Inclusion training refers to corporate and workforce training to better work with others of differing cultural backgrounds, nationalities, genders and sexual orientations, religions,  physical or mental abilities and more. It’s often referred to as Diversity and Inclusion Training. It emphasizes being inclusive of all types of employees and explains the benefits of doing so. This can be in the form of training to increase awareness of unintentional biases, or it could be in the form of teaching skills to better interact with others who come from different backgrounds with differing perspectives. The overall goal is to have a workplace inclusive of all people.

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Organizations often implement inclusion training as a way to combat the risk of discrimination and harassment or simply misunderstood. It can have additional benefits of improving awareness, increasing workplace morale, and improving productivity.

Here are some of the topics that may be part of an inclusion training program:

• Unconscious or implicit bias: what it is and how to combat it
• Privilege
• Communication skills
• Cultural sensitivities and stereotyping
• Value systems and how they may differ
• Discrimination
• Cultural identities and potential sources of conflict, along with cultural competency
• Civility and sensitivity
• How to be inclusive in work practices
• Invisible disabilities
• Anti Bullying or anti harassment
• Conflict management
• Modeling inclusive behavior
• Legal ramifications of not being inclusive