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.
“Most employees do not view their organization’s racial equity policies
as genuine.” — Words Aren’t Enough by Catalyst.org
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
The 21-Day Plan for Disarming Microaggressions Wins Two More Awards
The Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (AIVA) has recognized The 21-Day Plan for Disarming Microaggressions as a 2022 Davey Awards Silver Winner in the category of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
New! SunShower Now Offers the Most Modern and Flexible Formats To Meet Your Training Needs
Today, we’re marking the passing of yet another technology - DVDs and USBs are obsolete. We are joining the modern age to say, long live online resources. And with that, we’re excited to announce a new era of choice and fulfillment: Choose the format that meets your training needs: A. Self-paced online eLearning or B. use our videos, slide decks and handouts to conduct your own instructor-led training - we call this the Do-it-Yourself Trainer’s Toolbox.
Maslow’s Hierarchy and the Scientific Connection Between Belonging and Health
Humans have an innate need to belong. In fact, “love and belonging” are featured prominently in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. This central model in psychology asserts that people are motivated by five basic categories of needs, and “belonging” (that is, the need to affiliate with and be accepted by members of a group) is right up there near things as fundamental as food and water.
Diversity Is the Lifeblood for All Companies, but Is Diversity Enough?
“It’s hard to imagine an economy driven by Latino and Latina growth when leadership at the board level and in the C-suite is far less than 5% Latino and Latina. That gap – between the face of leadership and the face of the economy to come – is a vast strategic issue for corporations”.
Microaggressions… We have a lot to Learn
By addressing our mistakes and remaining open to learning, we broaden our understanding, increase our empathy and build our capacity to do better the next time. Such is the case with microaggressions.