Are you ready to break the cycle of discrimination? Create an organisation that encourages a sense of belonging and allows employees to speak up.
6–8 hours per week,
self-paced learning online
8 weeks,
excluding orientation
Weekly modules,
flexible learning
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A behavioural science-based leadership approach to addressing the day-to-day realities of DEI decision-making.
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The ability to create a culture of inclusivity and the insight to identify inclusion issues, guided by global DEI experts.
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Interventions to improve collaboration, opportunities, resilience and inclusive hiring processes, while mitigating behavioural risk.
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The tools to evaluate the effectiveness of your organisation’s DEI initiatives, as well as measure the ROI of these initiatives.
This Inclusive Leadership Through Behavioural Science online certificate course is certified by the United Kingdom CPD Certification Service, and may be applicable to individuals who are members of, or are associated with, UK-based professional bodies. The course has an estimated 70 hours of learning.
Note: should you wish to claim CPD activity, the onus is on you. The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and GetSmarter accept no responsibility, and cannot be held responsible, for the claiming or validation of hours or points.
Over the duration of this online certificate course, you’ll work through the following modules:
MODULE 1 Leveraging behavioural science for inclusivity
Learn how behavioural science can be used to develop inclusive leadership practices.
MODULE 2 An experimental approach to becoming an inclusive leader
Discover how an experimental approach ensures interventions are suited to different contexts.
MODULE 3 Developing an inclusive search and hiring strategy
Learn how behavioural science insights can improve the search and hiring process.
MODULE 4 Collaborating with team members
Learn how groupthink affects organisational outcomes.
MODULE 5 Managing behavioural risk
Learn how to mitigate poor conduct.
MODULE 6 Inclusive career growth
Discover how to create fair opportunities for promotions and compensation.
MODULE 7 Behavioural science insights for enhancing resilience
Learn how to evaluate and assess interventions to improve resilience.
MODULE 8 Driving your future success through inclusivity
Learn how inclusivity can improve personal success and development.
Please note that module titles and their contents are subject to change during course development.
Dr Grace Lordan
Associate Professor, Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, LSE
Grace is an economist and her research is focused on quantifying the benefits of inclusion within and across firms, as well as designing interventions that level the playing field for under-represented talent within firms. She is an expert on the effects of bias, discrimination, and technology changes. Grace is an expert advisor to the UK government sitting on their skills and productivity board, is a member of the UK government’s BEIS social mobility taskforce, and is on the Women in Finance Charter’s advisory board. Her research has been featured by The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Times, BBC, The Telegraph, Forbes, and Bloomberg. She heads the Inclusion Initiative at LSE, which aims to bring behavioural science insights to firms to allow them to enhance the inclusion of all talent, and simultaneously produce academically rigorous and relevant research.
This LSE online certificate course is delivered in collaboration with online education provider GetSmarter, part of edX. Join a growing community of global professionals and benefit from the opportunity to:
Gain verifiable and relevant competencies and earn invaluable recognition from a world-leading social science university, entirely online and in your own time.
Enjoy a personalised, people-mediated online learning experience created to make you feel supported at every step.
Experience a flexible but structured approach to online education as you plan your learning around your life to meet weekly milestones.