employee retention plans to learn about new efforts that will help retain employees.
• Identify common difficulties in the DE&I training process and what can be done to support a successful training initiative.

Assessing the cultural climate

• Course 4 • 6 hours • 4.7 (47 ratings)

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What you’ll learn

Evaluation is an integral part of any strategic effort. This course provides an introduction to evaluation methodologies and equips participants with a variety of traditional and non-traditional measurement methods to help improve DE&I efforts. You will expand your knowledge in creating unbiased and general evaluation tools with an emphasis on assessing organizational climate and culture.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Examine the benefits of comparing DE&I efforts internally and against other institutions.
• Identify variables related to the evaluation of DE&I and how peer review can be used in this approach.
• Discover the components of a successful DE&I statement and how to evaluate its effectiveness.
• Describe how ethnography and strategic visioning can be used to address systemic discrimination, social justice, and other DE&I concerns in your organization.