Why SunShower Learning

• 20+ years of best-in-class DEI training and courses
• 5-star reviews on Google Reviews and Trustpilot
• Dozens of training and diversity awards
• Distinguished team of world-class DEI experts
• Experience with small businesses, multinational organizations and everything in between
• Client list spanning all industries: insurance, healthcare, retail, hospitality, government and more
• Hundreds of thousands of employees trained
• Blended training formats with activities, knowledge checks and “What would you do?” scenarios
• Scalable from 100 to 100,000 and applicable for leaders and individual contributors
• Plug & play SCORM on your LMS or SunShower’s secure LMS
• Personalized implementation support
• HRCI CE-certified programs• Compliance with the highest WCAG standards of accessibility
• Available in multiple languages, including Canadian French and Spanish

Leslie wrote the book Ouch! That Stereotype Hurts and collaborated with Joel Lesko from SunShower Learning to produce the wildly popular and multi-award winning video, online course and eLearning. She also collaborated with Joel to create the follow-up program, Ouch! Your Silence Hurts. The Ouch! series has been enthusiastically used by tens of thousands of organizations around the world with significant personal and organizational results.

Leslie is an author, consultant and curriculum developer in the areas of DEIB, multicultural and multilingual competence and multicultural customer service. Watch the interview with Leslie here in which she offers valuable insights into the practical applications of Ouch! techniques.

With 20+ years of diverse experience, and a Juris Doctor from George Mason University School of Law, Mary is a trusted legal advisor and EEO specialist, serving clients in the public, private and nonprofit sectors.

Mary has deep competency in conducting professional, end-to-end, confidential workplace investigations.

Mary is a seasoned trainer with a record of success developing and delivering an array of live and virtual programs, and she’s experienced in designing and performing work environment studies and climate assessments.

Tina is a leader in the areas of global diversity and inclusion, a public speaker and an organization development professional with proven success in designing and implementing DEI strategies and initiatives, coaching senior leaders and enhancing employee engagement, retention and productivity.

Tina is a Somatic Abolitionist Practitioner with years of experience in coaching around Racial, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. She has collaborated with SunShower to conduct online live trainings across many industries.

For over 25 years, Greg has held DEI leadership positions in both Fortune 100 companies and non- profit organizations and has implemented DEI solutions throughout the US and globally.

Greg has high-level experience developing DEI strategy, coaching leaders to develop inclusion skills and creating insightful and actionable group learning experiences.

Greg has led workshops with SunShower in Inclusive Leadership and has worked with our clients to aid them in the Enterprise roll-out of our eLearning courses.

Dr. Katherine Jeffery is a generational researcher and practitioner who’s passionate about guiding companies and organizations through the massive leadership transition in the world right now. Dr. Jeffery is a highly sought-after consultant and presenter, known for her engaging workshops on intergenerational dynamics. Her ability to translate research into practical solutions has made her an international thought leader, shaping the future of leadership and organizational development.

GenShift is based on Dr. Jeffery’s extensive research and experience in consulting and coaching teams to enhance communication, collaboration, and success across generations.

Dr. Robin is a Harvard Business School trained Ph.D. and wrote an award-winning dissertation on diversity, work-life balance and empowerment.

Dr. Robin’s BA is in International Relations / World History from Brown University, and her Masters in Social Psychology is from Harvard. She was also faculty at Darden University of Virginia, Cal Poly Pomona and UCLA as well as a visiting professor at Ozyegin Business School in Istanbul, Turkey.

Dr. Robin has collaborated with SunShower on the series, Being a Kind Leader, which includes 3 modules - 6 Soft S.K.I.L.L.S., Developing Trust and Living Your Values (coming soon). The SKILLS and Trust courses have both won multiple awards.

Dr. Yolanda Lewis-Ragland is a double-board-certified physician in pediatrics and obesity medicine, owner and CEO of Family Fitness and Wellness for Community Health, and founder of Dr. Yolanda Cares Foundation, her nonprofit organization focusing on reducing health disparities in at-risk communities at home and abroad.

For 20 years, Dr. Lewis-Ragland has lived and practiced in one of the poorest and most traumatized communities in the nation’s capital, gaining the trust and respect of residents and, more recently, actively addressing heart disease in African Americans through her annual Heart-to-Heart Red Carpet Affair. She has published, Navigating a Triple Pandemic: Healthcare Workers of Color Confront Racism in America, Health Disparities in Medicine, and the Trauma of COVID-19.

Dr. Lewis-Ragland is collaborating with SunShower to work on a new program, Let’s Talk: Health Equity

As a fervent advocate for the transformative power of inclusion within enterprises, Lisette has launched and scaled award-winning DEI organizations and programs that align with the company's mission, vision and values. Throughout her career, she has successfully established, designed and led scalable, company-wide diversity models at renowned institutions such as Jefferson Health, Yale New Haven Health System and TriHealth, integrating DEI into their core infrastructures. Previously, she held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief DEI Officer at Jefferson Health, a 198-year-old legacy organization with 18 hospitals and 10 colleges with over 50,000 employees and students. Lisette was appointed by the National Audubon Society to spearhead efforts across the organization, integrating equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging (EDIB) practices seamlessly into the fabric of Audubon’s operations. Her role involves refining policies and procedures and championing data-driven change initiatives.

As a seasoned builder of holistic strategies, Danita looks to drive change while expanding opportunities. She has extensive experience building and developing teams, strategic planning, goal setting and implementing effective grassroots employee programs.

As a strategic thought leader and culture architect, Danita focuses on cultivating diverse workforce engagement and environments where employees can experience belonging.

Danita is partnering with SunShower to develop a course on growing culture by planting one seed at a time - Culturvate for success.

Marsha is the Senior Lecturer, Associate Dean of DEI and University Ombudsperson at Chicago-Kent College of Law.

Marsha is also an experienced attorney, arbitrator, facilitator and consultant who provides training and advice on a variety of employee relations and leadership topics, including, diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.

Marsha has delivered many live online trainings with SunShower in the areas of unconscious bias, microaggressions and inclusive hiring, consistently receiving rave reviews.

When you license an eLearning course, we offer a turnkey solution and stand behind you for the duration of your license.

Our purpose

Reduce your stress as you install the course on your LMS

Our commitment

Deliver high completion rates and maximize your investment

Our method

A team of experts with experience in rolling out the training
Personalized guidance to help you cascade the training across your organization
Training materials and resources you can use to embed the training
Optional train-the-trainer sessions

eLearning courses – self-paced, asynchronous, interactive and award-winning

• Scalable from 100 to 100,000 learners

• Plug & play SCORM on your LMS or SunShower’s

• Adherence to highest standards of accessibility

• Personalized implementation and roll-out support

Trainer’s Toolbox – use our videos, Leader’s Guide, PowerPoint files and handouts to conduct your own training

• 24/7 access to online digital materials

• Never misplace the video files again!

Interactive live training – SunShower experts facilitate customized live workshops in person or on Zoom

• Engaging and thought-provoking

• Customized for your group

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“Joel Lesko and SunShower Learning have produced the gold standard of anti-bias training that will have a lasting and beneficial impact in business, industry and education. If equity, diversity and inclusion are important goals for your organization, community and the nation, then this interactive training video will teach employers and employees concrete skills to confront and disarm microaggressions (bias and bigotry).

The training teaches targets, allies and bystanders specific actions that involve making the ‘invisible’ visible, disarming microaggressions, and educating offenders. It is filled with real-life examples of harmful microaggressions, along with tested intervention actions that can be taken to create norms that reinforce an inclusive, respectful, and welcoming environment.”

— Derald Wing Sue, Ph.D. Author, Microaggressions in Everyday Life, Microintervention Strategies

“After extensive research, our organization landed on Sunshower Learning to help execute DEI training for our leaders. This was absolutely the best decision we could have made surrounding this initiative, for Joel and his team are not only responsive when we had a question or needed support, but their material is relevant, timely, and grounded in research backed studies and analyses on these topics. We used Sunshower Learning for both live virtual training as well as their Train the Trainer program. If you or your organization are searching for a group that tackles these tough topics with knowledgeable concepts, valuable conversation, and measurable results, SunShower Learning is the answer.”

— Emily Fieser, Director of Culture + Development at Natural Retreats’

“During the height of COVID, it was critical that we find a way to provide effective training utilizing a virtual platform. A variety of training options were considered; however, the utilization of SunShower Learning served as an invaluable tool during these unprecedented times. Having the option to access online modules and videos enhanced the information we presented to our customers in a virtual fashion. This also reinforced the information the customers received with the option of accessing the training portal at their leisure. We look forward to providing our customers the same level of excellence in person.”

— Anonymous, Training Instructor

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