Program Overview

Diversity & Inclusion Masterclass

The Diversity & Inclusion masterclass is designed to provide insights and tools for leaders and managers to take the subject further in their organisations. The unique combination of science and practice increases knowledge, insight, skills, and recognition.

What Will You Learn?

Making a real difference in the field of diversity and inclusion starts with taking the field seriously. It is an interesting, challenging field that offers a lot and requires a lot: knowledge, (self)reflection, change management skills, strategic insight, and passion for the subject. Experience tells us that this starts with solid training on diversity and inclusion. This helps to command respect for the manager or consultant who is in this vanguard.

The Diversity & Inclusion masterclass carries building blocks in a mix of science-based knowledge, practical skills, and reflection on attitudes to really make a difference in the field of diversity and inclusion. The uniqueness of this masterclass lies in this mix and in the guidance. Yvonne Benschop and Sandra Doelman have been working together in this master class for more than 10 years, and are able to create an open and inclusive learning climate, with room for everyone's input and experiences.

Programme Overview

A total of four themes are covered, namely:

• Making impact with strategy
• Making resistance productive
• Multiple identity and inclusion
• Learning to change

These topics are covered in different working formats.

Programme Details

Day 1

• Diversity & Inclusion: making an impact with strategy (09:00 - 12:30)
  • In the first meeting, we will briefly outline the history of this field which, through emancipation policy, target group policy, equal opportunities, gender policy, and diversity management, is now commonly referred to as Diversity & Inclusion or Diversity, Inclusion, Equity & Belonging.
  • We discuss the central concepts of D&I and cover the latest scientific and practical insights.
• Interactive lecture: multiple identity and inclusion (13:30 - 17:00)
  • In the afternoon, we will cover the topics of identity and inclusion.
  • Identity is not uniform, people have multiple identities that can bring tensions for themselves and in organisations.
  • We will explore the social nature of identity, how people work on their identity, and how the simultaneity of different identities can affect people's inclusion in organisations.

Day 2

• Making resistance productive (09:00 - 12:30)
  • Increasing Diversity & Inclusion in organisations involves changing them so that less exclusion and more inclusion occurs.
  • Power and resistance are essential components of any organisational change, and especially organisational change that is about cultural values and norms, as is the case with D&I.
• Learning to Change (13:30 - 17:00)
  • Despite many initiatives in this area, attempts to transform organisations into more diverse and inclusive places to work are slow.
  • Practice proves recalcitrant, and we do speak of hard-learning organisations.
  • Using recent insights from change science, we reflect on the ability and impossibility of organisations to learn and change in the field of D&I.

Teachers

• Prof. dr. Yvonne Benschop: Professor of Business Administration
• Drs. Sandra Doelman: Senior consultant and trainer at Talent naar de Top

Programme Factsheet

• Type of education: Masterclass
• Result: Certificate
• Organisation: Radboud Management Academy
• Language: Dutch
• Number of sessions: 2
• Discount: 10% discount for alumni, employees, and members of PV Radboud
• VAT-free: Yes
• Educational method: On-site

What to Expect After Attending This Masterclass

After attending this masterclass, you will have tools to build a clear strategic framework for D&I, set up a change strategy for implementation, understand power theories in relation to D&I, and know how to involve and activate stakeholders.