The Garden, Harper Slade's Signature DEI Experience

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01 May

The Garden, Harper Slade's Signature DEI Experience

The Garden, Harper Slade's Signature DEI Experience

Monday, May 1, 2023 (12:00 AM) to Wednesday, April 30, 2025 (11:59 PM)
4 PDCs
Provider: Harper Slade LLC
Course Name: The Garden, Harper Slade's Signature DEI Experience

Speaker: Jaeden Thomas
Program Type: Videoconferences, webcasts, audiocasts, podcasts, eBooks, self-directed E-Learning
Registration URL: https://program.harperslade.com/checkout-1

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1. Participants will learn how to define each individual aspect of DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) and how they are separate concepts that work together, but are uniquely important and should not be simply lumped together. 2. Participants will learn language that supports the work of DEI through the lens of a garden, an approachable and helpful metaphor. 3. Participants will demonstrate their understanding via periodic comprehension quizzes and other tools. 4. Participants will learn how to pace and sequence the work of DEI. 5. Participants will identify their own and their organization's current ecosystem around DEI work 6. Participants will identify where they currently are on the racial equity continuum and understand and plan how to move themselves to the next stage. 7. Participants will develop a plan for their own future DEI work and create SMART Goals to achieve this plan. 8. Participants will be able to track their learning from start to finish via pre and post tests

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Module 1: Tending the Garden We’ll kick off the course with an overview of what DEI really is and how you can contextualize DEI through the analogy of a garden. We’ll then explore why seeing DEI as three separate and distinct doctrines — diversity, equity, and inclusion — will transform your organization and position it for more internal and external success. You’ll also spend time setting your intentions for the course and identifying what you hope to achieve throughout the program. Module 2: Exploring the Garden Ecosystem In Module Two we’ll dive into the Garden Ecosystem and define how and why diversity, equity, and inclusion are each unique AND essential for organizational success. Then, we’ll explore how diversity plus inclusion together increase employee engagement. We’ll also begin to cultivate a shared language with terminology as well as how to begin integrating this language into your organization. Module 3: DEI Systems Thinking The Iceberg Model In Module Three we’ll identify the key levers for change in your organization. You’ll learn a systems thinking tool called The Iceberg Model to support systemic transformation, and you’ll also explore and identify mindsets that are keeping your organization stuck as well as the mindsets that need to be adopted to transform your system and culture. You will also explore where your organization - and you personally – are at in regards to DEI right now. To do so, we’ll explore different types of ecosystems, including monocrops, barren gardens, and ancient rooted gardens, to help you identify yours – as well as your team’s, your department’s, and your organization’s. You’ll learn about the different stages in DEI development to better understand the stage your organization is currently in. Module 4: An Equitable Garden A Deep Dive into Racial Equity In Module Four you’ll explore the importance of defining racial equity in a way that acknowledges the current and cumulative impact of inequity. You’ll see the reason why the work is so important, economically and get a glance of the black lived experience at work. Module 5 The Future State Organizational Success In Module Five you’ll explore where you want your organization – and yourself – to be in the future. You’ll define the vision of what you want to be in your garden, as well as how it is tended, what nutrients are essential, and what’s currently missing that will make the garden more complete. You’ll also learn the conditions that have created some of the best organizational gardens out there today, and how to cultivate a vision of the future for DEI in your organization. Module 6: Stepping Stones to Future and Smart Goals In the Final Module we’ll identify the key action steps to build your organization’s ideal garden for the future. You’ll also explore the kind of environment your garden currently grows in and what must be considered to your “to be” state. We will also set SMART goals that will ensure your ongoing commitment, including goals for the first week, first three months, first six months, and the first year - along with distant, actionable steps for you to take to achieve them. The ultimate goal is to create a structure that will help your new DEI approach to become a part of the fabric of your organization woven into all aspects of your workplace and regularly reviewed.