Sarah-SoonLing Blackburn

Navigating Belonging in the Workplace

The following workshops can be offered online or in person. The recommended duration for virtual workshops is 60 minutes, while in-person workshops can range between 60 minutes and 3 hours. Each workshop title is followed by sample essential questions covered during the learning experience. Sarah is also available to design custom learning experiences to best meet your needs.

Why is belonging important at work?
How do we increase belonging at work, regardless of our roles?
How can each of us move away from judgment and towards greater curiosity about difference?

Leading with a Mindset of Inclusion

The following workshops can be offered online or in person. The recommended duration for virtual workshops is 60 minutes, while in-person workshops can range between 60 minutes and 3 hours. Each workshop title is followed by sample essential questions covered during the learning experience. Sarah is also available to design custom learning experiences to best meet your needs.

Why does it matter to lead with a mindset of inclusion?
What are ethnocentrism and ethnorelativism, and how do these concepts help us increase inclusion?
How do I better understand my employees so I can be a more inclusive leader?

Interpersonal Skills for Inclusive Communication

The following workshops can be offered online or in person. The recommended duration for virtual workshops is 60 minutes, while in-person workshops can range between 60 minutes and 3 hours. Each workshop title is followed by sample essential questions covered during the learning experience. Sarah is also available to design custom learning experiences to best meet your needs.

Why are interpersonal skills and inclusive conversations central to career success?
How do we boost self awareness, become more curious, and listen deeply?
How do we navigate disagreement at work?
How do we apply the above skills in 1-1 and group settings?

Navigating Work in Emotionally Demanding Fields

The following workshops can be offered online or in person. The recommended duration for virtual workshops is 60 minutes, while in-person workshops can range between 60 minutes and 3 hours. Each workshop title is followed by sample essential questions covered during the learning experience. Sarah is also available to design custom learning experiences to best meet your needs.

What makes some jobs more emotionally demanding than others?
How are our emotional demands of our roles currently affecting ourselves, our lives, and our work?
How do we hold balance for ourselves while still attending to the demands of our work?

Talking About Structural Racism

The following workshops can be offered online or in person. The recommended duration for virtual workshops is 60 minutes, while in-person workshops can range between 60 minutes and 3 hours. Each workshop title is followed by sample essential questions covered during the learning experience. Sarah is also available to design custom learning experiences to best meet your needs.

What is “race” and where did our modern understandings of race and racism come from?
What are some barriers to having these conversations?
What are some practices for opening conversations and for working through disagreement?

What is DEIB?

The following workshops can be offered online or in person. The recommended duration for virtual workshops is 60 minutes, while in-person workshops can range between 60 minutes and 3 hours. Each workshop title is followed by sample essential questions covered during the learning experience. Sarah is also available to design custom learning experiences to best meet your needs.

What is meant by the terms “diversity,” “equity,” “inclusion,” and “belonging”?
Why do diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging matter in the workplace?
What role do we each play in creating inclusive environments?

Understanding Social Identities

The following workshops can be offered online or in person. The recommended duration for virtual workshops is 60 minutes, while in-person workshops can range between 60 minutes and 3 hours. Each workshop title is followed by sample essential questions covered during the learning experience. Sarah is also available to design custom learning experiences to best meet your needs.

What are social identities?
How do our social identities affect how we view ourselves, our world, and our work? And vice versa?
Why does it matter to talk about race and other social identities at work?

Interpersonal Skills for Diverse Workplaces

The following workshops can be offered online or in person. The recommended duration for virtual workshops is 60 minutes, while in-person workshops can range between 60 minutes and 3 hours. Each workshop title is followed by sample essential questions covered during the learning experience. Sarah is also available to design custom learning experiences to best meet your needs.

What are the benefits of building interpersonal skills?
How do we assess our existing skills and identify areas for improvement?
What are strategies we can use to strengthen our one-on-one and group interactions at work?

Hidden Histories of Asian Americans

The following workshops can be offered online or in person. The recommended duration for virtual workshops is 60 minutes, while in-person workshops can range between 60 minutes and 3 hours. Each workshop title is followed by sample essential questions covered during the learning experience. Sarah is also available to design custom learning experiences to best meet your needs.

What does it mean to be “Asian,” “Asian American” or “AAPI”?
What are some of the histories of Asians and Asian Americans, and why are they so often invisible?
How does history affect the day-to-day experiences of Asian-identifying people at work?

Resisting Stereotypes in the Workplace: A Case Study of Asian and Asian American Experience

The following workshops can be offered online or in person. The recommended duration for virtual workshops is 60 minutes, while in-person workshops can range between 60 minutes and 3 hours. Each workshop title is followed by sample essential questions covered during the learning experience. Sarah is also available to design custom learning experiences to best meet your needs.

What are some dominant stereotypes about Asians and Asian Americans, and how do they affect the workplace?
How do I speak up against harmful stereotypes about any group?

Dismantling the Model Minority Myth

The following workshops can be offered online or in person. The recommended duration for virtual workshops is 60 minutes, while in-person workshops can range between 60 minutes and 3 hours. Each workshop title is followed by sample essential questions covered during the learning experience. Sarah is also available to design custom learning experiences to best meet your needs.

What is the model minority myth and where did it come from?
How do “positive stereotypes” like the model minority myth negatively affect people of all backgrounds?
How do I move from stereotypes to solidarity?

Histories of Racism and Coalition Building: Learning from Black and Asian Solidarity

The following workshops can be offered online or in person. The recommended duration for virtual workshops is 60 minutes, while in-person workshops can range between 60 minutes and 3 hours. Each workshop title is followed by sample essential questions covered during the learning experience. Sarah is also available to design custom learning experiences to best meet your needs.

What is the dominant narrative about cross-racial solidarity, and what is left out of that narrative?
What is cross-racial solidarity, and why does it matter?
How do we show up in solidarity with other communities?

Fostering AAPI Belonging Through Inclusion

The following workshops can be offered online or in person. The recommended duration for virtual workshops is 60 minutes, while in-person workshops can range between 60 minutes and 3 hours. Each workshop title is followed by sample essential questions covered during the learning experience. Sarah is also available to design custom learning experiences to best meet your needs.

What are some common experiences that AAPI people face at work that are barriers to inclusion?
What are the roots of present-day bias or stereotypes?
How can we create belonging through stronger inclusion practices?

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