Driving Inclusion and Belonging Course
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Welcome to Driving Inclusion and Belonging Shaker Academy Course!
Module 1: Introduction to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

Downloadable module slides
1.1 Introduction and Why Talk about Inclusion & Belonging
1.2 Diversity & Inclusion (vs. Exclusion)
1.3 Belonging & Psychological Safety
1.4 The Role of Empathy
1.5 Let's Talk About Bias
1.6 How Does Bias Impact Us?
1.7 Microagressions
1.8 Personality Diversity & Cross Cultural Communication
Module 2: Enabling Inclusion & Belonging through Inclusive Communities at Cisco

2.1 Introductions
2.2 A dedicated team focused on communities
2.3 Difference of Networks and Employee Resources Organizations (EROs)
2.4 How to start a network
2.5 How communities can benefit the business
2.6 How HR and Inclusive Communities Teams can encourage new communities to be created
Q&A #1 - How do you manage the request coming from the communities and managing expectations?
Q&A #2 - Dynamics between Regional, Global, Local and some examples
Q&A #3 - Do you send the same communication to all Regions or do you adjustment communication to smaller market as well?
Q&A #4 - In terms of community events, is it open for everyone?
Q&A #5 - What is your biggest learning about this work, in community and network engagement?
Module 3: Including Elderly and Retired Professionals

Downloadable Module Slides
3.1 Seniors@work - Introduction
3.2 Seniors@work - Facts & Figures
3.3 Why should we work with "Silver Workers"
3.4 Food for Thought
3.5 Seniors@work - Action
Bonus Module: Belonging

Belonging and Our Longing for it

Module 3: Including Elderly and Retired Professionals

This module is delivered in partnership with Seniors@Work.

6 Lessons