Manager DEI Training Program
Manager DEI Training
Program
Learning objectives
- Understand the key definitions of diversity, equity, inclusion and non-discrimination.
- Identify unconscious biases and stereotypes and analyse their impact in a professional context.
- Adopt best management practices to promote an inclusive and equitable working environment where everyone feels valued and respected and can reach their full potential.
- Acquire best practices on how to conduct recruitment processes in an inclusive and non-discriminatory way.
- Know how to distinguish between the different forms of sexist and sexual violence in the workplace and how to act as a manager: prevent, identify, respond to and report such violence.
Module 1 - Diversity & Inclusion in the workplace: what is at stake?
The main challenges of Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace: key figures, latest legislation, concepts and definitions.
Focus on different forms of discrimination to deepen the understanding of the concepts and mechanisms (sexism, racism, handiphobia, LGBTphobia, ageism).
How do stereotypes play out in our daily lives at work (jokes, benevolent discrimination, etc.), and what are the right reflexes to adopt?
Module 2 - Developing inclusive management practices
Unconscious biases and stereotypes: mechanisms, impacts in the professional environment and strategies to counter them.
Developing inclusive management practices: best practices and concrete tools for implementing inclusive management (team diversity, communication, rewards and recognition, career development, access to training, work flexibility and accessibility, team life, work-life balance, excellence criteria, speaking time in meetings, maternity/parenting leave, etc.).
Module 3 - Recruiting without discrimination: overcoming unconscious bias from sourcing to closing
Reminder of the legal framework and criteria for discrimination in hiring.
Understand the impact of unconscious bias in the recruitment process and adopt best practices to limit bias in selection and decision-making.
Module 4 - Preventing sexist and sexual violence: the role of the manager
Identify and understand the different forms of sexist and sexual violence: Know the legal definitions of sexist and sexual violences (sexist acts, sexual harassment and sexual assault) and how to distinguish between them.
Your role as a manager: how to prevent, recognize and act? How to react on the spot (role-play scenarios: reacting to sexist behavior or witnessing violence, reporting incidents that come to my attention, what to do if the victim doesn't want to report, etc.).
