Leading a Diverse Organization
Understanding diversity and how it impacts products, services and staffing is crucial for success. In a world with rapidly changing demographics and an increasingly diverse workforce, leaders in all types of organizations need to know not only how to approach difficult diversity issues, but also how to leverage diversity for maximum advantage.
How it Works
- Your policy included
- Real-life situations
- Easy-to-use tracking and reporting through SLATE LMS
- Interactive questions offer immediate feedback, enhancing learning and retention
- Available in SCORM, AICC and other LMS formats
- Serious games
- The Old and New models of Diversity
– protected categories and emerging categories
– the intersection of diversity and harassment law
- Teaches participants how to make the workplace one of greater respect and inclusion, thus leading to higher employee retention and productivity.
- Offers engaging scenarios giving learners the chance to practice handling tough workplace situations
- Explores the concepts of stereotyping and implicit bias, encouraging learners to broaden their outlook
- Explains the importance of diversity in the workplace and the business benefits of diversity
- Defines course terms and key concepts in easy to understand language
- Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
– The cornerstones of anti-harassment and non-retaliation laws in employment and education
- Quid Pro Quo
- Hostile Environment Harassment
- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended
- Employer’s Strict Liability in Sexual Harassment
– If there is a tangible loss as a result of a supervisor’s action, employer is strictly liable
- Intent vs. Impact
– The intent of the behavior is not relevant, only the impact on the individual
- The Reasonable Person Standard
– Used by courts to judge if offensive behavior is illegal harassment
- Same Sex Harassment
- Expanded section on retaliation
– Including discussion of Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railroad Co vs. White
