How to Get Certified as an Inclusive leader
Training 25 hours:
- First-year Introduction to Inclusive Leadership (congrats on completing it)
- Inclusive Leadership Workshops, Training, and Events (25 hours over 3-5 semesters)
- School of Business workshops and speaker events
- University DEI training, workshops
- Other relevant events and training
Reflection (portfolio development):
-Documentation of your efforts, experiments and experiences
-A personal inclusive leadership statement
Application:
-Real-world contributions to inclusion, through senior design projects, service-learning projects, relevant course projects, etc.
Post Training Event Reflection
You need to submit a brief post event reflection for any workshop or event you attend. This should be roughly two to four paragraphs describing your takeaways, such as something new you learned, a view or belief that was confirmed, significant reactions or feelings based upon your participation and or your thoughts about how the event led you to examine underlying assumptions, values or beliefs. It can also include one to two actions you’ll commit to doing based upon what you learned or experienced.
Reflection - Overall
• 1-2 pages
• A summary of your key learnings and insights throughout your certification work
• Examples of how you tried to put inclusive leadership principles into practice (not necessarily whether or not you were successful)
• What worked?
• What was challenging?
• What surprised you?
• What did not go well?
• Your Inclusive leadership statement
Your Inclusive Leadership Statement
1 - 4 sentences describing
• Your definition of inclusive leadership
• Key values or guiding principles for you
• Specific outcomes or goals toward which you will work. Examples include:
• How you want to impact others
• Things you will do to shape/impact inclusion within the organizations you are a part of
• How you will continue learning
• What you want to be known for/how you want to be regarded in 5-10 years because of your commitment to inclusive leadership
Application - Inclusive Leadership in Practice
A description of a project or initiative you undertook to apply inclusive leadership principles:
• A project or assignment that is part of a particular course
• Something you did as a member of a club, team or other student organization
• A student design project
• Related volunteer work on or off campus
• Internships/Work
• Concerted learning efforts beyond the 25 hours required for certification
• Facilitation work in support of the Inclusive Leadership Certificate Program
University DEI Programming That Counts
Anti-Racist Leadership: Part 1
Anti-Racist Leadership: Part 2
Cross-Cultural Communication & Conflict Resolution
Safe Zone
Gender Identity & Equity
LinkedIn Learning Modules
This curated list of LinkedIn Learning modules is another set of training programs available to you. They too can count toward your certification training hour requirements.
• Inclusive Mindset (55 mins) – Dereca Blackmon, CEO of Inclusion Design Group
• Communicating About Culturally Sensitive Issues (55 mins) – Daisy Lovelace, Professor, Consultant, Coach
• Skills for Inclusive Conversations (53 mins) – Mary-Frances Winters, Founder and CEO of the Winters Group, Inc.
• Confronting Bias: Thriving Across Our Differences (40 mins) – Vernā Myers, Inclusion Strategist, Cultural Innovator, Lawyer, Author
• Leading Your Org on a Journey of Allyship (28 mins) – Vernā Myers, Inclusion Strategist, Cultural Innovator, Lawyer, Author
• Unconscious Bias (24 mins) – Stacey Gordon, Founder and CEO of Rework Work
• Inclusive Mindset for Committed Allies (23 mins) – Dereca Blackmon, CEO of Inclusion Design Group
• Driving Change and Antiracism (15 mins) – Kwame Christian, Director of the American Negotiation Institute
Also Consider Mindfulness
Register for Headspace at bit.ly/StevensHeadspace
• It is free to all in the School of Business
Additional Resources:
• How to Fit Meditation Into Your Day
• Headspace - When should I meditate?
• How can I remember to be mindful throughout the day?