Consultation

Consultation
Diversity is valued for bringing a balance in perspective, talents, and strengths to the work environment. Understanding and embracing the contributions of people from different backgrounds and ideologies is an important step in fostering a more creative, inclusive, respectful and productive workforce and workplace. Maintaining excellence in the workforce requires an organization to move beyond a ‘desegregated discrimination free’ workplace to one that is intentionally designed to be culturally pluralistic. Thus, inclusion and diversity training must be democratically flexible to meet the demands of culturally diverse work environments.
luminesce can assist organizations in promoting an inclusive work environment by:

• Conducting a needs assessment to determine where your organization is currently functioning
• Building organizational structure and systems to support the diversity inclusion process
• Increase individual education and awareness of issues of diversity
• Facilitate inter-organizational dialogue to garner support and commitment for diversity
• Develop standards, measures, and processes to assess progress

Leadership Development
In addition to diversity training, luminesce provides leadership development and training. A leader combines vision and innovation with practicality and focus. A leader is goal directed, looking forward with anticipation toward the attainment of goals. The capacity for leadership exists in everyone, but must be cultivated and nurtured. Leadership combines determination and confidence with integrity and trustworthiness. Leaders must view a situation with innovative vision yet have the ability to overcome obstacles and respond to it effectively.

Some of the leadership trainings luminesce offers are as follows:

• The leader inside: Leadership preparation
• Beyond Ideas: Turning Solutions into Action
• Leadership Development through Self-Affirmation
• Time Management: From Self-Sabotage to Thriving
• Leadership Across Cultures
• Communicating Leadership

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
luminesce can also use the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to assist your organization facilitate team building and organization and leadership development. The MBTI can help improve relationships and interpersonal communication in the workplace by increasing individuals’ understanding of their personality characteristics.