EDI training - equity, diversity & inclusion in the workplace
Our EDI training programmes are designed to highlight what positive behaviour looks like and why it is so important. Getting it right engenders a culture where all employees feel valued, engaged and empowered by a sense of belonging. Without understanding the obstacles to this there is a real risk of getting it wrong, which can have disastrous consequences.
EDI training, or Equality, Diversity and Inclusion training is designed to educate your employees about creating inclusive environments that embrace diverse backgrounds, identities and perspectives. It equips participants with the tools to promote fair treatment, reduce bias and foster a culture of respect in the workplace.
byrne·dean’s EDI training sessions are proven to create change for the better. We help you build stronger teams, enhance collaboration and comply with equality legislation, which helps improve employee engagement and performance. Elements from any of our EDI training sessions can be taken to create a tailor-made solution for you.
We offer a foundation session and a longer, deep-dive, session for leaders. Our foundation session provides core awareness of the critical importance of EDI, what makes a workplace inclusive and what can get in the way of that. The session is interactive, thought-provoking and sometimes challenging, as it encourages leaders to investigate their own biases and understand their role in bringing about change. Our longer experiential workshop (often with actors) empowers leaders to competently implement that change with confidence, focussing on specific areas such as recruitment, decision-making or work allocation.
Suitable for all your people, and using interactive exercises and real world examples, this session investigates bias, automatic assumptions, stereotypes and individual world views and how they negatively impact workplace behaviour. Participants are encouraged to explore their own biases, understanding how even awareness of them can positively change group dynamics, team effectiveness and psychological safety.
This short but impactful session helps leaders to become more aware of how unconscious thought influences their decision-making. It demonstrates how decisions can affect a person’s sense of inclusion and wellbeing which directly impacts their engagement and career choices
This session uses practical examples and persuasive data to demonstrate how important it is to recruit for cognitive diversity and what recruiting managers must do to get this right. We help participants understand how affinity, confirmation and systemic biases can get in the way of hiring the best.
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