

DEI in Talent Development Certificate
Foster and develop a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce.
Build your impact on DEI as a talent development professional from a personal, professional, and organizational perspective and identify strategies to expand your mindset, practices, and influence.
Fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce and workplace involves awareness of and appreciation for different perspectives, backgrounds, customs, abilities, and behavior norms. Talent development professionals are in a unique position to ensure that every employee in their organization is respected and engaged and that their organization realizes the significant benefits of an inclusive approach.
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Fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce and workplace involves awareness of and appreciation for different perspectives, backgrounds, customs, abilities, and behavior norms. Talent development professionals are in a unique position to ensure that every employee in their organization is respected and engaged and that their organization realizes the significant benefits of an inclusive approach.
Throughout this course, you will explore key themes and concepts encompassing many facets of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and discover the tools necessary to support DEI through your role as a talent development practitioner. In alignment with the Talent Development Capability Model, you will examine your organizational impact from three unique perspectives—personal, professional, and organizational—and identify strategies to expand your mindset, practices, and influence.
Starting with the personal perspective, this certificate program will provide you an opportunity to evaluate your self-awareness and develop cultural humility. The program will draw on the learners’ real-world experiences and will invite authentic discussions in a way that recognizes that everyone is at a different place in their DEI journey. Moving to the professional realm, we’ll explore how you can incorporate DEI into your daily work as a TD practitioner, regardless of your role. Lastly, you will discover how to drive and influence organizational impact by leveraging DEI strategies to recruit, grow, retain, and optimize your talent. By the end of this program, you will have developed a business case and strategic approach for a DEI initiative that you can take back to implement in your organization.
Why You Should Attend:
• Feel empowered to develop and lead others in a diverse, inclusive, and equitable manner.
• Gain the knowledge, resources, and tools you or your team needs to integrate DEI into your talent development efforts.
• Optimize your talent, drive meaningful change, and strengthen your workforce and your workplace.
• Earn an industry-recognized certificate, continuing education credits, and an ATD digital badge to share with your networks.
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- Demonstrate the value and benefit of integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion into talent development for your organization.
- Expand your self-awareness and shift your mindset, practices, and influence around diversity, equity, and inclusion within your own work.
- Identify factors that shape identity and culture, including race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation/identity, age, physical abilities/qualities, and neurodiversity.
- Discover how cultural norms affect beliefs, values, behaviors, and decisions and their potential impact on workplace dynamics.
- Demonstrate inclusive leadership skills, including co-creating an environment where diverse perspectives are considered, using storytelling to create safe spaces, and making space for people to be seen, heard, understood, and valued.
- Examine the diversity, equity, and inclusion climate of an organization and its impact on talent development.
- Propose talent development strategies to sustain a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace.
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DEI in Talent Development Certificate Brochure
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- Establishing a Common Understanding of DEI
- Recognizing the Impact of DEI in Talent Development
- Noticing Our Own Biases
- Starting With Self-Awareness
- Developing Cultural Appreciation and Humility
- Seeing the Similarities and Differences Around Us
- Understanding How Cultural Norms Influence Behaviors
- Building Incusion and Equity
- Communicating Within and Across Differences
- Responding to the Challenges of Workplace Diversity
- Promoting Workplace Diversity and Inclusion Through Training Design, Facilitation, and Management
- Shaping an Organization's Culture
- Evaluating Your Organization’s DEI Maturity
- Measuring the Success of DEI
- Creating a Blueprint for Success
- Developing an Equity and Inclusion Strategy
This course is for talent development practitioners—those within organizations who create and lead strategy for talent development to functional experts, such as learning consultants/business partners, trainers/facilitators, and instructional designers—who have responsibility to develop or support their organization’s DEI efforts. The certificate program will be especially useful to individuals and teams who want to drive positive outcomes and support business success through DEI strategies.
"The DEI in Training Certification was truly transformational. The prescribed curriculum is intentional and scaffolds towards actionable change. I’m ready to be a change agent and grateful for this invaluable training. "
"This program has been one of the richest learning experiences I’ve had. I considered myself a novice in DEI before I came here. Now I feel that I am well-equipped to return to my organization as a leader."
"ATD has a wealth of resources and its facilitators know how to impact knowledge on participants."
Things to Know
ATTENDANCE
For full-day face-to-face and live online programs, participation in all originally scheduled days of the program, including both face-to-face and live online formats, is mandatory in order to receive the certificate of completion and CEUs. Participants who miss more than two hours of the entire program will not be eligible to receive the certificate. Participants who fulfill the attendance requirement will receive a certificate at the end of the program.
For multi-week, live online programs with five or more sessions, one missed live session can be made up by listening to the session recording in full. Participants who miss more than one live session will not be eligible to receive the certificate. To be marked complete for that one session, please email [email protected]. For programs with four or fewer sessions, attendance at all live sessions is required to receive a certificate. All sessions will be recorded and available for participants to review throughout the program for your reference.
ATD requires active participation throughout the program to receive credit. Active participation in live online sessions includes, but is not limited to, participating in virtual classroom activities, discussions, breakout sessions, and intersession work. Please note that using a tablet or mobile device significantly limits your ability to fully and actively participate.
If you meet the eligibility requirements, a certificate will be issued to you through the ATD Learning Platform at the end of the program.
CREDITS
21.0 learning hours
2.1 CEUs awarded
This program is eligible for 21.0 recertification points from the ATD Certification Institute (ATD CI) for the APTD or CPTD credential.
This program has been approved for 21.0 (General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.
This program is valid for 21.0 PDCs for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit shrm.org/certification.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
A laptop computer with Wi-Fi capability is required for both face-to-face and online programs. Please do not bring mobile devices (phones, tablets, etc.) in lieu of a laptop. There will be no computers available on-site for participants. Note: You might not have an optimal experience if you are using Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge to access your courses. Chrome is the recommended browser.
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- Engage with your facilitator and peers.
- Access pre-work assignments.
- View any technical requirements.
- Review logistical information.
TRANSFERS/CANCELLATIONS
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