How to Have Inclusive Conversations at Work

An Essential Guide for Increasing Engagement and Belonging

Created by: Melinda Briana Epler
Author, Speaker, Changemaker

What Will I Learn?

• Strategies to create a safe space for having meaningful inclusive conversations at work.
• Effective ways to increase engagement and belonging as a manager by building empathy, trust, and safety.
• How to have conversations that address workplace exclusion.
• Essential skills for identifying and managing conversations that become harmful, unsafe, or unproductive.
• How to grow your cultural competence for having productive conversations about sensitive identity topics.

Requirements

• No prior experience needed. Just an open mindset for building understanding, interacting with empathy, and reflecting on how you communicate at work.

Target audience

• Team members interested in having constructive conversations that increase engagement and belonging at work
• Managers wanting to have meaningful conversations about identity and inclusion with their direct reports
• Leaders wanting to address acts of exclusion or specific changes to the team like reorganizations, layoffs, or rapid growth