Culture Connections workshop topics
Discover how Culture Connections equips teams to transform reflection into action by facilitating A Brave Space Experience.
CONVERSATION MODULES
Designing Your Culture Connections Experience
TIER 1 - FOUNDATIONAL LEARNING
- Putting Organizational Values into Action: Using an organization’s values, we explore how they manifest in the institution’s culture.
- Creating a Common Language for Organizational Culture: Are we aligned in our understanding when we discuss creating experiences that resonate with everyone in the organization, fostering a true sense of fellowship and membership.
- Understanding Subconscious Assumptions and Subtle Insults : An exploration of assumptions, how they manifest as insults, and how those insults can unintentionally fracture the positive culture of an organization. More importantly, we learn how we can identify and address these issues.
- Embracing Cross Generational Differences : Explore generational points of view and how age, and several other identities, intersect.
- Cultivating Collaborative Behaviors: An exploration of emotional intelligence and the role it plays in creating collaborative cultures and the foundational behaviors leaders should model to create these cultures.
- Applying the Lessons of History to the Workplace: Explore the impact of historical events on the current structure and culture in many organizations today. Provide tools for employees to create environments of understanding and open opportunities for all employees.
- Empowering Allyship: Explores the partnership between allies and members of under-represented groups and how ally support of these groups can contribute to organizational success.
- LGBTQ+ belonging in the Workplace: Definitions and practical applications for a collaborative workplace.
TIER 2 - ADVANCED LEARNING
- BRG/ERG Leaders Advocating for Workplace Fairness : Addresses how BRG/ERG leaders can build alliances in relationships across differences and advocate for underrepresented groups.
- Empathy-Building through History: Senior managers explore different perspectives in the decision-making processes in the historic Montgomery Bus Boycott and apply them to current issues in Organizational Culture.
- The Business Case for Creating a Positive Organizational Culture : Advancing Organizational Culture is an ethical imperative, but it’s also a business imperative and should be at the core of a company’s business strategy. This discussion highlights the advantages seen for organizations that focus on culture improvements as compared to those that do not focus on cultural improvements.
- Using Feedback as a Tool for Workplace Fairness: High-quality feedback is crucial for individual advancement and organizational growth. Talent thrives where people give and receive honest feedback.
- Gender and the Workplace: Expectations for single mothers, male caregivers, female leadership; understanding how issues of gender stereotypes play out in the workplace.
- Significance of Acceptance : From productivity to retention, fostering universal acceptance increases healthy connections, and increases well-being.
- Cultivating Psychological Safety: Explore its role in creating accepting organizations, increasing collaboration, innovation, trust, and accountability.
- Defining Identity and Navigating Power: Explore individual and social identity, the relationship to power, and how leaders can use their power to advance organizational culture.
- Navigating Challenging Conversations: In table-top, scenario-based activities, leaders learn techniques for empathetic listening, humility, giving supportive feedback, and asking effective questions.
- Creating a Meeting with Organizational Culture in Mind: Leaders are taught to use effective practices to conduct productive meetings that leverage the contributions and thoughts of all members of the team through proper planning of agendas, facilitation, and follow up activities.
Learning series
We have created several Learning Series to provide a roadmap to support your ongoing needs and unique roles within your organization. Each “series” is made up of 4-8 modules such as Cultivating Psychological Safety, Using Feedback as a Tool for Equal Opportunity, The Business Case for Advocating for Organizational Culture, Navigating Challenging Conversation, and Characteristics of Inclusive Leaders. These modules will be delivered either monthly or quarterly, providing a roadmap to support your ongoing needs.
Leadership series
+ Cultivating Psychological Safety
+ Using Feedback as a Tool for Workplace Fairness
+ The Business Case for Creating a Positive Organizational Culture
+ Defining Identity and Navigating Power
+ Navigating Challenging Conversations
BRG/ERG Leaders Series
+ BRG/ERG Leaders Advocating for Workplace Fairness
+ Cultivating Psychological Safety
+ Navigating Challenging Conversations
+ Empowering Allyship
+ Defining Identity and Navigating Power
General Audiences Series
+ Putting Organizational Values into Action
+ Creating a Common Language for Organizational Culture Concepts
+ Understanding Subconscious Assumptions and Subtle Insults
+ Embracing Cross Generational Differences
+ Empowering Allyship
+ Navigating Challenging Conversations
Onboarding/New Employee Series
+ Creating a Common Language for Organizational Culture
+ Understanding Subconscious Assumptions and Subtle Insults
+ Embracing Cross Generational Differences
+ Empowering Allyship
LGBTQ+ Series
+ Understanding Subconscious Assumptions and Subtle Insults
+ LGBTQ+ belonging in the Workplace
+ Gender and the Workplace
HR Leaders Series
+ Cultivating Psychological Safety
+ Creating a Meeting with Organizational Culture in Mind
+ Using Feedback as a Tool for Workplace Fairness
+ Defining Identity and Navigating Power
Book a Workshop
We customize every experience to your goals, your team, and your timeline.
Reach out to Pam Seiler directly: [email protected] | 720-581-1436