Diversity and Inclusion Prompts
Designing Diversity and Inclusion Training Scenarios for New Hires
This prompt helps HR teams create diversity and inclusion training scenarios for onboarding new hires. It focuses on fostering awareness, empathy, and actionable understanding of inclusive workplace practices.
Responsible:
HR/Recruiting
Accountable, Informed or Consulted:
HR, Leadership, Operations
THE PREP
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Review the company’s diversity goals and current onboarding processes.
Gather real-world examples of workplace diversity challenges or success stories.
Collaborate with existing teams to identify inclusivity priorities and common workplace scenarios.
THE PROMPT
Help design training scenarios to introduce diversity and inclusion principles during onboarding for new hires at [specific software startup]. Focus on:
Awareness-Building Scenarios: Recommending examples, such as, ‘Include activities that highlight unconscious bias, such as reviewing case studies where bias influenced workplace decisions.’
Empathy Exercises: Suggesting interactive elements, like, ‘Create role-play scenarios where employees navigate challenges faced by underrepresented colleagues and reflect on their experiences.’
Problem-Solving Challenges: Proposing actionable tasks, such as, ‘Present situations where employees must work together to identify and address microaggressions or exclusionary practices.’
Alignment with Company Values: Including cultural integration, like, ‘Incorporate the company’s specific diversity goals and values into the scenarios to make the training relevant and actionable.’
Measuring Engagement: Recommending follow-up activities, such as, ‘Encourage participants to share takeaways from the training and suggest actionable steps to foster inclusivity in their roles.’
Provide a set of impactful and interactive diversity training scenarios that create a strong foundation for inclusivity during onboarding. If additional details about company culture or training goals are needed, ask clarifying questions to refine the scenarios.
Bonus Add-On Prompts
Propose strategies for tailoring onboarding scenarios to reflect industry-specific diversity challenges.
Suggest methods for measuring the effectiveness of diversity training programs for new hires.
Highlight techniques for integrating team-building exercises into diversity training sessions.
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SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE
Focus on training for specific roles, such as leadership or customer-facing employees.
Include tips for integrating multimedia elements, like videos or interactive quizzes, into training.
Propose ways to tailor scenarios to remote or hybrid work environments.
Highlight tools like LMS platforms for delivering and tracking diversity training progress.
Add suggestions for creating advanced modules for long-term employees seeking deeper understanding.
WHEN TO USE
To incorporate diversity and inclusion into onboarding processes for new hires.
During the rollout of company-wide diversity training initiatives.
When seeking to improve awareness and empathy across teams.
WHEN NOT TO USE
For companies without clear diversity goals or values to align the training.
If onboarding processes are too minimal to accommodate training modules.