SunShower Learning offers specialized, best-in-class diversity, equity and inclusion training to help your organization evolve.
Trusted by thousands of organizations
Trusted by learners and clients
We create learning experiences that broaden perspectives, impart specific skills and change mindsets, habits and behaviors for the better.
“DEI is now a make-or-break issue for employees.”
— People at Work 2022 by ADP Research
Why diversity, equity,
inclusion and belonging?
More than three-quarters of workers would consider looking for a job if they discovered their employer had an unfair gender pay gap or no diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policy, according to the ADP Research Institute.
SunShower’s programs can help your organization increase cultural competence, build awareness of unconscious bias, address unfair hiring practices and foster collaboration and innovation.
Warning: if you think issuing a DEI pledge alone will satisfy today’s employee, research shows that a vast majority will not trust your statement in the absence of significant and sustained action.
Activate the benefits of
a diverse workforce
with inclusive leadership
Corporations identified as more diverse and inclusive are 35% more likely to outperform their competitors. (McKinsey)
Diverse companies are 70% more likely to capture new markets. (HBR)
Diverse teams are 87% better at making decisions. (People Management)
Give your people a model and tools to communicate and collaborate across dimensions of difference. These dimensions of difference include but are not limited to: national origin, language, race, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, socioeconomic status, veteran status, family structure, ability, size, and so many others. Managing communication and collaboration across differences can be difficult – and there is a large opportunity to enhance employee skill level and accelerate the trajectory of your company.
Corporations identified as more
diverse and inclusive are:
35%
More likely to outperform their competitors
70%
More likely to capture new markets
87%
Better at making decisions
Flexible formats
We offer our training in 3 formats:
- Self-Paced eLearning – asynchronous online course
- Trainer’s Toolbox – provides access to our videos, leader’s guide, powerpoint files and handouts
- Interactive live webinars – SunShower experts deliver training in customized workshops on Zoom
A distinguished team of thought leaders and facilitators
The SunShower instructor team is made up of esteemed leaders from various disciplines, including HR, psychology, labor and employee relations, higher education, leadership development, corporate banking, filmmaking, and eLearning development. These leaders are thought leaders, authors and experienced facilitators who have helped write and shape the content for SunShower’s eLearning and Trainer’s Toolbox materials.
SunShower experts deliver training in customized workshops on Zoom or other virtual meeting platforms.
Topics include:
- Unconscious Bias
- Inclusive Leadership Skills
- Creating a Culture of Belonging
- Microaggressions
- Inclusive hiring practices
SunShower webinars are highly interactive, using video, polls, break-out rooms, and chat to get everyone involved. Each workshop is customizable.
Award-winning, HBO-quality productions
In addition to our subject matter expertise, we’re known for the award-winning, HBO-level production quality of our work. We have decades of expertise in video production, DEI instructional design, facilitation and coaching.
Our courses feature:
- Realistic vignettes with an emotional impact
- Deep knowledge of DEI topics and the ability to create scenarios that stick
- Hollywood-level production quality
Filming a scenario for the Defeating Unconscious
Bias e-Learning course
Our Recent Insights
Reclaiming the Water
When we follow threads back through history, appalling origins or explanations for certain contemporary social issues / racial matters are often discovered.
Chances are your hiring process is riddled with bias
Inclusive hiring is the practice of minimizing bias and creating an equitable recruitment, application, interview, selection and offer process for a diverse set of candidates.
DEI Leaders are Burning Out
A recent article in Human Resources Director highlights something that we’ve been hearing a lot about - diversity fatigue. It’s a term from the 90s, but it’s back now and the reasons require serious consideration.
The Day the National Guard Raided an HBCU Dorm
Our nation’s schools have an incredible responsibility when it comes to honoring Black History Month. All too often, they use a “heroes and holidays” approach. While this may be well intended, it has the effect of making Black students feel othered, as though they exist outside of the actual curriculum. A better approach would be to incorporate Black stories and voices into the year-round curriculum – and to incorporate Black students into the everyday classroom.
Embodying Ethical Leadership
In an age when faith in our institutions—academic, corporate and government—is at an all-time low, it behooves leaders to “do the right thing.” Paraphrasing Charlamagne, “Right action is better than knowledge, but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.” But how do we know what is right?