LCIW-510: Creating the Inclusive Workplace Report a Broken Link
The increasing diversification of communities, and, by default, the workforce, means that diversity is no longer optional; it must be assumed. Traditional approaches to diversity assume that individuals will be automatically integrated into the workplace. However, the presence of diversity does not mean that individual differences are appreciated. It is the process of inclusion that promotes the acceptance, valuing, and effective leveraging of individual unique experiences and perspectives. In short, diversity is about counting people, whereas inclusion is about making people count. The goal of this course is to provide students with the necessary tools to create more inclusive workplaces, either as a formal leader or as a team member. In this course, students will learn about the distinctions between diversity and inclusion, the individual and organizational outcomes of inclusion, the barriers to inclusion, inclusive leadership, and various strategies that lead to more inclusive workplaces.