This experiential course will give you the tools to have a productive DEI conversations in the workplace. You will (1) learn guidelines for speaking about identity-related topics; (2) gain an understanding of how identities shape how we show up in the workplace; (3) empathize with the experiences of your peers; (4) practice role-playing real-world workplace discussions.

This course prepares Equity Fluent Leaders to ignite and accelerate change. The content focuses on business opportunities and strategies that create value for the firm and for society. We will address gender, race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, and sexual orientation and identification. You will leave prepared to implement inclusive leadership and business strategies. Professor McElhaney creatively engages with multiple teaching methods. The material is a combination of data, cases, assignments, experiential tools, and leadership experts and is designed to increase inclusion and diversity in the workplace and make you a better business leader.

DEI for Global Leaders equips students with the skills to be equitable leaders in the workplace through the instruction of DEI terminology, corporate case studies, and tools that will enable engagement in open dialogue. The course is a progression of four modules based on the defining leadership principles of Haas: Student Always, Confidence Without Attitude, Beyond Yourself, and Questioning the Status Quo. Each module will explore DEI concepts in the context of these basic principles, and engage students in self-reflection through 4 projects that align with each principle.

Recommended electives:

• Strengthening Self-Awareness and Interpersonal Dynamics:
  • MBA 254 Power and Politics
  • MBA 291T Interpersonal Skills and Embodied Leadership
  • MBA 296 Building Trust Based Relationships
• Developing and Managing Diverse Teams:
  • MBA292T Equity Fluent Leadership
  • EWMBA 292N Equitable and Inclusive Leadership
  • MBA 252 Negotiations and Conflict Resolution
  • MBA 250 Leading High Impact Teams
  • MBA 294 The New Normal (student-initiated courseSpeaker Series)
• Advancing Systemic Impact:
  • MBA294 Dialogues on Race
  • MBA292N Large Scale Social Change
  • Business and Public Policy (Goldman)
  • Race, Ethnicity, & Public Policy (Goldman)
  • The Political Economy of Inequality (Goldman)
  • Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law (Law)
  • Environmental Justice: Race, Class, and the Environment (Law)
  • Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and the Law (Law)
  • Housing: Laws and Crises (Law)
  • Health and Human Rights (Public Health)
  • Culture, Public Health Practice, and Eliminating Health Disparities (Public Health)
  • Tackling Inequality Through Equitable Development – Perspectives on Place, Race andClass in the San Francisco Bay Area (City and Regional Planning)
  • Healthy Cities (City and Regional Planning)

(Please note that the elective courses listed above are not necessarily offered every semester or every year.) 

For more information about this emphasis, visit the Full-Time MBA Program Office website.

Dialogues on Race is a student-led seminar in which a diverse group of students meets regularly to:

• Reflect on how race and racism have impacted our lives
• Listen and learn from others — both those who share our experiences and those who don’t
• Make plans for interrupting racism in our personal and professional communities

The goal of this course is to familiarize students with the data-driven benefits of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and to provide students with language, concepts, insights, and tools to use best practices in order to harness the competitive advantage embedded within diverse teams. By the end of this course, students can expect to have comprehensive understanding of DEI best practices, self-awareness of their own agency in leading cultural shifts and areas for improvement, and tangible tools with tactics to help create equitable and inclusive environments.

 

Growing scientific consensus has emerged to understand why women’s and men’s career paths continue to diverge in the modern workplace in both predictable and surprising ways. This module will examine the state of gender equality, identify the unique approaches that women use to solve pressing social problems, and equip women with the leadership tools needed to achieve their highest potential.

The goal of this course is to familiarize students with the data-driven benefits of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and to provide students with language, concepts, insights, and tools to use best practices in order to harness the competitive advantage embedded within diverse teams. By the end of this course, students can expect to have comprehensive understanding of DEI best practices, self-awareness of their own agency in leading cultural shifts and areas for improvement, and tangible tools with tactics to help create equitable and inclusive environments.

Growing scientific consensus has emerged to understand why women’s and men’s career paths continue to diverge in the modern workplace in both predictable and surprising ways. This module will examine the state of gender equality, identify the unique approaches that women use to solve pressing social problems, and equip women with the leadership tools needed to achieve their highest potential.

While women have made substantial gains in the business world, today’s workplace has yet to embrace female forms of power and leadership fully, nor leverage the unique perspective and strengths that women can bring to the table. Led by Faculty Director Laura Kray, this four-day program will help you achieve a new level of confidence and a greater sense of ownership over your own leadership potential. For more information about this program, visit the Executive Education website.