Because we believe that people at all levels in the organization are responsible for helping create an organization that thrives and prospers, we offer a number of trainings, each appropriately designed to help ensure a diverse, inclusive and highly successful organization.

Our Workshops
     • Allow and encourage diversity of views, styles and voices
     • Encourage participants to stretch and develop their skills
     • Help participants reach past what is sometimes an area
        of discomfort
     • Teach leadership to people at all levels of an organization
     • Include the following:
     • Building Leadership Skills: The Importance of Leader's Footprints
         7Keys 2Success Series®
                        7Keys 2Success Executive Session®
                        Building Leadership Skills: The Importance of Leadership Footprints®
                        7Keys 2Success Discussion Series®
                        7Keys 2Success: The Executive Diversity Leadership Program®
          Organizational Assessment / Cultural Audit®
          The Effective Manager: Skills for Managing an Inclusive Workplace®

Participants consistently report that our workshops are an energizing, motivating and focused learning experience. We believe the long-term success of any organization is dependent on employees who are driven to learn more, to reach further and to take more risks as they seek to understand and know people outside their usual group.

The 7Keys 2Success Executive Session®
Synopsis: An intensive 4-hour workshop for executives, senior-level managers and leaders to introduce the philosophy and history behind the 7Keys 2Success. The workshop covers the basic “what,” “why” and “how” of the seven key steps necessary to create a diverse and inclusive organization.

Outcome: Executives and leaders learn the underlying principles of the seven steps and gain awareness of the work to be done, on both a personal and an organizational level. They understand why an investment in learning to “walk the talk” is a critical strategy for success in today’s demanding marketplace.

Workshop Topics
The 7Keys 2Success: A Foundation for Winning
Getting It Done: Measurements and Deliverables that Work
The Leadership Commitment: Ten Tips for Leaders
Looking Ahead: Five Common Roadblocks
Journey Milestones: Three Stages to Long-Term Success
Your Map: Using the 7Keys 2Success Scorecard

Participants receive
     • A customized 7Keys 2Success Scorecard®
     • An hour-long one-on-one coaching session to
       be completed within one month after the workshop
     • A copy of 7Keys 2Success: Unlocking the Passion for
       Diversity by Rosalyn Taylor O’Neale

Program structure: Enrollment is limited to a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 12 participants.

Building Leadership Skills: The Importance of Leader's Footprints
Synopsis: A two-session skills-building program for experienced diversity professionals, midlevel managers, and supervisors who wish to advance and improve their strategic leadership skills. Sessions include lectures, discussions, small group exercises and participation in a unique on-the-job project.

          Session 1: Using the 7Keys 2Success Scorecard ®, participants learn
          to evaluate the effectiveness of their current diversity competencies
          and uncover factors that facilitate and factors that hinder
          their progress.

          Participants outline a plan to improve their core  leadership skills and
          develop an on-the- job project that is to be completed before Session
          2 begins. Assignments include reading 7Keys 2Success: Unlocking
          the Passion for Diversity and completing one to two activities from a list
          of suggested development steps.

          Session 2: Workshop members discuss what they learned from their
          Session 1 project. Using information from the class discussion and data
          from the Scorecard assessment, participants develop a more in-depth and           advanced personalized leadership plan with objectives and measurable
          standards.

As a post-workshop assignment to help facilitate commitment to continued improvement, participants are asked to consider what it means to make “leadership footprints” and to ask themselves questions  like “What are my ideas about leadership?” “What are my leadership footprints?” “Am I able to ‘walk the talk‘?” “What do I need to do to get better?”

Outcome: Participants gain a more sophisticated and in-depth understanding of the complex issues that today’s leaders face, and learn the requirements for moving from a diverse to an inclusive organization.

Participants receive
     • A customized 7Keys 2Success Scorecard® to
       assess needs and outline strategies and goals
     • An hour-long one-on-one coaching session to be
       completed within one month after the workshop
     • A copy of 7Keys 2Success: Unlocking the Passion for
       Diversity by Rosalyn Taylor O’Neale

Program structure: Enrollment is limited to a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 14 participants. The program is delivered in two sessions with a three-week interval between sessions. Session 1 is a 6-hour session and Session 2 is a 4-hour session.

7Keys 2Success Discussion Series®
Synopsis: A newly developed series of seven 6-hour workshops. Each workshop focuses on one of the seven key steps for organizational success.

Outcome: Executives, managers and leaders learn and develop cultural competency with a focus on the seven key steps necessary for creating a diverse, inclusive and highly successful organization.

Workshop Topics
The Strongest Link: Tie Business Success to Diversity and Inclusion Initiative
The Leadership Commitment: Five Steps to Long-Term Systemic Change
Use It or Lose It: Establish Operational Support Strategies
Buy, Build and Borrow: Continuous Learning and Educational Opportunities
Getting It Done: Measurements and Deliverables that Work
Leadership at All Levels: Everyone Participates / Everyone Contributes
Have Faith and Know Your Facts: Learn the Three Stages for Long-Term Success

Participants receive
     • A customized 7Keys 2Success Scorecard®
     • A copy of 7Keys 2Success: Unlocking the Passion for
       Diversity by Rosalyn Taylor O’Neale

7Keys 2Success: The Executive Diversity Leadership Program®
Synopsis: A new 20-month, two-phase leadership training program that prepares senior executive–level managers to be highly effective leaders in a diverse environment.

Outcome: Senior-level executives learn skills that help them create and sustain a diverse and inclusive organization. The importance of developing cultural competency in future leaders is emphasized as a strategy for maintaining success and reducing the dependence on external training and consulting.

Participants receive
     • A customized 7Keys 2Success Scorecard® to assess needs and outline         strategies and goals
     • A copy of 7Keys 2Success: Unlocking the Passion for
       Diversity  by Rosalyn Taylor O’Neale

Organizational Assessment / Cultural Audit®
Synopsis: A process for assessing an organization’s current climate to help the leadership identify an organization’s strengths and weaknesses, examine individual and group beliefs and provide both hard and soft data about the business environment.

Outcome: Business leaders are provided with recommendations, business plans and strategies to address areas identified as needing improvement. Implementation plans for programs to support existing strengths, organizational assets and successful practices are defined.

Outcome: Participants learn skills to help create and sustain an inclusive and productive work environment. The goal is to understand better how unconscious stereotypes, values and assumptions can affect behavior toward others we perceive to be different.

Workshop Topics
The Diversity Kaleidoscope
The Real Business Connection
Recognizing Biases, Filters and Mental Models
Managing and Leading Today’s Workforce
The Impact of Privilege: Understanding “Majority-ness and Minority-ness”
Personal Development and Next Steps