Consulting
What is a Diversity & Inclusion Organizational Consultant?
Consultants collaborate with organizations to foster inclusive spaces allowing team members to thrive and flourish. Consultation begins with a needs assessment to understand the organizational climate and identify processes to support culturally informed organizational development and practices. Organizations may benefit from developing a strategic diversity plan, examining organizational structures, and participating in unconscious bias training. Trainers invite dialog by establishing brave spaces where participants are invited to listen, share, and consider additional perspectives. General outcomes that may be expected included increased multicultural mindfulness, understanding of diversity and inclusion, and implementation of a strategic diversity plan. Schedule an initial consultation to create an inclusive organizational climate that attracts and retains talent, fosters leadership for an intergenerational and culturally diverse team, and builds adaptive and sustainable inclusion practices.
Diversity & Inclusion Organizational Consultation
Consultation & Training
Harnessing the power of diversity and inclusion will enable organizations to create a climate where team members feel heard, valued, and included. Topics may discuss concerns with how race, culture, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation affect individuals, organizations, and society. Consultation and training operate from a social justice perspective, focusing on helping individuals, teams, and organizations acquire knowledge of culture and diversity, increase awareness of existing biases, and develop skills that result in behavioral change.
Why hire a Consultant?
A consultant collaborates with the organization to identify issues that interfere with efficiency and productivity as these issues often result in workplace conflicts, miscommunications, and perceptions of organizational bias. Consultants may help organizations manage diversity issues related to a diverse workforce or discovering strategies to remain competitive with a shifting customer base. Additionally, consultants help organizations identify and remove unconscious bias during the recruiting and interviewing process, develop equitable recruiting strategies and diversity training, and create plans of action aligned with an organization’s mission. Organizations that fail to value diversity and foster inclusion may become irrelevant and have a difficult time competing and surviving in an increasingly diverse society.