Over a decade of Tough conversations
We help you back up your words with a data-driven, inclusive approach to company culture.
Need a leader for your next Tough Convo?
See how we get you to grow!
Over a decade of Tough conversations
We help you back up your words with a data-driven, inclusive approach to company culture.
Need a leader for your next Tough Convo?
See how we get you to grow!
We Build
inclusive cultures
To grow as an organization requires coming to terms with some uncomfortable realities. It requires tough conversations. It requires saying and hearing things that may make you uncomfortable. These conversations are necessary, but difficult to initiate.
The conversations around inclusion and the purpose of allyship are here to stay, and businesses that want to create innovative and sustainable cultures need to rise to the occasion.
Doing the deeper work can be overwhelming.
You know more needs to be done, but you don’t want to waste company time or money on the wrong next step.
We’ll help you turn DEI implementation from a checklist item to a core part of your brand values and the way your company operates at every level.
Custom
solutions
Every company is on a different step in its company culture journey. Choose a standalone service or work with our team to incorporate several into a custom program.
Tough Convos DEI Experience
Create a safe space for aha moments through a custom online experience focused on how to weave or implement inclusive principles into your company culture. We’ll dig into topics like:
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Improving allyship to build more effective and collaborative teams
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Using inclusive leadership to change company culture
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How to apply the principles of cultural intelligence in the workplace
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and more!
Series length is adjustable based on your needs, audience size, and objectives.
Team Building Trainings and Workshops
Develop your cultural intelligence and cultural communication techniques through training and workshops focusing on:
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Building rapport from the top-down across departments
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Promoting communication through problem-solving
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Learning to engage more effectively with a diverse team
Inclusive Leadership Development
Building more inclusive cultures requires robust and informed leadership. We’ll work with your management and executive team to:
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Align themselves to the new company direction and culture
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Develop new ways of engaging with diverse team members
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Make inclusive leadership naturally a part of their leadership style
DEI Strategy and Brand Alignment
A more inclusive future for your business starts here. We’ll help you integrate DEI strategies into the core of your company through:
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Audit of current culture and brand values
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Creation and implementation of new objectives, procedures, and policies
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Executive and management coaching to get everyone on the same page
Digital DEI Content
Keep the conversation going through content that encourages your employees to learn, share and reflect on how their personal DEI journey is shaping their world of work and relationships:
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Instructional video series, digital workbooks, and course outlines
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Company manuals and codes of conduct
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Positioning papers, articles, and other campaign materials
CASE STUDY: TOUGH CONVOS IN ACTION
Building better allies
THE CLIENT: A top-five telecommunications firm
THE GOAL: To bridge the gap between leadership and Black employees through difficult conversations and learning experiences
WHAT WE DID:
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Hosted a four-part Tough Convos series covering immediate concerns, company goals, and crowd-sourcing ideas
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Facilitated a more intimate series for Black employees to create a safe space to share experiences and determine company focus, developing power skills
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Collaborated with HR and D&I to create a top-down strategy, getting the right leaders involved from day one, strengthening leader skills
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Organized community workshops to discuss progress and future opportunities to improve cultural awareness
our approach
Novel
openness to learn
Our ONLY prerequisite
exposure to the unfamiliar
Ignorance is NOT bliss
get uncomfortable
Challenge begets GROWTH
go deep & deliberate
How we build BONDS