DEI Experiences – draft

We help workplaces focus on their cultures to ensure equal dignity for all, encouraging change and growth to improve the way organizations operate. Studies show that unaddressed culture challenges in the workplace lead to low morale and poor employee retention, and can negatively impact an organization’s bottom line.  McKinsey Group confirmed in 2020: “The most diverse companies are now more likely than ever to outperform less diverse peers on profitability.” DEI training leads to increased creativity, innovation, and decreased vulnerability to liability.

Considering a training? Your organization will benefit if you answer NO to any of these questions:

• Does your organization have the ability to conduct conversations that may be uncomfortable with your employees? 

• Does your organization’s leadership have the tools to empathize with the workplace challenges some of your employees may be experiencing? 

• Are you confident your organization is addressing the needs of all demographics represented by your team?

• If there are any individuals in your organization who feel like an “only,” do you have the tools to address this issue?

Using an organization’s values, we explore how they manifest in the institution’s culture. 

Are we speaking the same language when we talk about creating diverse, equitable, and inclusive cultures where all feel a sense of belonging? 

An exploration of implicit bias, how it manifests as microaggression, and how we can identify and address it. 

Explore generational diversity and how race, power and privilege intersect. 

An exploration of emotional intelligence and the role it plays in creating inclusive cultures and the foundational behaviors leaders should model to create these cultures. 

Address how to build alliances in relationships across differences; advocate for underrepresented groups; and cultivate long-term strategic mindsets to create an inclusive culture. 

Explore the impact of history on current inequities in organizations and industries, and the roles organizations might take to address historical injustices to create diverse and inclusive environments. 

Senior managers explore different perspectives in the decision-making processes in the historic Montgomery Bus Boycott and apply them to current issues in DEI.

Advancing DEI is an ethical imperative, but it’s also a business imperative and should be at the core of a company’s business strategy.

High-quality feedback is crucial for individual advancement and organizational growth. Talent thrives where people give and receive honest feedback. 

Explore its role in creating inclusive organizations, increasing collaboration, innovation, trust, and accountability. 

Explore individual and social identity, the relationship to power, and how leaders can use their power to advance DEI. 

In table-top activities, leaders learn empathetic listening, cultural humility, giving supportive feedback, and asking effective questions. 

Leaders are taught to use DEI practices to conduct effective meetings through agendas, facilitation, and follow up activities. 

(Package of 4 Sessions) Equips an organization’s staff to facilitate meetings and encourage inclusive dialogue with the following four modules: 

– Cultivating psychological safety 

– Defining Identity and Navigating Power

– Navigating Difficult Conversations

– Creating a Meeting with DEI in Mind