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Inclusive Sponsorship

Leadership
All Levels

Sponsorship for marginalized groups is essential to the success of culture efforts. We’ve equipped dozens of teams across industries—including Financial Services, CPG, Retail, Technology, and Entertainment—with an understanding of the value of diversity, equity, and inclusion and inspired them to champion efforts and sponsor underrepresented talent. While we customize every session, the following is an example of key objectives of and topics covered in our Inclusive Sponsorship sessions.

Training Includes:

  • Research
  • Case Studies
  • Self Reflection
  • Discussions
  • Activities
  • Action Planning

Learning Objectives

Sponsors will leave with an understanding of:

  • How to effectively sponsor protégés from marginalized groups.
  • What it means to lead inclusively.

And the confidence and skills to:

  • Be an effective sponsor.
  • Deploy actionable strategies to foster inclusion in different contexts.
  • Hold their organization accountable for creating an inclusive culture.

Formats Offered

  • In-Person or Virtual Workshop
  • In-Person or Virtual Keynote
  • Reach eLearning Course
  • Reach eLearning Microlearning

High-Level Outline

Introduction

Discuss the science of inclusion and how it benefits individuals, teams, and organizations

Action planning: Align on the important role sponsors play in fostering an inclusive environment.

Objectivity

Identify barriers that protégés face as members of underrepresented groups. Consider barriers to equitable decision-making, and identify opportunities to make more objective, data-driven decisions.

Action planning: Develop skills for promoting equitable, objective decisions to support protégés.

Belonging

Discuss how belonging drives engagement, collaboration, performance, and retention, and consider barriers that get in the way of belonging, such as stereotype threat.

Action planning: Develop strategies for fostering a culture of belonging.

Voice

Consider how voice influences individual outcomes, and identify opportunities to cultivate a more psychologically safe environment through inclusive communication.

Action planning: Discuss skills for creating an environment where protégés’ ideas are heard and valued.

Growth

Discuss how having a growth mindset can boost collaboration, resilience, and inclusion.

Action planning: Identify strategies for fostering an individual and collective growth mindset.

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