Training & Workshops by
Intercultural Network, LLC

Intercultural Network, LLC goes beyond the limitations of traditional diversity workshops.

There’s been a discriminatory incident…

Often when a discriminatory incident occurs, such as a racial or sexist slur or verbal abuse, people are shocked. After all, your organization strives to honor diversity. You’ve had trainings, but they just don’t seem to stick. And now there’s a problem.

Very few organizations are prepared to address these types of incidents. Often workers respond with defensiveness or anger.

The higher-ups fear lawsuits and become reactive – often rushing to get some kind of diversity training.

Not another awareness training!

We’ve all sat through well-intended diversity trainings, which seem like a good idea but that somehow fall short.

During the training, people seem to become more aware of diversity issues, but the awareness is fleeting. People of color are often not engaged, and white people feel guilty and hopeless.

There is no lasting change.

Why most diversity trainings fall short…

Most diversity trainings are geared to make people aware of differences in gender, race, sexual orientation, class, etc.

Awareness is a good start. But if you want lasting change in your organization, you need a workshop customized to meet the specific needs of your agency – not some one-size-fits-all workshop.

Unfortunately, many workshops are limited to one hour – some are even online.

If you’re in human resources or a clinical director, you understand that there needs to be a comprehensive training that addresses not only cultural awareness, but conflict resolutions skills and a way to identify and respond to microaggressions in the workplace.

Awareness is never enough

Some trainings provide an adequate introduction to awareness of different types of privilege.

They provide information about microaggressions and perhaps a brief overview of different people’s experience of oppression in the workplace.

This is useful information but doesn’t lead to organizational and individual change. When these incidents are left to fester, they get worse, creating a toxic work environment.

Intercultural Network trainings are different…

We acknowledge the broader systems of oppression and the intersection of race, class, gender and sexual orientation, and look at how they show up in the workplace, then we teach you how to work with these differences.

We teach participants how to respond to discriminatory incidents, using intercultural listening and responding techniques.

Participants leave with a “toolkit” of skills they can begin to use right away in the workplace and in their personal lives.

Toxic environments lead to loss of productivity

Workplaces that don’t work through issues related to diversity of their employees become unhealthy environments for all.

Workers may not realize why, but they don’t feel like coming to work and call out more frequently.

Unhealthy cliques form, causing some workers to feel like outsiders. People are just showing up but not really committed to doing their jobs well.

A healthy response to discrimination and microaggressions is possible

Intercultural Network can teach you how to respond in healthy ways from a group and individual perspective.

We help all employees learn to observe how intent and impact affect all of our communications.

We’ll teach the group at least nine healthy ways to communicate with one another and how to respond when misunderstandings occur.

There’s no need to wait for an incident to occur; be proactive and find out which training is right for your organization by calling: (484) 840-3643.