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Inclusion and Equity Training Consultants

High-performance workplace culture for business success.

      At Inclusion and Equity Training Consultants, we follow the business science which shows employee inclusion and teamwork as the essential elements for a winning workplace culture. No matter where one works, when employees are valued, there is less drama, more focus on tasks, and teams perform their best.

Too many companies leave their workplace culture to chance. Rather than accept this default state, our consultants help companies identify a unique set of inclusive practices and equitable processes that foster a winning organizational culture. 

Our experts help the company intentionally design a workplace culture where everyone does their best work. Better employee performance means a better product and better business services.

Services

Training & Workshops

Our training, education, and professional development programs are customed designed to fit company goals. This approach ensures  employees gain the specific knowledge and practical skills for the company's unique organizational culture. Staff are more confident and perform better with the right tools to foster a more inclusive and equitable workplace.

Example workshops: 

  • Gen Z is here...Ready for Gen Alpha?

  • Human Bias and Better Decisions at Work

  • Psychological Safety for Better Teamwork

Keynotes & Presentations

We present the following topics:

  • Lessons from a Nobel Laureate: Thinking Better at Work

  • Corporate Strategy - How Culture beats Compliance

  • Custom keynote? Give us a theme and we do the rest.

Cultural Competence Review

Our strategic cultural assessment identifies strengths and opportunities to foster the company's best organizational culture. We use a diagnostic assessment to build a strategic plan of equitable and inclusive practices to strengthen individual performance and team cohesion. 

The Inclusion and Equity Training Consultants will guide your office or company from where it is today to a better place tomorrow.                

   This service includes: 

  • Detailed study of workplace culture written in positive terms for the way ahead

  • A step-by-step action plan to foster organizational chsnge 

  • Easy to understand KPI dashboard for quarterly monitoring

  • Semi-annual, super-short, five-question, pulse check survey 

  • Semi-annual progress reports for C-suite leaders

What sets Inclusion and Equity Training Consultants apart from traditional DEI firms? WE DON'T DO DIVERSITY.
  1. Inclusion and Equity Training Consultants, LLC., takes a unique approach to empowering your existing workforce:
  2. We  Elevate Daily Performance: Your company is already diverse! By using common sense to take the workforce as it is, we avoid the drama about diversity demographics. Instead, we focus to help foster employee collaboration  without the drama of demographics. This approach to treat each employee with respect as a company employee rather than a demographic category distinguishes our impact in the industry.
  3. Focus on Every-day-Decisions. We identify the specific, equitable, and  inclusive practices to boost everyday decision-making. By identifying the specific interventions to build positive behaviors, we help the company unlock the full potential of employees. They become more empowered for better teamwork and decision-making in all they do.

Real-world Expertise at Unbeatable Value: Our boutique approach matches your company with a handpicked team of consultants. This selection ensures an expert fit for your unique workplace culture. Competitive rates, transparent assessments, and upfront communication ensure you get the best value.

Key Benefits

  • Enhanced collaboration and culture
  • Improved teamwork and decision-making
  • Increased staff satisfaction and performance
  • Customized solutions at competitive rates
  • Transparent, expert guidance Your company workforce potential improves, drives business excellence, and outperforms industry peers.

Why is Cultural Competence necessary for high-performance?

Inclusive organizations perform better because these companies make better business decisions. This success includes: greater creativity and innovation; higher employee engagement and retention; and better financial performance (McKinsey). There is “a strong correlation between workplace culture, satisfied and engaged employees, and business productivity and profits.” (SHRM,2019)

This means creating an equitable and inclusive workplace is the smart business thing to do. These companies perform better because employees and managers make better decisions, enjoy greater retention, and foster greater customer service.

The companies with a strong, vibrant, positive culture consistently maintain a competitive business advantage in a dynamic global marketplace.

What industries do you specialize in?
  1. We focus on law enforcement, higher education, healthcare, and local government. We are open to any company that seeks a high-performing organizational culture. 

Why is organizational culture challenging?

The management of cultural competence is challenged by the impact of the current public discourse which misinforms the core purpose of diversity. Leveraging diversity in the workplace means to treat every employee with courtesy, dignity and respect.

Cultural competence is not affirmative action, a quota requirement or a preferential treatment program. It is not some aberrant form of "wokeism" or critical race theory. And most of all, culturally competent workplaces do not blame, shame or dehumane anyone because diversity includes everyone. 

Cultural competence ensures a company gets better as each and every employee is valued in the workplace. Condistent equitable processes and inclusive practices create the best climate for top performance. The best companies intentionally design an organizational culture for business success.

How do we see the 2025 workplace?

This year is a great time to engage employees because of the dynamic changes in public policy. We use time-tested, business practices to navigate this challenging work environment:

1. Cultural competence is a business philosophy for competitive advantage.

2. Equitable processes and inclusive practices foster a superior work culture.

3. Cultural competence is not affirmative action, wokeism or critical race theory.

     Want to know the facts? Contact us today.

Frequently Asked Questions

Contact us

Contact us today to schedule a free consultation and take the first step towards a more inclusive future.

“Working with Strategic Consultants was terrific. Their energy, expertise and guidance helped transform our workplace culture and improve team performance.”

— Chief People Officer 

Location

Offices in Durham, NC and Washington, D.C.

About us

Strategic Consultants is an independent, bespoke consulting firm specializing in workplace culture. We help companies get the best performance from their employees by identifying and promoting a unique set of inclusive practices and equitable processes for the successful workplace.

Our classes help employees be better team players. This behavioral result reduces the daily office drama which only serves to drag performance. By improving workplace culture and psychological safety, your company will focus more on the business of making money, saving money or meeting its public service mission. Is this not what every great company wants?

It is a fact that organizational culture is a key driver of innovation and business performance. The best companies purposely design a winning culture rather than leave it to chance. Contact us for a 30-minute, free consultation.