Challenging microaggressions.

- because their impact is major

3 hours I Incompany Training or Virtual Learning Journey

"What can we do

about bias?

A lot."

- Smithsonian (The Bias Inside Us)

Why invest in

Challenging Microaggressions?

Microaggressions (also known as micro-inequities and micro-incivilities) are:

everyday
verbal, nonverbal, and environmental slights, snubs, or insults,
whether intentional or unintentional,
which communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative messages to target persons,
particularly culturally marginalised groups.

The root of these behaviours is often not intentional and comes from unconscious and semiconscious biases, prejudices and stereotypes.

However, intent is not the same as impact!

Indeed, microaggressions have a major impact: they make people feel like they don't belong in your organisation.

That explains why research shows real and measurable impacts: both in terms of decreased mental and physical health as well as avoidance, absenteeism and mental exhaustion at work.

Details

Type: Possible as

Incompany workshop

3 hours, in your organisation

Virtual Learning Journey

3 hours, online via Zoom

I'M INTERESTED!

max. 15 participants

Prefer to contact us by phone? No problem. Simply fill in your details below or call us at +32 494 75 10 62.

Our approach

This workshop is fully interactive.
We work in small groups and provide a safe, inclusive learning environment.
A good mix of interactive knowledge transfer and practical exercises and cases ensures you can immediately apply the new learnings in your daily work.

Our trainers are passionate professionals with extensive experience in transferring knowledge.

You can look forward to an interactive workshop that inspires and motivates to get started right away!

Programme

1: What are microaggressions?

The definition, origin and impact of microaggressions
How microaggressions are linked to our automatic system-1-thinking

2: Microaggressions @work

Learning to recognize microaggressions @work
Accepting the important distinction between intention and impact

3: Challenging microaggressions

We equip you with a series of practical tools and strategies to use in cases of microaggressions, be it:

as a target
as a witness or colleague
as a leader or manager
as a (often non-intentional) perpetrator

4: Personal Action Plan

Of course, it all comes down to behavioural change @work.
This is why our training always incorporates a personal commitment to take action.
Your commitment takes the form of an "if-then"-plan (or implementation intention). Research shows the chances of actual behavioural change are multiplied doing this.

Your results

After this training, you will:

be able to identify microaggressions
be able to offer an understanding of why microaggressions are harmful, both to individual as well as collective well being
possess practical tools and strategies to respond to microaggressions, either as a target, witness/colleague or leader/manager

Reviews

"A very engaging session of the effects of unconscious bias. Even in a large group the trainer manages to get participants to share their personal experiences with stereotypical thinking."

Adel Mouchalleh, Expert Communication, VDAB East-Flanders

“Une formation superbe. Tout était bien préparé. Bons outils pédagogiques, maitrisé par la formatrice, Emilie."

Anonyme, Actiris