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This course helps you become a great consultant that can drive impactful change in Corporate America as a diversity practitioner.

Christie Lindor

The Consulting Queen

IFI DEIB Consultant Certification

Go beyond assessments to master consultative skills needed to successfully execute an organization's transformational DEIB journey. Together we can create inclusive and equitable workplaces in Corporate America.

Become a Certified DEIB Consultant

First time Independent Diversity Consultants, PHDs, and Entrepreneurs who want to put DEIB theory into actionable practice.

Ambitious DEIB Professionals who want to learn how to execute a "sticky" DEIB strategy at corporations.

Experienced Diversity Professionals who want to master and influence DEIB change at their organization.

Who is this course for

What you will walk away with

Whether you have loud allies or quiet resisters, understanding who your stakeholders are will be critical to a successful DEIB journey.

Art and science of stakeholder management

Learn to create DEIB deliverables and messaging that speaks to hearts and minds.

Unwritten rules to polished deliverables and messaging

Recognize resistance and how to navigate organizational politics in order to get things done.

Secrets to navigate the political landscape of any type of corporation

Using a case based approach, analyze scenarios using proven tactics that can be used at any organization. Gain overview of the Tessi Delivery Model (TDM), our 4-phase evidence-based methodology for DEIB programs.

Hands on practice on how to implement a DEIB strategy

Assess your executive presence with a framework to level up your credibility, comfort, and confidence as a DEIB consultant in order to achieve results.

Make credibility and influence your superpower

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Meet your mentor

Discuss key patterns and trends of corporations. Learn how to create a stakeholder engagement plan as well as to conduct a stakeholder analysis. Identifying champions, allies, sponsors, resisters, and sideline watchers are critical to the success of any DEIB strategy implementation.

Week 1: The Corporate Mindset and Secrets of Stakeholder Management

We discuss how to build executive presence in order to navigate political environments and how to handle the resistance of your programs. We further break down common stakeholder personas, behaviors, motivations, and ways to manage conflict with them across small, medium, and large organizations as an internal or external consultant.

Week 2: Building Influence while Dealing with Resistance, Politics, and Drama

Having polished and professional deliverables can enhance your credibility, reinforce messaging, and create clarity to your DEIB implementation plan. We break down frequently used DEIB deliverables and common challenges you want to be aware of when creating them.

Week 3: Anatomy of a DEIB Deliverable

Walkthrough a DEIB strategy and implementation plan. Get an intro to the Tessi Delivery Model (TDM), a 4-phase methodology for DEIB programs. Using a case study, observe a DEIB implementation in action. Learn common obstacles as to why DEIB programs fail &amp; how to proactively address them. We will discuss use of artificial technology (AI) in DEI.

Week 4: Guide to executing a DEIB program at any corporate company size using AI, tools, and other techniques

Throughout the program, you will be working on your own DEIB implementation roadmap with an assigned case study. Present your approach and obtain feedback from your peers, leveraging course concepts to demonstrate proficiency. Then we celebrate! Afterwards, you will recieve a digital badge and certificate.

Week 5: Practicum & Graduation

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This course focuses on live workshops and hands-on projects

Active, not passive

You’ll be learning in public through breakout rooms and an engaged community

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