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		Sample Trainings for a Corporate Program
	Date Topic Content Month 1 Diversity as a Business Strategy A diverse business strategy will improve the relationship of the business with employees, suppliers, customers and the community at large. This session will present the audience with outcomes related to the development of a business strategy to address diversity issues. This forum will also discuss work factors that affect a diverse climate to develop in a business environment and the role of cultural competence in managing an effective business. Lastly, participants will be given a framework to begin assessing how areas in their current business can benefit from maximizing a diverse workforce. Month 2 What is Cultural Competency and what does it look like? The focus and objective of this training is to give the audience a basic understanding of cultural competence. This training includes experiential exercises to focus the audience on conducting a self-assessment. A broad perspective is presented encompassing race, ethnicity and gender, as well as other factors. Finally, participants will become familiar with the stages (or continuum) of cultural competency and will be able to assess where they and the organization may currently lie in the continuum. This training will discuss examples that reflect cultural competence and the ongoing process individuals and organizations may go through while dealing with these issues. Month 3 Cultural Competency, Program Development and Strategic Planning This training offers participants tangible strategies for implementing a cultural competency program within their practice. The focus is on implementation tactics using “no-cost,” “low-cost,” and “higher-cost” interventions in program design. Participants will utilize a framework to discuss strategic programmatic areas related to cultural competency. Month 4 Lighten-up About Diversity: An Hour with Lori and Bob and other “Gremlins” This presentation will discuss the personal aspects of diversity and the workplace. The presenter will teach the audience how humor can make a difference in dealing with difficult areas in the workplace. Teaching cultural competence can be fun and entertaining. Month 5 Cultural Competency and Leadership Development This training provides an introduction to practical approaches to leadership development utilizing cultural competency principles. Leadership development is a logical progression for an organization that has acquired the basics of cultural competence. This training will introduce basic tools and concepts in leadership development that will be useful in strategic development, planning and relationship building with external stakeholders. The focus of the presentation will be for the audience to discus which tools are necessary for an organization to represent and promote their values to external stakeholders. Month 6 Cultural Competence Outcomes Outcomes and evaluation are an essential part of every program and strategy. This presentation will show the critical factors to consider when implementing an effective evaluation program, utilizing cultural competent principles. The audience will discuss how much culture and the evaluator’s level of cultural competency will have an impact on an evaluation. Month 7 Coaching and Diversity This module presents the audience with basic tools in promoting cultural competence and leadership development. The purpose of this training is to get participants to begin putting into practice the basic elements of coaching with stakeholders and internalizing the relationship between cultural competence and leadership development. Month 8 Values for Inclusiveness This session will get participants to examine values needed in the workplace to foster inclusiveness and an empowering environment for members of the organization and external stakeholders. By using experiential exercises, participants will be asked to assess how cultural competency principles can be used to improve outcomes. This session will also introduce participants to a model for fostering leadership and organizational development.