CONSULTING

Facilitated Workshops

  • Understanding how unconscious bias shapes decisions

  • Examining gender and racial bias at work

  • Belonging, inclusion, and their impact on teams

  • Practical strategies to recognize and challenge bias

How do we create a more inclusive community in our workplace?

Dr. De Mello showcases a decade of her research to help us examine some of the ways in which we consciously and unconsciously include/exclude others. She uses everyday examples and provides recommendations to enable participants to increase their awareness and put that awareness into practice.

De Mello shares that diversity and equity have become buzzwords in business, NGO and government sectors but in reality, organizations, including universities have fallen short of reflecting and representing the broader population within which they work. Research shows that a 'sense of belonging' is key to a sense of job satisfaction. Moreover, it can determine the retention of employees. Feeling like you belong, knowing that you will be included, seeing your work community as ‘your’ community—matters. How do we create spaces that help achieve this sense of community and belonging? What may we be doing that hinders it?

This session/speech will examine some of the ways in which we consciously and unconsciously include/exclude others. The goal of this session is to have participants better understand some of the biases they may be holding that affect their decisions, their team choices and dynamic and who they select, ranging from recruitment to performance evaluations to who is mentored and for what positions. This will be an introspective and challenging session. You will not leave with a sheet of answers and 'how tos'.

Unconscious Bias Part 2

In a second part to the Unconscious Bias talk, De Mello guides your group through case studies that are relevant to your organization and facilitates group discussions about each one of the tailored cases.

This seminar receives lots of positive feedback—people find it interactive and illuminating because they see their biases play out.

70% of Canadians are conflict avoiders

Tanya shows the ways in which we can tackle conflict, so it doesn’t build up, and find mutually-agreeable resolutions to move forward.

  • “Toni’s data driven, thoughtfully researched presentation provided a solid backbone for an excellent training session which engaged our entire firm. She was dynamic and positive, speaking with both humour and vulnerability in a way that resonated powerfully with our firm. What I did not expect, and what made all the difference, was Toni’s ability to go beyond the academic material and to engage with the individual members of our firm, disarming skeptics, engaging allies and creating an atmosphere where everyone felt that they could be part of positive action and could reflect further on equity and inclusion.”

    —Dale Lastman, Chair of Goodmans LLP

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