Program Overview
We are proud to be the exclusive provider in North Carolina of the Certified Diversity Executive credential, which is offered in partnership with The Institute for Diversity Certification (IDC).
Through 24 course hours of instructor-led training, passing a written exam with a score of 74% or higher, and submitting a professional candidate project, you’ll receive a diversity certification. showing your commitment to organizational change. Examples of candidate projects include an assessment of your organization’s and a competitor’s current diversity efforts, a research project that would contribute to the body of knowledge in the field, or any other usable project that is relevant to your professional work.
To ensure an interactive learning experience for all, each class is capped at 25 students.
If you are interested in hosting a private cohort of 20+ participants from your organization, please contact kaela@thediversitymovement.com.
Learning Outcomes
- Gain the skills needed to remove systemic barriers to inclusion, lead culture change, and transform company culture
- Build a network of peers for ongoing support on your DEI journey
- Demonstrate cultural competence and increase credibility as a diversity, equity, and inclusion change agent
- Indicate the highest standard of ethics and competence in generating transformative business outcomes
Curriculum
The CDE certification course covers the following topics:
• Personal Awareness & Managing Blind Spots
• Improving Your Approach to the Bottom Line
• Global Best Practices
• The Elements of Leading a Large-Scale D&I Effort
• Race, Power and Privilege
• Boardroom Diversity
• Supplier Diversity
• Innovation Through D&I
• Impediments to Inclusion & Cultural Competence
• Unconscious Bias
• Executive Commitment & Sponsorship
• Strategic Purpose & Partnerships
• Connecting Demographic Shifts to Organizational Strategy
• Integrating Cultures Amidst Merger & Acquisition Activity
• The Next Generation of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Work
• Advanced Data Insight and Analysis
Enroll to Earn Credits
The Diversity Movement is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities. The CDE counts as 20 PDCs towards recertification.
As a CAE Registered Provider educational program related to the CAE exam content outline, this program may be applied for 20.08 credits toward your CAE application or renewal professional development requirements.
Faculty
At The Diversity Movement we support leading executives, just like you, as we all work to build a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive world.
Kaela Sosa, CDE – Lead Instructor
Kaela is the curriculum and programming manager at The Diversity Movement, with a passion for making DEI education digestible and impactful. Her interest in DEI began in college, while studying Psychology of Gender and Sexuality at Duke University. Kaela graduated with honors after defending her thesis, Gender and Stress in Cross-Race Interactions: Differential Impacts for Men and Women. She has conducted research at two of Duke’s psychology labs, exploring topics related to biracial identities, gender expression, and the impact of gender on psychological well-being.
Guest instructors will include: Donald Thompson, CDE, Jackie Ferguson, CDE, Kurt Merriweather, CDE, Jamie Ousterout, CDE, and Susie Silver, CDE.
Trusted DEI Training
We’ve helped hundreds of executives build cultural competence and earn diversity credentials.