Today’s business world and organization culture has dramatically evolved over the past 20 years. Today, organizations understand there are many variables that will make up how their organizational culture will be perceived. A few of those variables include; generational make-up of the workforce, ethnicity, religious beliefs, societal positioning, gender as issues in the world and workforce change, new concepts continually evolve and this topic of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is the most recent effort that has become a focus of the business world. Even if you understand the meaning of DEI, the actions to be taken to move your culture towards effectively executing these topics can be a challenge.
This course will delve into building a DEI culture within your workforce and action steps that can be taken to effectively execute this objective. Now more than ever, DEI must be more than a program. It must become deeply embedded in company culture and incorporated across the organization.
Publication Date: June 2022
Designed For
Chief Executive Officers, Senior Executive Management, Board Members, Compliance Professionals, Legal Professionals, and Audit professionals.
Topics Covered
- Review Meaning of DEI
- Driving Culture Factors for DEI
- Coaching Towards Belonging
- Build Allies and Role Models
- Identify DEI Steps to Embed into Culture
Learning Objectives
- Describe the meaning of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in today's world
- Recognize the driving factors for organizations to pursue a DEI culture
- Identify DEI priorities and steps to embedding the concept into your culture
- Identify potential challenges organizations may encounter
- Recognize how DEI will be viewed in the future
- Describe how culture is developed
- Recognize what is demonstrated by leaders who ask a lot of questions
- Identify the four quadrants of psychological safety
- Recognize attributes of a good listener
- Describe examples of a "soft skill"
Level
Basic
Instructional Method
Self-Study
NASBA Field of Study
Personnel/HR (2 hours)
Program Prerequisites
None
Advance Preparation
None
Instructor
Lynn Fountain
Lynn Fountain has over 38 years of experience spanning public accounting, corporate accounting and consulting. 20 years of her experience has been working in the areas of internal and external auditing and risk management. She is a subject matter expert in multiple fields including internal audit, ethics, fraud evaluations, Sarbanes-Oxley, enterprise risk management, governance, financial management and compliance. Lynn has held two Chief Audit Executive (CAE) positions for international companies. In one of her roles as CAE, she assisted in the investigation of a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme perpetrated by a vendor that spanned 7 years and implicated 20 employees. The fraud was formally investigation by the FBI and resulted in 5 indictments estimating a $13M fraud loss.
Ms. Fountain is currently engaged in her own consulting and training practice. She is a highly sought-after trainer and international speaker. In addition, Ms. Fountain has assisted numerous companies with enterprise risk management frameworks, internal audit processes and financial accounting. She also serves as a discussion leader for the AICPA for numerous classes finance, accounting and risk management topics.
Ms. Fountain is the author of three separate technical books. Her first book released in 2015 by the Institute of Internal Auditors Foundation is entitled “Raise the Red Flag – The Internal Auditors Guide to Fraud Evaluations”. Her second book “Leading the Internal Audit Function” was released in October 2015 by Taylor & Francis Publications. This book serves as the initial launch for a series of leading practice internal audit and information technology publications. Her third book “Ethics and the Internal Auditor’s Dilemma” was released in December 2016.
Ms. Fountain obtained her BSBA from Pittsburg State University and her MBA from Washburn University in Kansas. She has her CPA, CGMA, CRMA credentials.