Move leaders from believing in inclusion to practising it — with a research-grounded DEI programme you can deliver next month.
DEI Training for Leaders is a complete 2-day programme on the LEAD framework: see your own landscape, examine bias and systems, act inclusively every day, and build a culture that sustains it. Written by Bodhih Training, ready for you to deliver.
- LEAD: Learn Your Own Landscape, Examine Bias and Systems, Act Inclusively Every Day, Develop and Sustain Inclusive Culture
- Draws on Project Implicit, Crenshaw on intersectionality, Sue on microaggressions, Edmondson on psychological safety and Bohnet on behavioural design
- Behaviour-focused: meeting redesign, bias interruption, sponsorship and equitable feedback
- Ends with a 30-day Personal Inclusive Leadership Plan — four commitments and an accountability partner
DEI Training for Leaders Trainer Toolkit by Bodhih Training — built on programmes delivered to 2,000+ companies since 2008.
The workshop is on the calendar. The material isn’t.
The business case is made — implementation isn't
Your clients already accept why inclusion matters. What they lack is a programme that changes what leaders do in meetings, feedback and opportunity allocation on Monday morning.
Research-heavy topics take ages to build
Intersectionality, stereotype threat, implicit bias, structural inequity — doing them justice means weeks of reading, careful framing and activities that don't feel like a lecture.
Awareness without accountability
Research on DEI programme effectiveness points to specific behaviour and accountability, not awareness alone. Without personal commitments and follow-up built in, a session fades quickly.
Picture the evening before your programme.
Imagine Day 1 opening with an identity map. Each leader charts the parts of their identity that shape how they experience work — and then considers how others on their team might experience the same workplace differently. That is Learn Your Own Landscape: privilege and intersectionality understood as systemic realities, not personal accusations.
The afternoon turns to Examine Bias and Systems — implicit bias drawing on Project Implicit, stereotype threat, and a microaggression recognition audit of their own team's everyday interactions. The Facilitator Guide gives you the framing, the activities and the debriefs to hold these conversations with care.
Day 2 is about action. Participants redesign a real meeting for inclusion, plan how they will interrupt bias, compare sponsorship with mentorship, practise equitable feedback and prepare a difficult conversation. They finish with team inclusion norms and a Personal Inclusive Leadership Plan — four specific commitments over 30 days, with an accountability partner.
As you deliver it, you'll notice leaders stop asking whether inclusion matters and start asking which commitment to begin with.
What you will deliver
A complete design, sequenced and timed — so every session has a purpose and every activity lands.
- Framework
- LEAD — Learn, Examine, Act, Develop
- Length
- 2 days · 14 contact hours
- Day 1
- Identity, privilege, bias and microaggressions
- Day 2
- Inclusive behaviours, norms and personal plan
- Audience
- Leaders of one or more people
- Formats
- In-person or virtual
Learn Your Own LandscapeDay 1
Identity mapping, privilege as systemic and intersectionality.
Examine Bias and SystemsDay 1
Implicit bias, stereotype threat and a microaggression recognition audit.
Act Inclusively Every DayDay 2
Inclusive meeting design, bias interruption, sponsorship vs mentorship and equitable feedback.
Develop and Sustain Inclusive CultureDay 2
Difficult conversations, team inclusion norms and the Personal Inclusive Leadership Plan.
Everything for the room. Nothing left to build.
Unlocks the moment you pay. Until then, here is exactly what you will be downloading.
To deliver
- Facilitator Guide — session plans, framing notes, timings and debriefs
- Main Slide Deck plus a Simple Backup Deck
- Virtual Delivery Guide
For participants
- Participant Workbook — identity map, bias self-assessment, microaggression audit and leadership plan
- Pre-Work Reading
- Role-Play Scenario Pack for bias interruption and difficult conversations
- Case Studies, including a diverse entry-level pipeline that thins out at senior level
- Quick Reference Cards for LEAD and inclusive meeting design
To measure
- Assessment Instruments
- Participant Feedback Form
- Certificate Template
To design & sell
- Training Design Document — research basis, objectives and structure
- Marketing Toolkit — nomination email, research-backed business case and investment summary
What your participants will be able to do
Designed for leaders of one or more people, in any sector; leaders whose teams include people from diverse identity groups and junior leaders who want to lead more inclusively.
- Map their own identity and understand privilege and intersectionality as systemic
- Recognise implicit bias and stereotype threat in leadership decisions
- Audit their team's interactions for microaggressions
- Redesign meetings so participation is more evenly distributed
- Interrupt bias in the moment with a prepared plan
- Use sponsorship and equitable feedback to widen opportunity
- Commit to a 30-day Personal Inclusive Leadership Plan with an accountability partner
Walk in with data. Walk out with proof.
Trainers who measure before and after design sharper sessions — and get rebooked. AssessAll, our sister assessment platform, has assessments that sit naturally alongside this programme.
Walk in knowing where every participant starts.
Pair DEI Training for Leaders with an AssessAll assessment. Participants take it before the workshop, so you can tune the emphasis to the room; they retake it afterwards, so you can show the client what actually moved. Better-targeted sessions, and evidence that wins the next booking.
- Cross-Cultural & Inclusive LeadershipView assessment ↗
- Interviewer Judgment & Hiring BiasView assessment ↗
- Speak-Up: Raising a Concern and Hearing OneView assessment ↗
Nothing quite fits? Create your own assessment on AssessAll, or ask the AssessAll team to build one around this programme’s objectives for you.
That is the design work already done for you — research, session plans, slides, activities and assessments. Spend it facilitating, selling your next programme, or simply switching off.
The honest comparison
| Building it yourself | This toolkit | |
|---|---|---|
| Time to a deliverable programme | 60–120 hours of design | Ready today |
| Session plan with timings | Built from scratch | Included, minute by minute |
| Activities, role plays, cases | Hunted down one by one | Written for this programme |
| Assessment and feedback | Often skipped | Instruments and forms included |
| Virtual delivery version | A second project | Guide included |
| Cost | Your weekends | One payment |
Made for people who stand at the front of the room
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Give people managers a behaviour-focused DEI programme that builds on existing awareness training.
Retention and pipeline initiatives
Equip leaders to interrupt the patterns — in assignments, feedback and sponsorship — that thin out diverse talent over time.
DEI consultants and facilitators
Deliver a research-referenced, fully scripted programme with clear commitments your clients can follow up on.
18 years in real training rooms, packaged for yours.
Bodhih Training has designed and delivered corporate programmes since 2008 — for first-time managers, sales teams, leadership cohorts and whole organisations. These toolkits are that reach, distilled: the structures, activities and materials that hold up in front of real participants, written so another trainer can pick them up and deliver with confidence.
Three steps from here to the room
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- STEP 2
Download instantly
Your download page opens at once, and a permanent link lands in your inbox.
- STEP 3
Brand it and deliver
Every file is editable Word or PowerPoint. Add your logo, your examples, and run it.
Help leaders make belonging the default.
The complete LEAD programme is ready to download. Add your context, brand it, and lead two days that end in specific, accountable commitments.
Licensed to the buyer to deliver this programme to their own participants and clients, in person or online, and to adapt and brand the material. Reselling or redistributing the files is not permitted.
The rest of the Bodhih family, when you need it
Make the workshop last beyond the room
A workshop is two days; the behaviour change takes months. Jobulary turns assessment evidence into a focused individual development plan (IDP) — a few quarterly objectives built on real work, re-measured honestly. Give every DEI Training for Leaders participant a plan to carry forward.
IDPs are launching soon — the working demo is free to explore now, no sign-up.
Rather have us deliver it?
If you want DEI Training for Leaders run for your organisation by Bodhih Training’s own facilitators — in person, live virtual or blended, customised to your context — we deliver it end to end.
solutions@bodhih.com · +91 99000 11601. Building your own facilitation skills? See Bodhih’s Train the Trainer certification.
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What is the LEAD framework for inclusive leadership?
LEAD is the four-part structure of this programme: Learn Your Own Landscape (identity, privilege and intersectionality), Examine Bias and Systems (implicit bias, stereotype threat, microaggressions and structural inequity), Act Inclusively Every Day (meetings, bias interruption, sponsorship and feedback) and Develop and Sustain Inclusive Culture (team norms, measurement and accountability).
What research is this DEI training based on?
The programme references McKinsey's Diversity Wins (2020), Deloitte's inclusive leadership research, Project Implicit (Banaji and Greenwald), Kimberlé Crenshaw on intersectionality, Derald Wing Sue on microaggressions, Amy Edmondson on psychological safety, Iris Bohnet on behavioural design, and Kalev, Dobbin and Kelly on DEI programme effectiveness.
Is DEI training for leaders suitable for virtual delivery?
Yes. The toolkit includes a Virtual Delivery Guide that adapts the activities and timings for live online sessions.
What exactly do I get in the DEI Training for Leaders trainer toolkit?
14 editable files: Training Design Document, Facilitator Guide, Slide Deck — Simple Backup, Slide Deck — Main, Virtual Delivery Guide, Participant Workbook, Pre-Work Material, Case Studies, Role-Play Scenario Pack, Quick Reference Cards, Assessment Instruments, Participant Feedback Form, Certificate Template, Marketing Toolkit. Word and PowerPoint formats, so you can add your own branding and examples — and a single ZIP to download everything at once.
How much does the DEI Training for Leaders toolkit cost?
₹2,999 including 18% GST for buyers in India, or $29 for buyers outside India. One-time payment, no subscription, with an automatic invoice.
How and when do I receive the files?
Immediately. Your download page opens the moment payment succeeds, and a permanent download link is emailed to you. The link works from any device without a password.
Can I deliver this programme to my clients and put my own logo on it?
Licensed to the buyer to deliver this programme to their own participants and clients, in person or online, and to adapt and brand the material. Reselling or redistributing the files is not permitted.
How can I measure what participants learn in DEI Training for Leaders?
The toolkit includes its own assessment instruments and feedback form. For a scored pre- and post-workshop measure, pair it with an assessment from AssessAll, Bodhih's sister assessment platform — for example Cross-Cultural & Inclusive Leadership or Interviewer Judgment & Hiring Bias. If nothing fits, you can build your own assessment on AssessAll or ask the AssessAll team to create one for you.
Can Bodhih Training deliver the DEI Training for Leaders programme for my organisation?
Yes. Bodhih Training (bodhih.com) can facilitate the programme in person, live virtual or blended, customised to your context. Contact solutions@bodhih.com or +91 99000 11601.
How long is the programme?
2 days · 14 contact hours · blended. The facilitator guide shows how to run it as designed, and the virtual delivery guide adapts it for online sessions.