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IDEAB* Training Programs
Empathy and EQ are cornerstones of inclusion. In addition to providing this baseline foundation and supporting a more positive culture, CEEQ offers client specific training to support individuals exploring active participation, power & privilege, multicultural environments, and more.
We can structure this as individual trainings, which are largely to sensitize and educate bit not seen as a long term remedy. Or we can design a program that helps create sustainable shift in the workplace culture towards inclusion of all differences - thus recognizing the inherent challenges and tensions these differences create and offering proactive means to facilitate that tension to develop a creative and inclusive workplace.
*Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Belonging
Coaching: 1:1 and Team
In addition to the trainings and practice within a large group, we offer team and individual coaching.
Working with an external coach has the benefits of providing an objective and neutral party. As such, a co-creation, with the organization and its members, can occur to develop their specific skills and explore their challenges while using proven techniques to teach new approaches to solving these challenges in meaningful and creative ways. Group coaching offers the same structure within a unit to advance unit goals.
Speaking
People have said that Misha has an infectious positivity, intuitiveness, and empathy. Audience members feel compelled to lean in when she shares with deepened curiosity and engagement.
Misha has several signature talks including but not limited to the following: Centering Empathy in Your Leadership and Beyond, Joy Amidst Adversity in the Workplace, Leading the Way to Culture Change, and the Top Five Things to Know to Successfully Implement Sustainable DEIAB in Your Workplace.
All of Misha’s talks are inspirational, educational, and supportive of changing the workplace culture from negative toxicity to meaningful connection.
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Many benefits from this team building session. It reminded me of things I may have been aware of but haven’t been implementing as much as I would like to. I watched many of my co-workers connect with themselves and others and I believe this will improve our team as a whole as well as individuals on not only a professional level but in their private lives. Beautiful work.
Ben wilson, Assistant area manager, BoaVida Communities
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Amazing. I learned a lot about the different types and traits of feelings and communication skills. I also learned how to recognize them and help with controlling them as well as ways to interact and de-escalate a situation that may arise. Thank you for what you do and teach.
George Nicholson, BoaVida Communities
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The session made me aware of the fact that I am not the only overwhelmed property manager. Therefore, maybe I am not as stupid as I thought I was. Sad to say I feel better about myself knowing others are experiencing the same stress as I am. My hope is that we all (the team) overcome the stress by using the tools you taught us. I know I beat myself up all the time. It hurts me to know other team members are beating themselves up too.
Yolanda Acuna, Boavida Communities Property Manager
Schedule a complimentary consultation to discuss the goals and needs of your organization and co-create a roadmap for success!
Customized Training Programs for Diverse Workplaces, Co-Created with You
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Foundations
This three-part foundational series grounds participants in empathy, emotional intelligence, and emotional management, a key component of sustainability.
The series consists of classes and practice sessions. The classes establish a common vocabulary base-line, why it matters in the workplace, and how it might show up for each individual.
The practice sessions are designed to provide a space where participants may reflect and share how they have implemented or will implement concepts learned in class.
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Personal Frameworks
Building on the foundation work, participants will now develop personal best practices, norms, and processes that establish habits out of the tools from foundations.
Using facilitated dialogue for reflection and an agile approach, we encourage participants to find what works for them, explore their triggers and seek opportunities to refine their approach and self-care to ensure a true behavior shift.
By maintaining a rhythm of reflection we offer the space for self-maintenance, while also providing concrete ideas and helping to normalize the iterative process required to establish and maintain new habits.
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Building an Institutional Culture
This series focuses on key areas catered to your specific organizational concerns and helps units establish broader norms for the organization. Examples might be: crisis communications, onboarding, managing employees.
This could involve continuing the practices from Phase 2: Personal Framework but iterating based off of one another’s experiences or support units to develop testable hypotheses that they deploy within their departments. By comparing results, they will establish new ways of doing and being that will be consistent across the organization, elevating relationships and enhancing connection as a matter of course.