In this new course, you'll gain evidence-based knowledge and practical tools to help you design and lead diverse, equitable, and inclusive (DEI) teams and organizations. Whatever your background, and wherever in the world you may be, you’ll gain tools to accelerate your personal journey to lead diverse teams and organizations. This program is specifically designed to accommodate learners from different backgrounds (gender, race, country of origin, etc) as well as different starting knowledge points (new to the topic or social justice warriors). In the course, you’ll learn to better understand yourself and your personal identity in the workplace and gain new skills to identify privilege, implicit bias, and microaggressions in your organization and to take action as an active ally and change advocate. After hearing from experts representing a diverse array of real-world perspectives, you’ll understand best practices for equitable organizational processes and norms and inclusive behavioral practices in teams. Finally, you'll learn about best practices for organizational DEI strategy, including the role of metrics in DEI work and how DEI work can be integrated into the heart of an organization. At the end of the course, you’ll create a DEI action plan which you can apply to your own life and workplace. Throughout the course, you'll: - Describe the organizational benefits of diversity, equity, and inclusion - Identify the conditions under which diversity is most likely to benefit teams and organizations. - Deepen your understanding of different demographic differences and how identity, implicit bias, and structural inequalities impact workplace dynamics. - Identify best practices for equitable organizational processes and norms. - Incorporate important considerations for how to lead inclusive teams, including conflict management skills, group decision making best practices, and emotion regulation. - Gain tools for the implementation of DEI strategies in organizations, including the architecture of DEI groups, the role of data and metrics, and tools to integrate DEI into the very heart of an organization.
MR
Well constructed course, clear structure, great study materials and super interesting and important topic. Thank you!
EM
Very gradual and soft developpement of the lecture, a lot of personal practical tasks, loved it!
AR
This was an excellent course that kept me interested all the way and I really felt a change in how I viewed and thought about some issues.
RK
The DEI helps to improve individual behavior, ensure equity, how to promote inclusive environment, make a difference, sense of belongingness, fairness in structure and systems.
MG
Excellent Course, with the real time scenarios and case studies Thank you for the insights in this course
JK
It's really eye opening and the exercise forces a deep personal reflection and action planning. Content is heavy, so take your time to go through, and don't rush!
MJ
I believe that this course provided excellent material to be able to lead and make the most of the diverse human resources within our organization.
SS
The research and various materials were outstanding! Really gave me some different perspectives to use.
MM
This is a great course and I would recommend to anyone interested in learning how to apply DEI principles to an organizational culture.
SG
This course was very informative and has opened the pathway to continue with more DEI courses.
DS
I feel the reflection, writing and activities use SMART is genius in us putting thoughts down for betrer comprehending such complex issues and challenges.
DE
Awesome course with intriguing articles and videos to further understand and evaluate your surroundings as you build your DEI background.
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The course materials were relevant, timely and interesting. The pace of videos, readings and personal reflection was engaging and well designed. I enjoyed reading and learning about diversity, equity and inclusion in a professional setting.
This course covers a very important topic that top companies are conducting extensive research on: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). These concepts are integral to the Social aspect of ESG. I appreciate how this course's bibliography is heavily grounded in research, experiments, theories, and examples. It provides students with important articles, speeches, videos, and other materials to reinforce learning and prepare for exercises and activities. This demonstrates the importance of the course content. Regarding exercises, the course utilizes a third-party tool called Gamut to create a workbook of mandatory activities known as "Actions." These Actions are part of a collection named "your Action Plan Workbook." I found this structure to be well-organized and beneficial. The Actions are diverse and enhance overall performance, encouraging the creation of long-term and short-term goals based on the SMART framework for the work environment. However, this course is not without its flaws. In my opinion, there are several shortcomings that actually demotivated me and almost led me to quit. Although the course emphasizes the importance of cultural diversity, some lessons were delivered too quickly or rushed, as seen in the "Introduction to Measuring and Publishing DEI Metrics" and "The Diversity Bonus." This can be particularly impractical for non-English speakers. While materials are shared to serve as a foundation for completing the next Action Plan exercise, some materials are not directly related to these exercises. For instance, in the "Metrics of DEI work" section in Week 3 or the "Implication of Bias" section in Week 2. I recommend better filtering of these materials. There is also some redundant or repetitive information, especially concerning Bias, mostly in Week 2. Many materials repeat information throughout this section of the course. It would be beneficial to specify which parts to focus on in these materials. Additionally, some of the actions in the Action Plan Workbook assume that the student is CURRENTLY working as a leader while taking the course. However, not everyone might be taking the course solely for leadership purposes. Some participants may be employees or individuals INTERESTED in becoming leaders or simply learning about DEI or the impacts of diversity at work. Consequently, I found it challenging to complete the final Action Plan lessons for each week, as I did not have a clear view of what goals to achieve, given that I was not in a leadership position or employed at a company. The major demotivating factor for me was the length and monotony of some materials, particularly the articles. While they occasionally contained relevant content, reading through them felt repetitive and tedious. This information could have been more effectively summarized in a video lesson or similar format. Moreover, the course seems to prioritize reading or watching materials over providing proper video lessons, giving the impression that the course organizers did not put much effort into preparing engaging lessons and instead opted to provide a plethora of reading materials.
This course has excellent content, intelligent instructional design (good mix of media, challenging, but not overwhelming, weekly assignments), and provides real-world tools to further the learner’s DEI journey. The instructor is easy to understand and knows her information inside and out. I got a lot out of taking this course which will be put into practice ASAP.
This incredible course will help you to have a better perspective of life and to learn to have healthy relationships with the people you interact to in your daily life. It's very dynamic and interesting, they have excellent resources for you to learn better and to keep you motivated till the end.
This course's game - changer. Now (after this course) I truly believe that a great future in companies with DEI leaders and this course is a ticket to this bright future.
This was an EXCELLENT course!
The DEI helps to improve individual behavior, ensure equity, how to promote inclusive environment, make a difference, sense of belongingness, fairness in structure and systems.
It's really eye opening and the exercise forces a deep personal reflection and action planning. Content is heavy, so take your time to go through, and don't rush!
i can solved our problem about diversity, in Indonesian with many ras, religion, and background location, make me realize and knowledge for realize it
This is a great course and I would recommend to anyone interested in learning how to apply DEI principles to an organizational culture.
This course was EXCEPTIONAL! The Instructor was very detailed and the modules were extremely easy to follow!
The research and various materials were outstanding! Really gave me some different perspectives to use.
Excellent course - informative and engaging! I highly recommend it.
Was of great benefit and quite expository
very informative, nice!
Muy buen curso, en mi caso superó mis expectativas y me ayudó mucho en la comprensión de temas de diversidad que desconocía. Lo que mas destaco es que es una herramienta muy completa para realizar un plan DEI
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There are better coursera courses on this subject.
*قيادة الفرق والمنظمات المتنوعة تتطلب مهارات خاصة وفهمًا عميقًا للتنوع والشمول.* *بعض النقاط المهمة لقيادة الفرق المتنوعة:* 1. *التواصل الفعال:* يجب أن يكون القائد قادرًا على التواصل بشكل فعال مع أفراد الفريق من خلفيات متنوعة. 2. *الاحترام والانفتاح:* يجب أن يُظهر القائد احترامًا للتنوع ويكون منفتحًا على الأفكار والآراء المختلفة. 3. *التعاطف:* يجب أن يكون القائد قادرًا على فهم احتياجات وتحديات أفراد الفريق المختلفين. 4. *القيادة التحويلية:* يمكن للقادة التحويلين أن يلعبوا دورًا هامًا في تعزيز التنوع والشمول داخل المنظمة. *باختصار، قيادة الفرق والمنظمات المتنوعة تتطلب مهارات قيادية فريدة وفهمًا عميقًا للتنوع والشمول.*
This was a very comprehensive course with everything needed to gain a robust understanding of Leading Diverse Teams and Organizations. I compared this to several other similar courses both on Coursera and through other MOOC's and this stands out among the rest. The Instructor did an excellent job of bringing all the concepts together with relevance .