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Loughborough
Full day
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Learn from two decades of specialist equality & inclusion expertise and the pitfalls to avoid, plus adventures in self-discovery. Participants enjoy the engaging and motivational style, building up the confidence to apply deepened insights and practical tools.
2 x 4 Hour Sessions £534.00 incl. VAT
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Number of sessions and their duration: x2 half-days (4 hrs each) with a takeaway reflective learning activity in-between (virtual or on-site)
Join Vanessa Boon, The Joyful Disruptor and author of the inclusive leadership chapter of the Amazon bestseller Professional Leadership. Learn from two decades of specialist equality & inclusion expertise and the pitfalls to avoid, plus adventures in self-discovery. Participants enjoy the engaging and motivational style, building up the confidence to apply deepened insights and practical tools. You will benefit from the collective learning from facilitating courageous conversations with thousands of people on this topic and a powerful experience that stays with you long after the training events.
3 key takeaways:
Tools and models to deepen and spread self-awareness
A brave deep-dive into those unconscious biases, barriers, privilege, and micro-aggressions - getting comfortable with the uncomfortable
Ways to dismantle systemic oppression, enhance inclusion and be a change-maker
Available as private Face to Face and virtual sessions (max 12 delegates) - £1,745 Plus VAT
Agenda:
Creating a safe space to open up
Inclusion - expansive beyond legal 'protected characteristics'
What does Inclusive Leadership 'look like'?
Nurturing inclusive leadership through self-awareness tools
Understanding oppressions, intersections and micro-aggressions
Bias hides in open minds - unconscious biases
Getting comfortable with the uncomfortable
Action learning - takeaway activity and reflections
Collective solutions - bring your tricky issues & challenges
Types of bias, internalised oppression (a video you'll never forget), and mitigation (positive action and ways to reduce bias)
Speaking up - constructive challenge, upholding standards
Receiving a challenge with non-defensive openness
What next? Developing your inclusive leadership further
Modules:
Part 1: Self-discovery
Inclusion - Expansive beyond legal 'protected characteristics'
What does Inclusive Leadership 'look like'?
Nurturing inclusive leadership:
Self-awareness - Betari's Box, Johari's Window
Understanding oppressions, intersections and micro-aggressions
Bias hides in open minds - unconscious biases
Getting comfortable with the uncomfortable
Brief: Takeaway activity to apply models to real-life situations with reflections to share
Part 2: Leading the change
Re-cap of key points from Part 1
Action learning: sharing your takeaway tasks
Collective solutions - bring your tricky issues & challenges
Nurturing inclusive leadership:
Bias hides in open minds - types of bias, internalised oppression (a video you'll never forget), and mitigation (positive action and ways to reduce bias)
Getting comfortable with the uncomfortable -
Speaking up - constructive challenge, upholding standards
Receiving a challenge with non-defensive openness
What next? Developing your inclusive leadership further
Pre work:
Optional, but useful to read the How Not To Be An Inclusive Leader chapter of Professional Leadership: https://amzn.eu/d/dcOGftz
Prerequisites:
Ready to:
build upon prior equality and diversity training
be brave and confront the uncomfortable realities of inequalities
have courageous conversations with compassion
get fired up to make a difference