Employees’ mindsets and the emotional attachment to an organization directly affects an organization’s capability to thrive rather than just survive. Too often, discriminatory actions take place as unconscious biases or direct workplace bullying.

During this training, employees will learn and identify the difference between unconscious bias and conscious bias. They will engage in role-play and scenario acting to understand and recognize the impact of a tone of voice, body language, and words have on others. The purpose of this training is to demonstrate the emotional response and the impact these disrespectful acts of unethical professional behavior and discrimination has on others, the overall workplace culture, and daily operations. Employees will reflect on scenarios from the bully’s, victim’s, and bystander’s perspectives. They will identify the impact for each individual and the overall organization.

Everyone holds unconscious biases of cultures, socio-economic statuses, races, and genders which influence conscious perceptions and responses to others in the workplace. During this training, employees will self-identify what these are and collectively discuss why they occur, how they can be resolved, and what action they can start to adopt. In addition, employees will work as teams to devise organizational adaptations and responses for leadership and management to consider for organizational shifts in curbing discrimination and unethical