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Uncovering Your Authentic Self at Work

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

Tags

Inclusion Courses Diversity Courses Workplace Culture Courses Allyship Courses Personal Storytelling Courses

Course Description

Overview

Learn about covering—a strategy through which individuals downplay a known stigmatized identity to blend into the mainstream—and how to build a more authentic workplace.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Covering and your work
  • Recovering the ideal of inclusion
1. Understanding Covering
  • Defining the four axes of covering
  • Examples of covering from culture and history
2. The Negative Effects of Covering
  • The incidence of covering at work
  • The impact of covering at work
  • When covering is perceived as not harmful
  • Examples of covering
3. Strategies to Build a More Authentic Workplace
  • Diagnosing covering demands
  • Engaging in active allyship
  • Crafting and sharing your personal story
  • Kenji's covering story

Taught by

Kenji Yoshino

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