Recertification Hours: 15
Approved for Strategic Business Management Credit
Program Fee**
SHRM Member: $1,195
Nonmember: $1,460
Program Overview
Based on cutting-edge research and benchmarking, and featuring “real-life” best practices from a wide array of forward-thinking organizations, this interactive course will help diversity professionals and other business leaders develop successful diversity practices and strategies for enhancing their organization’s talent profile and meeting the demands of a changing marketplace. Gain a thorough understanding of how workforce diversity and inclusion initiatives can help drive business results.
Seminar Summary (Download)
Learning Objectives include:
- Develop and communicate the business case for diversity by understanding the diversity value proposition and how firms may gain competitive advantage through effective diversity practices and strategies.
- Formulate approaches for leveraging diversity to enhance business processes by considering how diversity management links to value creation.
- Demonstrate the bottom-line impact of diversity by learning measurement approaches that exhibit diversity return on investment.
- Build and strengthen relationships with minority stakeholders and other organizations by generating competitive sourcing opportunities and business development in diverse markets.
Topics covered by the course include:
- The Business Case for Diversity
- Leveraging Employee Diversity
- Diversity Leadership Behaviors
- Diversity Strategy
- Measurement & Accountability
- Leveraging Stakeholder Diversity
Intended Audience
Designed for the mid- to senior-level Diversity & Inclusion/HR professionals, including:
- Diversity executives with responsibility for their organization's diversity function
- Diversity specialists and EEO Officers
- Human resource, organizational development and change management professionals
Eligible participants will come to class with the following
- Three or more years of experience in the Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) field, or
- Three or more years of experience in HR, managing a D&I function (e.g., Recruiting, Training & Development, Strategy, etc.).
Daily Schedule
TWO-DAY PROGRAM
Each Day: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Questions?
If you have questions about attending this program as an individual, e-mail shrmeducation@shrm.org.
Bring this Program to Your Organization
For information on-site or virtual training led by a SHRM-approved instructor, e-mail OrgTraining@shrm.org.
**These are Seminar prices only and do not apply to the courses offered at SHRM conferences.