Managing Microaggressions at Work

Speak Up, Create Change & Thrive!

Created by: Dr. Priya Nalkur
Leadership Coach & Instructor

What Will I Learn?

• Understand microaggressions and their various forms. Recognize the impact of microaggressions on work performance, engagement, and well-being.
• Develop strategies to manage microaggressions in the workplace.
• Create an action plan to prevent and manage microaggressions, including building a supportive network.
• Use various strategies to advocate for a more inclusive and diverse work environment.
• Understand when and how to repair the damage caused by microaggressions.
• Understand how to recover after a microaggression.
• Use grace and forgiveness in the aftermath of microaggressions.
• Understand allyship and intersectionality and how they play into creating an inclusive workplace environment.

Requirements

• There are absolutely no requirements to taking this course! Microaggressions in the workplace are widespread and common. It's important to learn what the effects of microaggressions are, and how to manage them. This course is available to people who are interested in helping to influence a more inclusive workplace environment.
• If you have experienced a microaggression at work, this course is for you. This course will help you to feel prepared the next time it happens, know what to say, and know how to protect yourself going forward.

Target audience

• This course is particularly valuable to people who are likely to face microaggressions in their workplace, including people from underrepresented and underestimated groups (women, people of color, people identifying as neurodivergent, LGBTQ+, non-binary, immigrants and international workers, people with disabilities, etc.). This course will also help people who want to identify as allies to better support their colleagues.
• This course is for people who have ever experienced a microaggression and didn't know what to say or what to do about it.