Inclusive People Manager Essentials

The number one factor that influences an employee’s engagement at work is their relationship with their manager - yet supervisors are often unequipped to provide the support and coaching needed—especially when managing across difference.

In this interactive session, ReadySet will equip people managers with the skills to manage effectively across difference. Through best practice tips and scenario-based discussion, we will explore how bias can manifest in people processes and in management contexts. Participants will walk away with a toolkit of approaches to help disrupt systemic bias in action and to manage diverse staff teams.

Learning Outcomes

  • A high-level understanding of systems bias and interpersonal bias

  • Recognition of how bias shows up in People management and advancement practices

  • Practical tools and skills to build more inclusive manager practices and expectations from a process and interpersonal perspective

Content May Include

  • Terminology around elements of identity, systemic inequality & interpersonal unconscious bias

  • An examination of how these concepts play out in manager-employee relationships and advancement processes

  • Pragmatic tips and techniques on managing remote/virtual teams

  • An intersectional lens - considering the nuance of different identities (gender, sexual orientation, class, ability and race etc.)

Methodology

Learning sessions are highly interactive and participatory to encourage active learning and engagement with the material. Workshops will likely include lecture presentation, large group discussion and scenario discussion facilitated through virtual tools.