training
Unconscious Bias Awareness
This training provides participants with the skills and language they need to mitigate their biases and have meaningful conversations with their colleagues, supervisors, and direct reports. Additionally, participants will develop an awareness of how first impressions can lead to biased decision making and techniques to interrupt that process.
How to Engage in Dialogue around Diversity, Inclusion, Race, and Equity
We equip participants with the skills and language they need to become comfortable having uncomfortable conversations. Participants will learn how to initiate conversations around race, gender, sexual orientation as well as other hot-button topics while using language that is not offensive or awkward. Participants will also practice the ECO Model®—a series of techniques to develop social and emotional intelligence skills that apply to all conversations regarding Diversity and Inclusion.
The Inclusive Leader
An inclusive culture starts with an inclusive leader. Ascension Worldwide’s The Inclusive Leader training provides leaders at all levels, from CEOs to newly promoted managers the tools they need to be more inclusive. Based upon Ascension Worldwide’s ECO Model®, this training helps leaders master the six inclusive leadership characteristics that impact relationships, mitigate groupthink and foster inclusion across their organization. The course uses proven practices in Emotional Intelligence to build upon unconscious bias training and improve business outcomes.
Cultivating a Culture of Belonging in the Workplace
Without belonging, diversity and inclusion will not succeed. Ascension Worldwide’s Cultivating a Culture of Belonging in the Workplace course prepares participants with the skills and tools they need to change their workplace culture into one which welcomes all viewpoints, ideas, and cultures. Participants will learn the importance of how belonging can trump psychological needs, including safety and security. Participants will also learn the concepts of Bridging and Bonding and how to create an atmosphere that welcomes all viewpoints and cultures into an organization. Participants will come away from the course with tools and techniques they can immediately use in their teams and departments.
How to Deal with Micro-Behaviors and Structural Racism in the Workplace
Many employees struggle with how to have conversations with their colleagues on sensitive topics like Race or Structural Racism. They lack DE&I skills and may unintentionally offend their colleagues by saying the wrong thing. Sometimes this can lead to fatigue by minority populations who have to constantly explain about their culture. Fear and avoidance of race conversations can also lead to micro-behaviors. Eventually this may perpetuate exclusivity in the workplace leading to misunderstandings and a lack of belonging. This training equips participants with the skills and language they need to tackle these problems. Participants will learn how to have dialogue around race and diffuse potential micro-behaviors before it starts. Participants will leave the course with an action plan to integrate these skills into their daily lives.
Additional Services
Coaching
Sometimes senior-level leaders need additional D&I support and guidance. Using Ascension Worldwide proprietary and proven methodologies, coaching enables clients to develop a deeper understanding of themselves, find their “North Star” as a leader, increase communication effectiveness, and confidently lead large teams, divisions, and projects.
Assessments
We partner with clients to collect pertinent D&I data from your business units and department, use our expertise to analyze the info and then suggest a course of action that furthers your diversity and inclusion initiatives and develops a clear path for success. Our Assessment approach is a great first start for those organizations starting their D&I journey.
Retreats
Corporate retreats allow leaders and employees to gain a new perspective on their business vision and role in their company’s growth. Ascension Worldwide retreats are experiential and impactful on a personal and professional level. Our retreats offer opportunities for leaders and employees to unplug, recharge and re-engage with purpose, passion and greater performance. Our retreats also challenge
leaders and employees to have impact in work and in life.