Certification
DEI certified candidates are at a premium for organizations and headhunters. Earn your NADEIM sponsored certification and build your credentials as a DEI Professional, Manager or Executive through our competency-based badging system:
- NADEIM Professional
(NADEIM, PRO™) - NADEIM Professional
(NADEIM, PRO II™) - NADEIM Executive
(NADEIM, EXE™) Certification
Tier 1: NADEIM Professional (NADEIM, PRO™)
Communication and Presentation Skills
Effectively conveying key DEI messages to an audience
Courage
Takes initiative to do the right thing on behalf of advancing DEI within an organization in the face of adversity or despite reluctancy and unpopular support from colleagues
DEI Continuum
Awareness of the historical, social and legal implications of DEI, culture and race relations and its impact on current and future organizational policy and human resources practice
Decision-making/Judgment
Ability to evaluate alternatives and render appropriate actions that mitigate risk while achieving successful DEI outcomes
Diversity and Cultural Awareness
Self-awareness toward continuous learning of multicultural values, beliefs, norms and behaviors within an organization and the impact on organizational dynamics
Employee Engagement
Connecting and communicating with employees (where they are) to build trust, provide recognition, spark growth and create impact through meaningful work experiences
Performance Management
Demonstrates ability to recognize a fair system for appraising skills, abilities and behavior that advance an organization’s mission and goals
Resourcefulness
Identifying organizational resources and applying varied and innovative solutions to challenges and complex DEI problems
Team Building
Utilizing tools and techniques to build cohesion across cultural and social differences to improve team performance
Unconscious Bias Assessment
Ability to bring to bear appropriate resources and tools that measure unconscious bias and appropriately interpret and explain results to individuals at all levels within an organization
Tier 2: NADEIM Professional (NADEIM, PRO II™)
Values Creation
Facilitating rigorous discussion to identify, refine and establish understanding of diverse beliefs and customs that advance an organization’s mission and practice
Intercultural Relationship Building
Crossing cultural divides to build formal and informal network of individuals and groups within and outside the organization that help to leverage resources, foster intercultural collaboration and deliver results
Emotional Intelligence
Demonstrating behaviors that show self-awareness and awareness of others while facilitating through cultural differences to manage one’s emotions and relationships with others
Culture Assessment
Understanding the means and tools to measure and determine the attitudes, values, beliefs, norms and practice of an organization, group or team
Conflict Management
Engages differing views and approaches to work-tasks and processes to create understanding and resolve
Change Management
Effectively manages the challenges and resistance associated with culture change in organizational transitions
Business Acumen
Understanding the core elements of an organization’s strategy, operations, business analytics and the complexity of how all are affected by DEI internal dynamics and environmental forces
Influence and Savvy
Ability to anticipate and navigate cross-cultural complexity within an organization while gaining understanding and support for an idea or position
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Effectively takes appropriate risks while launching new grass-roots program ideas and initiatives that advance DEI within an organization
Self-Efficacy and Resilience
Demonstrating resilience, managing stressful challenges and portraying a sense of confidence while achieving one’s work in the area of DEI Ability
Tier 3: NADEIM Executive (NADEIM, EXE™)
Establishing Culture
Demonstrating inclusive leadership while structurally creating value systems, beliefs, behavioral expectations, policies and procedures that generate an organizational culture of belonging
Storytelling
Integrating DEI concepts within historical experiences to effectively illustrate and communicate principles
Crisis Communication
Anticipating the impact of complex situations while utilizing communication tools and techniques to restore order, calm and predictability during challenging times of cultural and social change or uncertainty
Inclusive Leadership
Leading with self-awareness and other awareness to create organizational cultures and environments where employees have a sense of belonging and feel psychologically safe to perform their work
Strategic Thinking
Anticipating external forces and innovations to leverage DEI opportunities and position the organization for success
Managing Complexity
Understanding and navigating diverse, competing perspectives and actions to effectively solve problems
Visionary
Articulating an illustration of an organization’s advanced future state of DEI that is exponentially different from the current state
Leading Change
Influencing the future direction of policy and cultural change within an organization while fostering inclusion to create an equitable workplace
Executive Presence
Maintaining integrity while positively influencing stakeholders and demonstrating effective social skills and gravitas that convey confidence
Negotiation Skills
Assessing multiple perspectives and alternatives to influence and generate DEI outcomes that are mutually beneficial
Brand Reputation and Management
Building external relationships and communicating positive DEI messages that portray a consistent, positive and impactful image of the organization
Accountability
Taking responsibility for the impact of DEI programs and initiatives through effective use of DEI dashboards and scorecards to initiate and sustain the business value of diversity