Program Overview
Diversity is who’s in the room. Inclusion is who gets to contribute. Belonging is who feels they can truly be themselves.
In today’s workplace, organizations recognize that diversity alone isn’t enough. You can have diverse teams on paper yet still struggle with exclusion, inequity, turnover, and untapped potential. The difference between diversity metrics and true organizational excellence lies in inclusion and belonging—the cultures where every person feels valued, heard, and empowered to contribute fully.
URI OSI’s Inclusion and Belonging programs go beyond compliance-driven training to create meaningful, sustainable cultural transformation.
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We believe in the power of collaboration. By partnering with OSI, you’ll receive customized solutions tailored to your unique business needs. From initial consultation to implementation and evaluation, we’re with you every step of the way.
Discover how our programs can transform your organization and unlock new opportunities for growth.
Benefits and Outcomes
- Enhance Employee Engagement: Understand the link between diversity and employee satisfaction, and learn how inclusive practices lead to higher engagement and retention.
- Build a More Inclusive Culture: Learn how to create a culture where all employees feel valued, respected, and empowered to contribute their best work.
- Improve Team Collaboration: Foster collaboration across diverse teams by learning effective communication strategies that bridge cultural and social gaps.
- Reduce Bias and Discrimination: Equip teams with tools to recognize and address unconscious bias, discrimination, and microaggressions in the workplace.
Customization and Implementation
We offer customized training that focuses on specific challenges or goals related to DEI, with tailored content based on the size of your organization and your team’s experience with DEI initiatives. Our flexible training options include in-person workshops, virtual sessions, and blended formats, ensuring your team can learn at their convenience without disrupting business operations.
Core Program Modules and Learning Objectives:
1. DEI Policy and Compliance
- Navigate federal, state, and organizational DEI requirements effectively
- Develop policies that protect legal obligations while advancing authentic inclusion
- Create accountability structures ensuring policies translate to practice
- Understand Title VII, ADA, EEOC guidelines, and the evolving legal landscapes
- Build inclusive hiring, promotion, and performance management systems
2. Shifting Organizational Culture
- Move beyond awareness to systemic behavior change
- Build psychological safety where people take risks and innovate
- Create cultures of belonging that reduce turnover and increase engagement
- Develop inclusive leadership at all organizational levels
- Measure and sustain cultural transformation over time
3. Reducing Bias and Discrimination
- Recognize unconscious bias and its impact on decisions
- Interrupt bias in hiring, promotions, meetings, and daily interactions
- Address microaggressions and exclusionary behaviors constructively
- Build accountability without blame or defensiveness
- Create systems that reduce bias structurally, not just individually
4. Multicultural Competence and Communication
- Develop cultural humility and cross-cultural communication skills
- Navigate differences in communication styles, conflict approaches, and work norms
- Build bridges across race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, and other identities
- Address language barriers and ensure equitable participation
- Create communication practices that honor diverse perspectives
5. Leading Diverse Teams
- Leverage cognitive diversity for better decisions and innovation
- Build high-performing teams where differences are assets, not obstacles
- Navigate conflict constructively when it arises from identity or perspective differences
- Develop inclusive meeting practices ensuring all voices are heard
- Create equitable development opportunities across diverse team members
Program Delivery:
Program modules can be introduced…
- As a comprehensive program covering all five areas for systemic transformation
- As standalone workshops focusing on specific organizational priorities
- Integrated into existing training (leadership development, onboarding, team building)
- Customized for specific contexts (industry, organizational culture, diversity composition)
Available Formats:
- Half-Day Workshops (3-4 hours per module)
- Full-Day Intensives (covering multiple modules)
- Multi-Session Series (weekly, monthly, or quarterly learning journeys)
- Executive Briefings (90-minute overview for senior leadership)
- Train-the-Trainer Programs (build internal capacity for sustained delivery)
- Virtual, In-Person, or Hybrid Delivery
Why Choose This Program
This program is delivered by seasoned DEI experts who bring real-world experience and a deep understanding of organizational change. Through evidence-based strategies and practical skill-building, we help organizations move from checking boxes to building environments where diverse perspectives drive innovation, engagement, and results. Through the lenses of leadership development and organizational transformation, we help your team move from awareness to action, ensuring DEI principles are embedded into your organizational culture and daily operations.
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