Spark lasting change through inclusive leadership!
Transform your workplace through inclusive leadership and
unleash the potential for mindset change and transformation.
Inclusive Leadership in the Workplace
(in English)
Time commitment:
Location:
2 to 3 days
Ecole des Ponts, 75012 Paris or in your corporation
Spark lasting change through inclusive leadership!
Transform your workplace through inclusive leadership and unleash the potential for mindset change and transformation.
Inclusive Leadership
in the Workplace
(in English)
Time commitment:
2 days
Location:
Ecole des Ponts Business School, 75012 Paris or at a location of your convenience
Dates:
Contact us for dates that are convenient for you
Course Description
When identities are being either claimed or discriminated against and when Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) can be perceived as a new fad used by businesses to be compliant, it is the role of leaders to take a stand for inclusivity for the sake of richness, transformation and business performance.
Under the guidance of leadership and DEI experts Xavier Garcia-Weibel and Maylis Djikalou, leaders will be trained to bring inclusivity into their leadership practice authentically. Coming out of this course, your team will be able to create spaces in the workplace where inclusion can not only be operationalized but felt and encouraged by everyone.
Through this course, your team will develop a deeper understanding of the multiple definitions and variations of identity. Rather than shying away from conversations where multiple perspectives may clash, your team will learn to encourage a co-existence of multiple perspectives that can open the door to new ways of doing & thinking. Lastly, they will increase their awareness of how privilege, biases, and prejudices play out at work and know how to develop their own executive presence and inspire their collaborators to show up and deliver their message authentically.
Course Description
When identities are being either claimed or discriminated against and when Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) can be perceived as a new fad used by businesses to be compliant, it is the role of leaders to take a stand for inclusivity for the sake of richness, transformation and business performance.
Under the guidance of leadership and DEI experts Xavier Garcia-Weibel and Maylis Djikalou, leaders will be trained to bring inclusivity into their leadership practice authentically. Coming out of this course, your team will be able to create spaces in the workplace where inclusion can not only be operationalized but felt and encouraged by everyone.
Through this course, your team will develop a deeper understanding of the multiple definitions and variations of identity. Rather than shying away from conversations where multiple perspectives may clash, your team will learn to encourage a co-existence of multiple perspectives that can open the door to new ways of doing & thinking. Lastly, they will increase their awareness of how privilege, biases, and prejudices play out at work and know how to develop their own executive presence and inspire their collaborators to show up and deliver their message authentically.
Course Outputs
After the Inclusive Leadership in the Workplace course, you will be able to:
- Facilitate meaningful and powerful dialogues where value can be felt above differences in opinion or identities
- Utilize vocabulary, and terminology and expand meaning around DEI-related concepts that work in the business context
- Create spaces where everyone may claim their identities and learn to champion inclusivity
- Co-create and uphold rules of engagement where multiple expressions and identities are not only protected but valued and empowered in team settings
- Assert identity, self-identify and become aware of the multiple lenses that we use to navigate identity in the workplace
- Express an authentic voice and message despite the biases we may encounter
Course Outputs
After the Inclusive Leadership in the Workplace course, you will be able to:
- Facilitate meaningful and powerful dialogues where value can be felt above differences in opinion or identities
- Utilize vocabulary, and terminology and expand meaning around DEI-related concepts that work in the business context
- Create spaces where everyone may claim their identities and learn to champion inclusivity
- Co-create and uphold rules of engagement where multiple expressions and identities are not only protected but valued and empowered in team settings
- Assert identity, self-identify and become aware of the multiple lenses that we use to navigate identity in the workplace
- Express an authentic voice and message despite the biases we may encounter
Who is it for?
This course is for anyone who…
… wants to create inclusive spaces in the workplace
… wants to grow in their leadership practice by bringing their full diverse selves to the workplace
… wants to learn tools to navigate sometimes difficult discussions/debates around inclusion, diversity and identity/identities in the workplace
… works in a corporate environment and has no clue on how to engage in a discussion on DEI because it’s either too sensitive, embarrassing or not appropriate
… is open to learning about diversity in the workplace in a new way, regardless of their previous exposure or opinions on the topic
… may question DEI in the workplace and is eager to learn and make for themselves a first-hand opinion once among a diverse crowd of participants
Finally, this course is open to participants of all genders, races, sexual orientations, religions etc.
Who is it for?
This course is for anyone who…
… wants to create inclusive spaces in the workplace
… wants to grow in their leadership practice by bringing their full diverse selves to the workplace
… wants to learn tools to navigate sometimes difficult discussions/debates around inclusion, diversity and identity/identities in the workplace
… works in a corporate environment and has no clue on how to engage in a discussion on DEI because it’s either too sensitive, embarrassing or not appropriate
… is open to learning about diversity in the workplace in a new way, regardless of their previous exposure or opinions on the topic
… may question DEI in the workplace and is eager to learn and make for themselves a first-hand opinion once among a diverse crowd of participants
Finally, this course is open to participants of all genders, races, sexual orientations, religions etc.
Teaching Methodology
Experiential Learning:
Group Work:
Case Studies:
Facilitation:
During the course, participants will have the opportunity to experience an embodied and artistic approach to learning that will enable them to integrate diversity, equity and inclusion into their leadership practice.
Participants will explore group work in pairs, triads or larger groups on a variety of topics. Debriefs and sharing will generally happen in a plenary setting to encourage deepening and peer learning. Conversations will be structured in a way that models the type of presence and impact expected from inclusive leaders.
Participants will be invited to work on real-life scenarios (“REAL play”) based on their life/work experience rather than theory-based examples (“role play”).
Co-facilitators will use coaching and facilitation tools and techniques based on the “Art of hosting”. “Art of holding space”, “ORSC”, “Co-active coaching”, “process work”
Teaching Methodology
Experiential Learning:
During the course, participants will have the opportunity to experience an embodied and artistic approach to learning that will enable them to integrate diversity, equity and inclusion into their leadership practice.
Group Work:
Participants will explore group work in pairs, triads or larger groups on a variety of topics. Debriefs and sharing will generally happen in a plenary setting to encourage deepening and peer learning. Conversations will be structured in a way that models the type of presence and impact expected from inclusive leaders.
Case Studies:
Participants will be invited to work on real-life scenarios (“REAL play”) based on their life/work experience rather than theory-based examples (“role play”).
Facilitation:
Co-facilitators will use coaching and facilitation tools and techniques based on the “Art of hosting”. “Art of holding space”, “ORSC”, “Co-active coaching”, “process work”
“The larger goal of Deep Democracy is not
me changing you and you changing me.
But we learning how to relate.”
― Arnold Mindell ―
“The larger goal of Deep Democracy is not me changing you and you changing me. But we learning how to relate.”
― Arnold Mindell ―
Course Instructors
Maylis A. Djikalou (she/her)
Transformational Coach, Consultant, Facilitator
Co-Founder, Programme Director, We Create Space
Maylis is a transformational coach and consultant who has worked at the intersections of creative, enterprise, corporate, and charity sectors for over a decade. A curator of experiential Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) learning journeys and intersectional leadership programs, Maylis promotes ‘agency and wellbeing FOR ALL employees’ as a competitive advantage, helps organizations future-proof their workplaces and cultures and also upskills their people leaders to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse workforce during challenging global socio-political climates.
Maylis is a witty, high-impact storyteller and moderator. Her lived experience as a Black, African, Queer woman and parent, along with her previous struggles navigating addiction and mental ill-health, have inspired an ongoing journey in service of historically marginalized communities – to challenge systemic inequities and illuminate stories across all fractions of identity.
Maylis is also the Programme Director at We Create Space, a global Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion consultancy, learning platform and social enterprise, funding free events, resources, and support for the LGBTQ+ community.
Previous clients have included: Garnier, P&G, JP Morgan, Meta, PwC, Omnicom, Unilever, JDE, eBay, Bloomberg, Henkel and many more.
Xavier Garcia-Weibel (he/him)
Executive & Innovation Leadership Coach
Xavier is an executive coach who has a proven track record in entrepreneurship and has occupied various managerial roles at large corporations in the IT telecommunications field in the USA, France, and Switzerland. He has led change and strategic projects across corporate divisions and has first-hand experience in dealing with corporate politics and stakeholders. A passionate workshop facilitator, Xavier specializes in experiential workshops focusing on developing Leadership and Innovation in organizations.
Xavier is a Certified Professional Co-active® Coach (CPCC), and Master Certified Coach (MCC). He has completed 2600+ hours of coaching of executives and leaders. He is a certified Leadership Circle Practitioner and completed the Evocative Leadership Mastery training in 2018. Xavier holds a MSc. in Software Architecture & Network Management (Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse). Xavier is Guest Faculty at Ecole des Ponts Business School & EADA for MBA and Executive MBA curricula (Paris, Barcelona, Casablanca and Beijing), HSG Business School in St Gallen and at Haute Ecole du Valais in Quality & Strategy Management (Lausanne).
Last, Xavier co-authored the book “Spiritual Leadership in Practice” published in June 2021, EMS Editions on how to integrate spiritual practices in the workplace.
His clients have included Swisscom, European Investment Bank, Google, Siemens, Groupe Richemont, Allianz, Swiss Life Asset Managers, SwissRe, Roche, Pfizer, Airbus, SNCF, eBay, Unesco and many more.
Course Instructors
Maylis A. Djikalou (she/her)
Transformational Coach, Consultant, Facilitator
Co-Founder, Programme Director, We Create Space
Maylis is a transformational coach and consultant who has worked at the intersections of creative, enterprise, corporate, and charity sectors for over a decade. A curator of experiential Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) learning journeys and intersectional leadership programs, Maylis promotes ‘agency and wellbeing FOR ALL employees’ as a competitive advantage, helps organizations future-proof their workplaces and cultures and also upskills their people leaders to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse workforce during challenging global socio-political climates.
Maylis is a witty, high-impact storyteller and moderator. Her lived experience as a Black, African, Queer woman and parent, along with her previous struggles navigating addiction and mental ill-health, have inspired an ongoing journey in service of historically marginalized communities – to challenge systemic inequities and illuminate stories across all fractions of identity.
Maylis is also the Programme Director at We Create Space, a global Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion consultancy, learning platform and social enterprise, funding free events, resources, and support for the LGBTQ+ community.
Previous clients have included: Garnier, P&G, JP Morgan, Meta, PwC, Omnicom, Unilever, JDE, eBay, Bloomberg, Henkel and many more.
Xavier Garcia-Weibel (he/him)
Executive & Innovation Leadership Coach
Xavier is an executive coach who has a proven track record in entrepreneurship and has occupied various managerial roles at large corporations in the IT telecommunications field in the USA, France, and Switzerland. He has led change and strategic projects across corporate divisions and has first-hand experience in dealing with corporate politics and stakeholders. A passionate workshop facilitator, Xavier specializes in experiential workshops focusing on developing Leadership and Innovation in organizations.
Xavier is a Certified Professional Co-active® Coach (CPCC), and Master Certified Coach (MCC). He has completed 2600+ hours of coaching of executives and leaders. He is a certified Leadership Circle Practitioner and completed the Evocative Leadership Mastery training in 2018. Xavier holds a MSc. in Software Architecture & Network Management (Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse). Xavier is Guest Faculty at Ecole des Ponts Business School & EADA for MBA and Executive MBA curricula (Paris, Barcelona, Casablanca and Beijing), HSG Business School in St Gallen and at Haute Ecole du Valais in Quality & Strategy Management (Lausanne).
Last, Xavier co-authored the book “Spiritual Leadership in Practice” published in June 2021, EMS Editions on how to integrate spiritual practices in the workplace.
His clients have included Swisscom, European Investment Bank, Google, Siemens, Groupe Richemont, Allianz, Swiss Life Asset Managers, SwissRe, Roche, Pfizer, Airbus, SNCF, eBay, Unesco and many more.
"A deep introspection related to daily practice and a lot of excellent tools and encouragements to shine with one's own personality and style. A remarkable experience.
Xavier has been a wonderful coach!"
- Senior Manager & Diversity representative, a large insurance company -
"The practice exercise, followed by the immediate feedback was very insightful. Xavier took the time to coach each of us on how to improve our communication and our presence, based on our personal experience and impressions.”
- Senior Manager & Diversity representative, a large insurance company -
"A deep introspection related to daily practice and a lot of excellent tools and encouragements to shine with one's own personality and style. A remarkable experience.
Xavier has been a wonderful coach!"
- Senior Manager & Diversity representative, a large insurance company -
"The practice exercise, followed by the immediate feedback was very insightful. Xavier took the time to coach each of us on how to improve our communication and our presence, based on our personal experience and impressions.”
- Senior Manager & Diversity representative, a large insurance company -
