What you will learn
- How to identify and respond to unconscious and implicit biases in the workplace.
- How to understand the perspectives of minoritized employees within the workplace.
- How to implement equitable hiring and evaluation practices, and minimize disparities, within the workplace.
- How to chart a course towards meaningful change within the workplace, moving from unbiased to anti-biased–and antiracist.
- How to create a climate of equity and belonging for all members of the workplace.
Beyond Diversity provides individuals with the analytical skills and management tools needed to thrive in an inclusive workplace. This certificate program from the University of California, Berkeley, helps diversity professionals, whether in leadership positions or human resources, to accelerate their careers by showing them how to navigate complex group dynamics, communicate effectively in challenging situations, and make critical decisions consistent with equity goals across a range of identities such as race, gender, sexual orientation, among others. Developed by world-class Berkeley professors, the program overcomes the shortcomings of traditional diversity trainings through a deeper understanding of the structural, interpersonal, and individual sources of bias that can often affect the workplace. The courses adapt cutting-edge research to enable professionals to develop productive responses to policy, ethical, and cultural challenges that organizations must increasingly confront in a fast-changing business world. Through this online program, employees, managers, and executives will gain concrete strategies to create meaningful and sustainable change as they build diversity in the workplace.
Courses in this program
BerkeleyX's Beyond Diversity: Anti-Racism and Equity in the Workplace Professional Certificate
- 5–8 hours per week, for 8 weeks
This certificate program from the University of California-Berkeley helps professionals navigate complex group dynamics, communicate effectively in challenging situations, and understand how to make decisions consistent with equity goals across their organizations. The courses adapt the latest research to aid professionals as they develop productive responses to policy, ethical, and cultural challenges that organizations confront in an ever-changing, increasingly diverse business environment.
- 5–8 hours per week, for 8 weeks
This certificate program from the University of California-Berkeley helps professionals navigate complex group dynamics, communicate effectively in challenging situations, and understand how to make decisions consistent with equity goals across their organizations. The courses adapt the latest research to aid professionals as they develop productive responses to policy, ethical, and cultural challenges that organizations confront in an ever-changing, increasingly diverse business environment.
- 5–8 hours per week, for 8 weeks
This certificate program from the University of California-Berkeley helps professionals navigate complex group dynamics, communicate effectively in challenging situations, and understand how to make decisions consistent with equity goals across their organizations. The courses adapt the latest research to aid professionals as they develop productive responses to policy, ethical, and cultural challenges that organizations confront in an ever-changing, increasingly diverse business environment.
- Hiring diversity and inclusion professionals to develop and implement DEI initiatives is a major priority for companies, leading to a 30% increase in recruitment in 2019 alone (source: CNBC 2020).
- More diverse companies outperform less diverse companies on the S&P 500 index (source: Wall Street Journal 2019).
- Companies with more gender and ethnic diversity grow faster (source: McKinsey 2018)
- ncreasing the diversity of leadership teams leads to more innovation (source: Boston Consulting Group 2018).
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