Dr. Angela Pearson
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Session Description
"Cultural Competence" is the ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures. As leaders, it is important to demonstrate this competency as we work with clients, the community, and one another. Diversity is pervasive, and the workplace provides an especially challenging environment to test one’s skills. The benefit here is by having leaders better understand their own beliefs, they will be better able to address methods to support others and value one another’s similarities and differences. Some issues of diversity are obvious, while others may not be so transparent. Every problem does not have a clear-cut solution but by working under the assumption of positive intent and mutual respect, open communication will help to dissolve fears and concerns that might otherwise become wide gaps of misunderstanding.
Objectives:
1) Understand the meaning of culture, competence, and cultural competence.
2) Discover specific behaviors that lead to stronger relationships.
3) Identify where and when there are opportunities to be more culturally competent at work.
Agenda
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm Welcome/Virtual Icebreaker
6:10 pm - 6:20 pm- Chapter Updates
6:20 pm - 7:35 pm- Presentation
7:35 pm - 7:50 pm - Discussion Q&A
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm Announcements/Closing
About Dr. P
Angela serves as the President and CEO of OD Synergistics Consulting LLC which was founded in 2019. She is a trusted advisor to business leaders in successful companies in the US, working with them to assess organizational issues, reshape structures and processes, and build depth of management capability. She is a skilled diagnostician who helps her clients to understand organizational strategies and systems to make comprehensive decisions.
In addition to her consulting work, Angela is a Navy and Army veteran and a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Coach. In her career, she has worked for many well-known companies in roles such as Operations Leader, Human Resources Generalist, Training Manager, and Environmental Health and Safety Manager. She is a Board Member of The Food Pantries for the Capital District and serves as a member of Equinox, Inc's Development and Domestic Violence Committees in Albany, NY.
Dr. P's Profile
https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-d-pearson/
Websites
ATD Capability Model Application
This event addresses the following skillsets from the ATD Capability Model: Building Personal Capability. To learn more about the ATD Capability Model, including to complete a self-assessment of your talent development capabilities, visit www.td.org/capability-model.
