Reduce the Harm of Microaggression in the Workplace
Social identities are the categories that allow us to be who we are while relating and connecting to one another, and they can impact our work experience. Different social identities have different levels of power in society, and these power differences are often reflected and reinforced in the workplace, sometimes through microaggressions.
What you’ll learn
- Cultivate a more inclusive workplace by acknowledging the role and impact of socialization and power dynamics at your organization.
- Recognize what microaggressions are and the different ways they can be expressed.
- Reduce future microaggressions by building your understanding of how words, behaviors, and environmental factors can cause harm.
- Cultivate a high level of psychological safety on your team.
- Elicit authentic feedback based on people’s lived experiences.
- Create space to reflect on and clarify the intent of the person who committed a microaggression and impact of the microaggression on the person who experienced.
- Determine and execute a plan for when, how and with whom you will address a microaggression you cause, observe or experience.
- Validate the experience of those harmed by microaggressions.
Course Content
- Introduction –> 8 lectures • 32min.
Requirements
Social identities are the categories that allow us to be who we are while relating and connecting to one another, and they can impact our work experience. Different social identities have different levels of power in society, and these power differences are often reflected and reinforced in the workplace, sometimes through microaggressions.
Cultivate more inclusive spaces by acknowledging how socialization affects interpersonal relationships and collaboration, developing your understanding of microaggressions, and learning to effectively address microaggressions.
Taught by an expert with over 15 years experience in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB), this course will help you deepen your understanding of microaggressions.
You will be able to:
- Cultivate a more inclusive workplace by acknowledging the role and impact of socialization and power dynamics at your organization
- Recognize what microaggressions are and the different ways they can be expressed
- Reduce future microaggressions by building your understanding of how words, behaviors, and environmental factors can cause harm
- Cultivate a high level of psychological safety on your team
- Elicit authentic feedback based on people’s lived experiences
- Create space to reflect on and clarify the intent of the person who committed a microaggression and impact of the microaggression on the person who experienced it
- Determine and execute a plan for when, how and with whom you will address a microaggression you cause, observe or experience
- Validate the experience of those harmed by microaggressions