WHITE MEN’S LAB: Eliminating Sexism, Racism and Homophobia in Organizations
This signature dominant leader (insider) group session shatters the myth that dominant group members don’t have an important role to play in creating and sustaining inclusive work environments.
GOAL
The Caucus is an immersive 3.5 day residential program designed for up to 16 white men who may attend solo or with work colleagues.
OUTCOME
Courageous leadership to become a more committed and active partner in diversity.
Helping Leaders See The Culture They Swim In
This innovative white-male only session shatters the myth that white men don’t have an important role to play in creating and sustaining inclusive work environments.
The Caucus helps white men more fully see and understand their culture, and its impact on themselves and others. The Lab dynamics create an environment where white men, often for the first time, can openly explore their questions, confusions, hopes, and concerns related to “diversity issues” in their organizations and private lives. Article | Why the Fish Must See The Water They Swim In
Creating The Space To Fuel Impactful Diversity Conversations
The brave and supportive space that Labs create is vital to their success. Safety fuels difficult conversations. The dialogue is provocative. The experience, powerful. There is open (or even skeptical) willingness to build self knowledge and understanding of the systemic issues that stifle diversity & inclusion. The residential experience achieves participant bonding naturally, in a way not easily realized in a corporate setting.
FULL DIVERSITY PARTNERS LAB: Deepening Partnerships to Create Inclusive Organizations
The FDP Lab is an immersive 3.5 day residential program for up to 24 people of color, women, and white men.
GOAL
Transform participant understanding of roles and personal stake in a company’s diversity & inclusion efforts.
OUTCOME
Understand how systemic racism, sexism, heterosexism, and classism operate as systemic advantage in their work, community, and personal lives.
Deepen Workplace Partnerships
The FDP Lab is a provocative and powerful experience that has fundamentally transformed partnerships. The intent of the Lab is to create safe and meaningful dialogues, where everyone realizes their self-interest in being full partners in diversity change efforts.
Teams work across the differences of ethnicity, gender, race and sexual orientation to develop partnership skills that deepen diversity dialogues and impact organizational change. ARTICLE | What White Men, White Women, and People Of Color Can Do
Take The Time To Listen, Learn, And Practice
The 3.5-day Learning Labs provide time for self-awareness to grow at its own pace. Time for ongoing inquiry (lots of inquiry). Time to listen with head and heart, then reflect and share –then listen and learn some more.
In the White Men’s Caucus there is time to reflect on one’s own, likely unacknowledged, white culture. In the FDP Lab, time to encounter and dialogue across differences. In both, there is time to write and practice the personal action plans that will sustain the work during and after a Lab.
Ted Crandall
It’s never easy to give up the better part of a work week, but the Learning Lab is well worth it. More than any other training or discussions I have previously participated in, I left this event with a deeper personal understanding of diversity and inclusion issues on both an intellectual and emotional level. More importantly, I left with an improved understanding of how I can be a better leader in a diverse environment. I recommend this for all senior leaders. If you choose to attend, bring an open mind and a willingness to fully participate.
Jose Gomez
The White Men as Full Diversity Partners experiences are a direct link into how culture and differences affect workplace relationships and personal interactions. Lab discussions are dynamic, and offer creative examples that apply to each individual’s cultural development journey.