Diversity & Inclusion Champion Certification

What is Diversity & Inclusion (D&I)?

A mix of attributes, within a workforce that in significant ways affect how people think, feel, and behave at work, and their acceptance, work performance, satisfaction, or progress in the organization is defined as diversity. Diversity has also been described in the context of the varied perspectives and approaches to work, that members of different identity groups bring. While demographic diversity has been in focus over a period of time, diversity of thought has become a focus only in recent times and organizations are moving towards achieving diversity in various aspects.

Inclusion is defined as the extent to which individuals can participate and are enabled to contribute fully. The degree to which an employee perceives that he or she is an esteemed member of the work group by experiencing treatment that satisfies his or her needs for belongingness and uniqueness is one of the widely accepted definition of inclusion.

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While diversity focuses primarily on makeup of groups by means of demographics, thought, choices, etc. inclusion emphasizes encouraging participation and moving beyond merely appreciating diversity, toward leveraging and integrating diversity into everyday work life. Though both are distinct concepts they are also inter-related.

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Diversity & Inclusion can help you with:

Enhanced Communication
Practicing regular, effective, and open communication
Improved Cohesiveness
Empowering the employees and building trust within the team
Multi-Dimensional Approach
Being open to a multi-dimensional approach in policies, plans & operational procedures

Celebrating Differences
Recognizing & respecting others & their individuality
Recognizing Bias
Working towards eliminating the biases & perceptions
Emphasize on Collective Results
Working towards a common goal and not on the differences

Why Diversity & Inclusion?

Studies have revealed that companies with higher representation of diverse population and better inclusion policies have more financial returns, uplifts responsiveness to changing customer needs, ability to innovate and team collaboration.

About Diversity & Inclusion Champion Certification Program

The program is one of its kind designed and delivered by industry veterans. Using a blended approach, the certification aims at enabling HR and L & OD professionals, D&I champions and D&I enthusiasts to drive diversity and inclusion initiatives within the organization. The model used in the certification is explained using a fine balance of theory, neuroscience, industry insights, trends, group discussions and practice sessions.

The Diversity & Inclusion Champion Certification aims at creating champions at the workplace to drive conversation about D&I, create policies, train others within the organization. This would enable you to promote awareness about the D&I issues and enhance and embed inclusive practices within your organization by collaborating with others. In addition to this, the participants would also be given access to a D&I Champion tool kit and 1-year roll-out support.

Benefits of Diversity & Inclusion Certification:

Gain an in-depth knowledge of various aspects of D&I
Discover the role of various models & theories in implementing Diversity & Inclusion
Learn to apply the concepts and measurement techniques related to D&I to drive conversations around D&I
Explore ways of creating & developing allies within organization
Analyze the impact of D&I in the organization charter and accordingly create a plan to implement it

How are we different?

Experienced facilitators
Strengthscape has an experienced team consisting of senior facilitators, D&I SMEs and representatives of diverse groups working together providing practical insights.
Blended Delivery approach
Strengthscape looks at a blended approach to deliver a comprehensive learning intervention. The certification is a combination of classroom training, virtual training, theatre-based modules, eLearning access and live case studies to enhance the impact of learning.
Spaced-learning approach
The certification uses a spaced learning approach giving enough time to consolidate the concepts, promote deeper understanding and providing opportunities for practice.
Individual handholding
We provide continuous support post certification through individual handholding for higher learning effectiveness.

Diversity & Inclusion Champion Certification Session Outline

SNo	Session Name	Scope	Outcome
Module 1: Introductions
1.	Getting started	Brief introduction, expectation setting and describing the outcomes	Prepare for the days ahead by gathering expectations, assimilating key questions related to Diversity & Inclusion
2.	Introduction to Diversity & Inclusion	Exchange ideas and views about D&I	Define D&I Explain the importance of Diversity & Inclusion and its business imperative
3.	Schools of Thought	This sub-module provides a sense of the evolution within Diversity & Inclusion. Highlights on how the focus has shifted over the period	Understand the evolution of definition of diversity and inclusion Understand the continuums of Diversity & Inclusion
4.	Role of a Champion	The focus is to indulge in auditing, understand the current state and where the organization is heading towards	Establish the roles of a champion and ways of carrying out those tasks
Module 2: WEQUiTY Charter
5.	Steps in creating a charter	There are varied steps in creating a Diversity & Inclusion charter. This session focuses on personalizing the charter based on the organization’s needs & focus.	Understand the various steps to focus while defining a WEQUiTY (D&I) charter. Work on creating a D&I charter for your organization
6.	Alignment & Buy-in	Once the charter is created the focus should be collating inputs from the business and getting their buy-in in order to validate the charter.	Outline the steps to facilitate conversations with business to validate the charter Listing the responsibilities and defining the roles played by different stakeholder
7.	Industry Connect Sessions	Interactive session to discuss about the various examples of including D&I advocacy initiatives in the organization and learning from case-studies and experts about the do’s and don’ts of arriving at the charter	Describe ways of including D&I practices into the system Understand industry best practices in terms of D&I charter
Module 3: Awareness
8.	Neuroscience & Unconscious Biases	The sub-areas focused here are neuroscience behind the implicit bias, the science behind inclusion and inclusion in business	Understand Unconscious Bias & how is it created Get a perspective of how recognizing our biases help in business
9.	Dimensions of Identity	The dimensions of diversity are sub-divided as primary & secondary dimensions. We will discuss how these affect the self-definition Industry expert driven sessions	List the dimensions of diversity and understand primary & secondary dimensions Outline how these impacts the self and the definition of self
10.	Trends	Various trends & expected trends in D&I are discussed in an interactive way. Focuses also on the role of AI in D&I	Discuss trends in terms of D&I Validate the application and impact of these trends
11.	Review & Employee Surveys	Ways to understand the current level of organization’s readiness & awareness in terms of D&I	Different surveys & tools availability to gauge the employee’s awareness Understand various aspects to be focused in the survey Level of engagement of diverse groups Emphasize on how to audit
Module 4: Acceptance
12.	Acknowledge	Mind Maps technique is used to aid in acknowledging the knowledge gained during the awareness stage	Helps in understanding the aspects like are you creating methods and systems in the company where others can speak about their needs
13	Appreciate	Business Cases are discussed to understand the value and appreciate the concept	Understand the Emotional Intelligence (EI) model and the impact on D&I
14	Accept	Creating specified work environments that enable people to be their own self and provides psychological safety assists in acceptance	Understand Psychological Safety concept and how it can be helpful in the acceptance aspect of D&I
Module 5: Adaptation
15	Assimilate & Accommodate	Based on psychological principles understanding how adaptation as a process works	Understanding the process of Adaptation Learn how assimilating and accommodating new information is a complex process
16	Create Allies	Process of creating allies and the need for allies in organization is addressed	Describe various roles played by allies Highlight the importance of allies in organization Discuss how do we identify and build a network of allies Dealing with antagonists
17	Imbibing an Inclusive Culture	Understanding that these changes takes time and practice the importance of setting diligent rituals is discussed	Setting rituals for self to adapt oneself to these changes
Module 6: Application
18	Achievement Survey	Emphasizes on aspects to focus on while creating a survey and how to utilize the results	Learn to create an achievement survey Understand how to assess the level achievement survey How to give feedback basis the survey results
19	Feedback Loop	Feedback loop helps building a powerful control system and ensures the organization move towards the desired outcome	Learn the art of balancing and reinforcing Manage the performance and potential

Diversity & Inclusion Champion Certification Course Details

A choice of mediums available to participants – classroom & virtual sessions. The course is enriched with visuals, assessments, case studies, theatre approach, expert speaker sessions.
Access to Strengthscape’s Learning Management System (LMS) which has a range of learning materials starting with the course manual, videos, eLearning content, podcasts, case studies and a whole lot of assessments which promotes self-paced learning and help participants become confident of what is being taught.
In-Person Open Program: Diversity & Inclusion Champion Certification: 2-day in-person open certification program along with 8 hours of virtual training. This includes Surveys & Assessments, toolkit for D&I, 1-year of extended support.
Enterprise Version: The Enterprise Version is best suited for organizations that would like to train their HR and L&D professionals and trainers in Diversity & Inclusion. Master facilitators from Strengthscape conduct a 2-day in-person certification along with 8 hours of virtual training on exclusively for internal teams of organizations.
Virtual Open Program: Offered as a public program with 24 hours of Live Virtual classes delivered over Zoom.
Participants will be given additional access to LMS and read the manual, watch videos and listen to podcasts as well as read any additional reading material that are provided.

Who should get certified

Human Resource professionals
Learning & Organization Development Experts
Professionals handling Diversity & Inclusion conversations in organization
D&I enthusiasts
Business Leaders
Business Consultants
Freelance Consultants

Material provided

Access to Learning Management System (LMS)
1-year complimentary access to the Digital Library
Assignments and worksheets on the LMS