$90 On-Demand Webinar Series (2021)

Building Cultural Intelligence to Promote Diversity and Inclusion

What we need to know to thrive in the workplace

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What you'll learn

In today’s increasingly polarized environment, cultural intelligence (CQ) is more critical than ever to support the success of jobseekers and employers. It has become harder for organizations to uphold diversity and inclusion as core values – but these remain vital practices from business sustainability and social responsibility standpoints.

Successfully building and working in diverse, inclusive teams requires cultural intelligence. By developing your CQ, you will be better equipped to articulate a compelling case for cultural intelligence’s value, strengthen your interventions with clients and employers, and foster more inclusive practices even amid challenging conditions. This recorded webinar series will enhance your understanding of cultural intelligence and how to leverage your knowledge to support client success.

 

Grow your confidence in building and working in diverse teams

 

Be equipped to share your cultural intelligence knowledge to support clients and colleagues

 

Learn to create an organizational culture that encourages and rewards CQ

 

Strengthen your ability to communicate the value of CQ

 

And much more!

This recorded webinar series originally ran in 2021, but continues to offer evergreen learnings for career professionals. 


Webinars Overview

CQ is a vital component of a thriving workplace, and needs to be cultivated by employers and employees alike. This webinar explores:

  • What cultural competency is
  • How to build CQ as an individual
  • How it applies in the workplace
  • How employers can create a culture that encourages and rewards CQ

While the “DEI” acronym can mask the distinct meanings of diversity and inclusion, it’s crucial to understand both. This webinar explains:

  • What diversity means
  • What inclusion is
  • Why we need both diversity and inclusion
  • Diversity and inclusion strategies – from “individual” and “corporate” perspectives

To build a diverse, inclusive workplace, it is vital to understand how implicit bias and system racism show up – and how to overcome them. This webinar equips you to understand:

  • What implicit bias and systemic racism are
  • How they present in the workplace
  • How to identify and overcome implicit bias in the workplace or in client interactions
  • The consequences of implicit bias in the workforce and corporate organizations
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Registration Includes

• 3 recorded webinars with nearly 3 hours of enriching content to learn at your own pace
• A downloadable certificate upon completion

Meet the Presenter

Azumme Degun is a career development professional with expertise in immigrant career advisory, cultural intelligence, job search strategies, stakeholder engagement and diversity and inclusion advocacy. With a bachelor’s degree in economics and over 12 years of experience spanning banking, government and not-for-profit, she has an avid interest in seeing new immigrants settle into Canada. In her role as the Program Director-Career Mentorship Program with Edmonton Region Immigrant Employment Council, she leads a team that helps immigrant professionals leverage the power of mentoring in their job search while also helping managers and employers harness a global talent pool, locally.

What Learners are Saying:

The pacing, content, and delivery of this challenging material were well thought-out. Azumme made many crucial concepts come to life by putting them in context and by gently reminding us of our humanness throughout.

This webinar will help me teach CQ to my clients as well as continue to work well with colleagues. It also helps me question and acknowledge my own biases and do better going forward.

Azumme had a down-to-earth approach that I love, gave great examples, and came from a place of caring telling us not to feel guilty, sharing she also makes mistakes, and encouraging us to learn and change. She has a very supportive way of teaching.

I work with immigrants with multiple barriers/hurdles and so this refresher reminds me of the many ways they can experience bias. It also reminds me to not be complacent, and to therefore check my biases, assumptions and any micro-aggressions I might unintentionally be contributing to. With refreshed knowledge, I can continue to contribute to my agency’s DEI efforts.

About CERIC

CERIC is a charitable organization that is dedicated to the advancement of education, research and advocacy in career counselling and development. We fund projects and provide innovative resources and learning opportunities that build the knowledge and skills of diverse career and employment professionals.