The Simmons Approach
to Diversity and Inclusion Training
Training is designed to be experiential and highly interactive. Training
is participatory in nature, providing participants with the opportunity
to develop and practice new skills as they learn to apply them to real
world situations they may be facing.
Non-Polarizing Style
Simmons Associates, Inc. believes that training should always be confrontational,
but it should confront the issues, not the people. The advanced
approaches the firm has “Simmons is unsurpassed in its real world experience, knowledge, and skill with diversity training and consulting. Their skill in
tailoring all aspects of the initiative process to our industry and culture distinguishes them as a valued partner to our efforts. Simmons has trained upward of 3000 of our leaders and returned
consistently exceptional feedback.”
—Darryl Henderson, Esq.
Vice President Corporate Human Resources and Fairness Programs
Lowe’s Companies Inc.developed allow us to confront the issues with
real intensity and build skills for both managers and employees without
polarizing our participants.
It is not possible to move forward in Diversity and Inclusion if the
chosen methodology either fails to address the tough issues or, in so
doing, offends large portions of the participant groups.
High "Skills/Awareness" Ratio
Awareness is important. However, awareness alone produces very little
organizational change. In our programs, we take participants beyond
awareness, supplying them with skills and real-world implementation
tools.
The goal is to help organizations and teams develop the skills and techniques
to apply the Diversity and Inclusion concepts from the training back-on-the-job,
in a way that will benefit both the individual and the company.
Client Focused Design
At Simmons Associates, Inc. we do not believe in one size fits all training.
Drawing on our many years of experience, we customize our programs and
materials to ensure that the training is designed to suit the organizations
culture and meet our clients' specific objectives.
Win-Win Training Style
Simmons Associates, Inc. offers a style of training which immediately
elicits the full attention and participation of adult learners. Programs
have been carefully designed to be experiential and highly interactive.
Participants feel challenged and moved, yet fully respected.
Simmons Associates, Inc. approach provides participants the opportunity
to develop and practice new skills as they learn to apply them to real
world situations they may be facing.
No Mystery
The concept of Diversity and Inclusion is often presented as very complex
and something that cannot be put into words.
Simmons Associates, Inc. has developed an approach to Diversity and
Inclusion which is straightforward without sacrificing the serious nature
and depth of the topic. While programs utilize a variety of sophisticated
methods, they have been designed in a way that is very comprehensive
and can be customized for any specific work environment.
The Vectors™ Theory is used in all of the Diversity and Inclusion
programs and helps participants identify and overcome the hidden forces
that prevent organizations from fully utilizing the skills and talents
of diverse employees.
Implementation Tools
Providing participants with the skills and techniques to use the learned
Diversity and Inclusion concepts is just a part of the process. Our
Integrated Journalizing Technique helps participants apply those
concepts back at work.
Participants are asked to log action planning steps at the end of the
workshop. Everyone in the organization is thereby able to contribute
to the success of the organization's Diversity and Inclusion initiative.
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