Diversity and Inclusion Courses and Programs
Online Courses
Respectful Workplace Training for Managers and Executives in New Zealand.
AUD$45
These diversity courses enable you to make educated and inclusive choices that protects staff, your organisation, and assists you to design and build a stronger, inclusive team culture.
Most organisation and workplace issues start small but can grow into costly problems that affect morale, productivity, and possibly legal compliance.
Our courses are designed for managers who know prevention beats organisational crisis management every time!
New Zealand workplaces face several unique challenges in creating inclusive, respectful, productive work environments.
Your team needs clear guidance on handling sensitive diversity, equity and inclusion-related situations, and you need confidence that you’re meeting all legal requirements for inclusion in the workplace, and workplace discrimination.
That’s exactly what makes our online management training different in order to empower your team to become a diverse and inclusive workforce.
DE&I Courses for Managers: Your First Step to a More Professional, Inclusive Workplace
Here’s what makes this online program different: it’s built specifically for NZ managers who need practical, actionable strategy and implementation steps to create, enhance and maintain respectful workplaces.
Here’s What You’ll Learn in this Online DEI Course:
- NZ HR and employment law essentials that keep you compliant
- Real solutions for workplace culture challenges
- Proven methods to handle sensitive situations, including professional development initiatives
- Leadership skills that build trust, respect, and belonging
Picture your workplace where:
- Teams collaborate more effectively and
- Managers handle team and recruitment issues with confidence
- Staff feel valued and understood
- Legal risks are minimised
This isn’t just theory – it’s practical knowledge you can use immediately. Our program gives you clear, actionable steps that work in real NZ business settings.
Why Leaders Choose This Diversity Course:
- Fits busy schedules – complete at your pace
- Focused on NZ workplace culture and how to align with the specific diversity, equity and inclusion
- Teaches practical skills, not just concepts
- Typically enables immediate results in team dynamics
At AUD$45, this program offers excellent value. One workplace DEI related issue could cost thousands in lost productivity or legal fees.
This small investment helps prevent those problems before they start.
Diversity and Inclusion Courses – Face-to-Face and Virtual Delivery
Our workplace face-to-face and virtual delivery training offers different workplace-based modalities through practical, hands-on learning, either face-to-face with a trainer at the workplace, or via Zoom or Teams, again with a live trainer, but facilitated training via virtual classroom.
Whether you choose in-person sessions or live virtual training, you’ll gain skills you can use straight away.
Diversity Equity and Inclusion Programs
Our workplace training tackles real business challenges and provides insightful and experience-based education from seasoned industry experts. Through practical exercises, managers and employees will learn:
Building Team Strength
- Lead cross-cultural teams effectively
- Spot and remove barriers to inclusion
- Create open dialogue in team meetings
- Build trust across different groups
Practical Skills Development
- Navigate sensitive cultural discussions
- Address unconscious bias in decisions and recruit in accordance with diversity and inclusion hiring process best practices
- Give feedback across cultures
- Resolve workplace conflicts fairly
NZ-Specific Course Content
We draw from actual NZ business cases, showing successful approaches to:
- Māori and Pasifika inclusion
- Religious accommodation
- Cultural celebration events
- Language and communication styles
- prevention of sexual and psycho-social harassment
As one of the leading diversity courses in this field, you or your leadership and management team, on successful completion of the course, will walk away with skills and practical strategies they can use straight away.
Each session includes role-playing with real workplace scenarios, group problem-solving, and action planning for your specific business needs.
Unconscious Bias Programs
Most decisions happen automatically, based on unconscious patterns we don’t notice. This course shows you how these hidden patterns affect your workplace choices.
You’ll learn practical ways to spot these patterns and make fairer decisions.
Our training helps you see how unconscious bias affects:
- Hiring choices and, talent management and performance management processes
- Team dynamics and creating an inclusive environment
- The workplace benefits of neurodiversity and how it can be harnessed effectively in the workplace
- Your company’s customer service performance and satisfaction score
- Workplace culture and emotional intelligence
- Leadership and human resources decisions
Cultural Awareness Training Programs
NZ workplaces need specific cultural knowledge that works here. This course gives you practical ways to work well with different cultural groups. You’ll learn how to avoid common mistakes and create genuinely welcoming workplaces.
The training learning outcomes include:
- Effectively working across cultures and avoiding a lack of diversity or discrimination due to background, race, religion, sexual preference, etc.
- Communication styles
- Building trust
- Managing expectations
- Creating inclusive spaces
Flexible Learning Options
Choose the training style that suits your team:
- Full-day workshops at your workplace, which may be especially suitable for HR professionals within your leadership team
- Live virtual sessions
- Mixed learning programs
- Small group coaching
- Team-based learning
Every course combines real examples, group activities and practical tools throughout the course. You’ll leave with clear steps to make positive changes in your workplace and implement a range of diversity and inclusion-related strategies and protocols.
Contact us to book your training now. We’ll help you choose the right program and delivery method for your team.
Individual Services
Diversity New Zealand offers a suite of individual programs and coaching options designed to support and enhance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at all levels of the organisation.
These initiatives cater to personal development, leadership skills, and specific DEI competencies. Take a detailed look at some of these offerings.
Business Services
Diversity New Zealand offers tailored business programs and executive coaching options designed to integrate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) into the core strategic functions and leadership frameworks of organisations.
These initiatives are particularly focused on equipping executives and business leaders with the tools and knowledge necessary to drive meaningful DEI changes within their teams and throughout the organisation. Take a closer look at these offerings.