Education and Programming

The EVPA Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (EVPA Office of DEI) provides learning solutions that invest in professional and organizational development opportunities for staff that contribute to a culture of CARES and cultural competency. 

Submit DEI requests for workshops, education, and training, etc. to evpa.dei@msu.edu.

  • DEI Library Guide

    This guide, designed for the larger campus community, offers DEI resources to further understanding of the content that's at the core of diversity, equity and inclusion. 

    https://libguides.lib.msu.edu/DEI_resources 

  • Mitigating Bias in Hiring

    This learning sessions is designed to provide fundamental educational opportunities that support efforts toward mitigating bias by prioritizing equity and diversity in hiring.  

    1. E-Learning: https://evpa.msu.edu/news/mitigating-bias.html 
    2. Instructor Led: Register via EBS Portal or e-mail evpa.dei@msu.edu

    Learning Objectives: 

    • Overview of bias and the human brain 
    • Recognize facets of the hiring process 
    • Understand and identify types of potential bias in hiring 
    • Examine applicable laws and associated data/research 
    • Review best practices and obtain tools for increasing self-awareness 
  • Cultural Competency Training

    One of MSU’s guiding principles is to lead inclusively, actively, and intentionally to promote full participation and a sense of safety and belonging for all employees and staff. Join us in building cultural awareness and inclusiveness skills that strengthen cultural competence! 

    Target Audience: any employee 

    Learning Objectives: 

    • Identify Elements of Cultural Competence and Self-Awareness 
    • Evaluate Source of Your Messages and Hidden Issues About Different Culture Groups 
    • Eliminate/Counter Stereotypes and Cultural Conditioning 
    • Practice CARES Model: Communication, Appreciation, Respect, Empathy, Sensitivity 
    • Reinforce Behaviors That Support Cultural Competency and Minimize Behaviors that Undermine It 
    • Understand Intent Vs. Impact in The Workplace 
    • Address Issues and Concerns in A Way That De-escalates Tension 

    Register: Register via EBS Portal or e-mail evpa.dei@msu.edu

  • Leading with Cultural Competence

    One of MSU’s guiding principles is to lead inclusively, actively, and intentionally to promote full participation and a sense of safety and belonging for all employees and staff. Join us in building cultural awareness and inclusiveness skills that strengthen one’s ability to lead with cultural competence! 

    Target Audience: any employee in formal leadership positions 

    Learning Objectives: 

    • Identify Elements of Cultural Competence and Self-Awareness 
    • Evaluate Source of Your Messages and Hidden Issues About Different Culture Groups 
    • Demonstrate Effective Communication Among Diverse Groups 
    • Model Skills Needed to Practice Cultural Sensitivity and Respectful, Caring Behavior 
    • Hold Yourself and Others Accountable for Modeling and Reinforcing Behaviors that Support Psychological Safety 
    • Understand Intent Vs. Impact in The Workplace 
    • Address Issues and Concerns in A Way That De-escalates Tension 
    • Speak Up Against Demeaning Words and Behaviors 

    Register:Register via EBS Portal or e-mail evpa.dei@msu.edu

  • Building Awareness and Deepening Understanding Using the Intercultural Conflict Style Inventory

    A critical difficulty we face in our organizations and schools is that communication misunderstandings, conflicts, and problems across cultures are often grounded in very different approaches people take for resolving difficulties with one another. The ability to recognize and effectively respond to cultural differences in communication and conflict styles is critically important. The Intercultural Conflict Style Inventory (ICS) is an 18-item cross-culturally validated assessment (in multiple languages), accompanied with a profile report, which measures your core approach for communicating about differences, resolving conflicts, and solving problems. Join a group of your peers in attending this workshop to increase cultural self-understanding of communication and conflict resolution approach, cultural other-understanding of diverse approaches used to communicate ideas and resolve conflict to more accurately interpret the statements and actions of the other party and improve communication and conflict resolution across cultures! 

    1. Workshop 1: Building Awareness Using the Intercultural Conflict Style Inventory (Modules 1-3) 
    2. Workshop 2: Deepening Understanding Using the Intercultural Conflict Style Inventory (Modules 4-6) 

    Target Audience: any employee 

    Workshop 1: Module 1 -Core Concepts and Definitions, Module 2-The ICS Model and Background & Individual Results, Module 3- Impact of Different Conflict Styles and Application 

    Learning Objectives: 

    • Understand core concepts related to the ICS Inventory 
    • Identify one’s own intercultural problem solving/conflict resolution style as assessed by the ICS Inventory  
    • Understand characteristics of each conflict style 
    • Recognize differences in problem solving and conflict resolution styles 

    Workshop 2: Module 4 - Characteristics & Strategies and Introduction of Strategies, Module 5 - Resolving a Conflict and Experiential Learning, Module 6 - Navigating Different Conflict Styles and Application 

    Learning Objectives: 

    • Increase understanding of diverse intercultural conflict styles among participants 
    • Increase awareness of key differences in Direct/Indirect and Emotionally Expressive/Restrained strategies for resolving conflict 
    • Apply the concepts and strategies of intercultural conflict styles to resolving conflicts 
    • Identify goals and/or action steps to be more effective across styles 
    • Recognize differences in problem solving and conflict resolution styles 

    Register: Register via EBS Portal or e-mail evpa.dei@msu.edu

  • Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI)

    The Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®) is the premier cross-cultural assessment of intercultural competence that is used by thousands of individuals and organizations to build intercultural competence to achieve international and domestic diversity and inclusion goals and outcomes. The IDI is a cross-culturally valid, reliable, and generalizable measure of intercultural competence along the validated intercultural development continuum, measuring your underlying orientation of intercultural competence (both mindset and skillset) – which is the capability to shift cultural perspective and appropriately adapt behavior to cultural differences and commonalities. Join a group of your peers in completing the 50-item developmental assessment (available in 17 languages) and experience the group profile debrief session supporting learning outcomes and development plan efforts. 

    Target Audience: any employee or team 

    Learning Objectives: 

    • Obtain in-depth insights on how the group makes sense of cultural differences and how they respond to cultural differences 
    • Identify valid, quantitative information about the group engages cultural difference in their day-to-day interactions with others 
    • Better understand how your group’s IDI profile translates into interculturally competent strategies across diverse groups 
    • Identify cross-cultural goals and challenges  
    • Improve awareness on increasing how you currently engage cultural differences to how they can more effectively engage diversity 

    Register: Register via EBS Portal or e-mail evpa.dei@msu.edu

    1. About the IDI (IDI side menu) 

    What is the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI)? The Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) is an assessment that measures your underlying orientation for intercultural competence, that is the capability to shift cultural perspective and appropriately adapt behavior to cultural differences and commonalities. It measures both mindset and skillset. 

    It is a 50-item questionnaire available online that can be completed in 15-20 minutes. The assessment tool comes with a customized Intercultural Development Plan (IDP) that expands your awareness and understanding to support development and growth. Link to the IDI website. 

    The IDI tool can be used for individual development, team/group development, organizational development, program evaluation, and selection. ELT is currently using the IDI tool to support individual and team/group development; and exploring the opportunity to expand to the organization. 

    Why intercultural competence? Intercultural competence directly affects how we interact with the world around us. One key aspect of intercultural competence is having a balanced approach to commonalities and differences. A balanced focus on identifying and establishing accurate commonalities (i.e. goals, needs, interest, motivations) can produce a shared experience and shared focus in our unit. A balanced focus on valuing our differences can produce innovation (i.e., new ideas, practices, values) because differences contribute to the life of our unit. 

    Is it valid? The IDI is a cross-culturally valid, reliable and generalizable measure of intercultural competence along the validated intercultural development continuum. The IDI has been demonstrated, through research, to have high predictive validity to both bottom-line cross-cultural outcomes in organizations and intercultural goal accomplishments in education. 

     

    This tool has been leveraged by corporations, non-profit organizations, colleges and universities, government, and primary and secondary schools. 

  • The Basics of Supplier Diversity

    COMING SOON!

    The Basics of Supplier Diversity learning session seeks to expand knowledge, understanding, and awareness of supplier diversity as a business strategy imperative to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. 

    Target Audience: any employee   

    Learning Objectives: 

    • Review of terminology, Program Components, and Diverse Classifications 
    • Define significance of Supplier Diversity 
    • Review differences between Supplier Diversity and DEI 
    • Ensure regulatory compliance 
    • Understand elements of economic impact  
    • Overview of Supplier Diversity history 
    • Michigan State University Program Overview and Supplier Development  

    Register: Register via EBS Portal or e-mail evpa.dei@msu.edu

  • Defining DEI Metrics and Goals

    DEI strategy development session. 

    Target Audience: any employee   

    Learning Objectives: 

    • Understand DEI as a journey 
    • Review differences between a goal and a metric 
    • Identify DEI impact to aspects of business 
    • List the three key steps as an ongoing process 
    • Effectively address challenges along the journey 
    • Obtain examples of scorecard goals and metrics 

    Register: Register via EBS Portal or e-mail evpa.dei@msu.edu

  • Leading Culture Change

    COMING SOON!

    Target Audience: any employee in formal leadership positions   

    Learning Objectives: 

    • Shared language for values, leadership and culture 
    • Elements for organizational culture and their impact 
    • Impact of leadership style in driving positive change 
    • Types of reinforcements 
    • Strategies for leading culture change 

    Register: Register via EBS Portal or e-mail evpa.dei@msu.edu

  • Mitigating Bias in the Workplace

    Target Audience: any employee   

    Learning Objectives: 

    • Overview of bias and the brain; proactively identify and disrupt exclusive behaviors 
    • Recognize implicit messages connected to exclusive acts and comments 
    • Explore your role in sustaining inclusion in the workplace  
    • Acknowledge situational differences that affect inclusive teams 
    • Develop ownership and accountability of personal contribution to inclusion 
    • List practical strategies to reduce implicit bias and microaggressions in the workplace 
    • Identify immediate, short-term and long-term goals to move forward along our journey of inclusion and cultural competency. 

    Register: Register via EBS Portal or e-mail evpa.dei@msu.edu

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