WORKSHOPS

Shakti Workshops are crafted to provide interactive, experiential, and self-reflective learning experiences that empower participants to become catalysts for change within their organizations. Drawing upon her nearly two decades of experience teaching adult learners in Higher Education, Cindu designs workshops that are not only thoughtful but also impactful and intellectually stimulating. Shakti workshops are designed to equip employees at all levels of an organization with the knowledge and skills needed to collectively cultivate inclusive, equitable, and anti-racist organizational cultures.

Cindu infuses her extensive experience of being a DEIA practitioner and Educator with her lived experiences of being a daughter of immigrants, a first-generation college student, and a woman of color to create eye-opening and thought-provoking workshops. Rooted in academic theories, these workshops provide a rich and meaningful learning experience, aiming to contribute to transformative change within individuals and organizations.

All Shakti Workshops are tailored to meet the specific needs of each organization and industry. We don't offer generic, "off the shelf" training solutions. Recognizing that professional development is just one component of fostering an inclusive and equitable organizational culture, we collaborate with our clients to ensure that the dialogues initiated in our workshops permeate throughout the organization. We guide our clients on applying the acquired learning and awareness to instigate systemic change within their systems and processes.

Shakti Workshops are adaptable to various formats, including both in-person sessions and virtual engagements through the Zoom platform. It's important to note that the workshop offerings aren't restricted to the listings provided below. We specialize in creating customized training solutions tailored to address the distinctive needs and challenges of our clients. For detailed workshop descriptions and pricing information, please reach out to us, and we'll be pleased to provide the information upon request.

Popular Workshop Offerings: 

  • ​Beyond the Business Case: Developing Consciously Inclusive and Equitable Employees 

  • ​The Inclusive Leadership Institute 

  • ​Facing the Elephant in the Room: Communicating Productively about Race 

  • ​Communicating Effectively Across Cultures: Encouraging Consciously Inclusive Communication ​​

  • Inclusive Hiring Practices: From Culture Fit to Culture Add

  • Developing Intercultural Intelligence

  • ​Disrupting Bias and Breaking Down the Barriers to an Inclusive Workplace

  • Power Dynamics in Organizations: Using your Power to Empower

  • ​Beyond the Dance: Developing Intentionally Inclusive Employees

  • ​Understanding and Disrupting Unconscious Bias

  • ​Anti-racism 101: Cultivating an Anti-Racist Workplace Culture

  • The Do’s and Don’ts of Allyship

  • Understanding Conflict across Cultures: Inclusive Conflict Management

  • Developing and Fostering Psychological Safety

  • Cultivating Intentional Inclusion for Women in the Workplace

  • Equity Before Equality: Developing Equity Minded Employees

  • ​ Disrupting Anti-Blackness in the Workplace: Engaging in Cross-Racial Allyship

  • Disrupting White Dominant Cultural Norms in the Workplace: Towards Racial Inclusion

  • From Colorblind to Color-conscious: Cultivating an Anti-racist Workplace.

  • ​Words Matter: Understanding the Evolving Language of Diversity and Inclusion

  • ​Effective Listening in the Workplace: Developing Inclusive Listening Skills 

  • ​​Race Privilege and Beyond: Understanding Unearned Privilege

  • ​​​​​​Different is Not Deficient: Unlearning Deficit Ideology

  • Understanding White Supremacy Culture in the Workplace

  • Dismantling Whiteness in Communities of Color

  • Understanding the South Asian Diaspora and Opportunity: Consumer and Market Insights

​​Cindu has created and facilitated over 25 custom workshops for Education Professionals. Please contact us to learn more about Shakti workshops that are tailored to developing inclusive and equity-minded Educators. 

Earn an Inclusive Leadership Certification 

The Inclusive Leadership Academy (ILA) is a comprehensive and custom Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) learning program that is designed to develop and strengthen the DEI competencies of employees at all levels of an organization. The ILA is tailored to each industry and ideal for organizations committed to achieving and sustaining inclusion and organizational change.

The ILA consists of four custom workshops that have been designed to build off of one another, ideally offered over the period of seven to twelve months. The ILA is an experiential and intellectually stimulating learning experience that will help ensure that DEI becomes part of the DNA of your organization.

Employees who complete the ILA workshop series will receive a CEU certificate of completion recognizing DEI competency and commitment to inclusive leadership. The Inclusive Leadership Academy’s CEU”s have been used by clients across various industries to maintain required professional memberships, certification or licensing.