Leading Diversity

The program begins midday on Tuesday with a lunch session. The remaining days running approximately 9am-5pm each day, wrapping up at 2:30pm on the final day. The program features excursions to select cultural sites in Washington, D.C., and wellness activities designed to build resilience. Support continues after the program with live virtual coaching, project support and participant community-building.

Featured activities & session topics include:

• Negotiation
• Talent Acquisition & Advancement
• Managing Multiple Stakeholders
• Diversity Communications
• Analytics around DEI
• Culture Change and Inclusion
• Intersectionality
• Reflected Best Self Exercise
• Maintaining Physical & Mental Wellness 
• Cultural Immersion Experience
• Post-Program Live Virtual Coaching
• Work-Based Project and Report Back

• Develop data-driven approaches to programmatic and grass-roots organizational culture change that strategically enhance diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging and related dimensions of organizational effectiveness.
• Underscore the need for systemic change through understanding the experience of employees on the margins and how power and privilege play out in the organization.
• Focus on leveraging your leadership strengths to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging and related dimensions of organizational effectiveness.
• Better understand various stakeholders’ needs and interests and ensure their voices are heard at all levels of the organization, including the most senior leaders.
• Develop skills (e.g., negotiating, mindfulness, resource exchange) that will drive partnership building within the organization and across industry leaders to advance DEI initiatives.
• Draw from best practices in mitigating against biases and structural barriers to enhance fair and equitable hiring, evaluation, advancement practices.
• Create space to appreciate and learn from differences across many perspectives, such as race/ethnicities, gender, socio-economic background, sexual orientation, religious affiliations, diverse abilities, caregiving/family status, multiple generations, military service, nationality/region.
• Build a professional cohort among leaders of diversity, equity, inclusion initiatives (e.g., Diversity, Talent, Culture, Sustainability officers).
• Establish coping and restoration mechanisms to support mental and emotional health while driving change.

Primary Audience: senior leaders responsible for designing and/or implementing large-scale diversity initiatives at their organizations. May have an HR, L&D or management background. These are “just-in-time” learners who need to apply program knowledge immediately.

Secondary Audience: middle managers to senior leaders who need to develop knowledge and skills in creating/implementing diversity initiatives. These are “just in case” learners who need the program insights to enhance their current leadership effectiveness, and are positioned to advance into senior diversity leadership roles — "high potential” employees with a track record of success in focused DEI efforts.

Location

UVA Darden DC Metro
1100 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, Virginia

Materials and some meals are included in your program fee.

Lodging

Accommodations are not included in the program fee and should be arranged by the participant. Recommended accommodations include:

Hyatt Centric Arlington
1325 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia, 22209
Tel: +1-703-525-1234

Le Méridien Arlington
1121 North 19th Street, Arlington, VA 22209
Telephone: +1-703-351-9170