CORPORATE TRAINING

WHAT I OFFER

01.

MITIGATING BIAS IN HIRING

Bias is something that lives in all of us despite our best efforts.

This is borne out of our human condition. Not malice.

This training helps leaders and hiring partners understand where bias comes from, notice it when it shows up and deploy strategy to mitigate the harmful impact that it will have if left unaddressed.

02.

THE NEW “S” WORD: STRESS-LEAVE

An alarming number of employees have either gone on stress-leave, are on stress-leave, or are about to take stress-leave.
The cost to the organization is staggering. This training helps leaders learn how to support employee wellness in a tangible way, how to notice when their team members might need support, and how to offer that support without needing to have a psychology degree!

03.

THE TROUBLE WITH BLACK EXCELLENCE

“Black Excellence” is a term that many from the African diaspora use with great pride. But very few talk about the cost that comes with the lofty goals and the awards achieved. This keynote challenges Black individuals to ensure that a life of balance is also pursued in order to avoid the pitfalls along the way.

  • Mental Health Training/Seminars

  • HR/Organization Consultation

  • Management Mental Health Training

  • Facilitated Listening Circles for Racialized Staff

  • Leadership Coaching

SPECIAL SERVICES

  • On behalf of the Black History Month Committee: Mental Health is Wealth: Our Future in Color, and the Ameriprise Black Employee Network as a whole, we want to express our sincere gratitude to you. Your enlightening presentation truly helped us become more aware of the toll that black excellence plays on the mental health of the community. Additionally, the takeaways on how black employees and allies can help support and heal from those burdens was invaluable. As we strive for a future of abundance, in color, your insights and expertise in the psychotherapy and consulting field, were greatly appreciated and well received by the audience. Thanks again for taking the time to present on such a powerful message.

    Amber Allen
    Ameriprise Financial | Senior Compliance Analyst | Black Employee Network (BEN)

  • “We invited Roxanne to speak at a corporate Wellness Event. She met us where we were – some reliving trauma, some speaking about it for the first time, some embracing healing. She guided us through tough discussion topics, validated thoughts and feelings, and shared practical skills. Receptive, engaging, thoughtful, compassionate (and fun!), Roxanne was a wonderful accompaniment in our journey to well-being. Participants were moved and gave very positive feedback on the session.

    Jasmine Tatem,
    Director, Canada Border Services Agency, Toronto

  • We had the pleasure of having Roxanne Francis join us to talk about Imposter Syndrome. In our work we serve some of the most vulnerable and barriered people in our community and our staff do an excellent job of being their for them. However, our staff represent a diverse cross section of race, ethnicity and backgrounds and can sometimes feel “out of place” even when providing essential services. Roxanne was able to take that truth and reflect back to the participants in the session on what that feeling is and how to address it personally and in systems. Roxanne was open, honest and authentic in her delivery and left our staff feeling informed and empowered. Thank you Roxanne for your valuable time…we now consider you a part of our collective and will be seeing you again in the future

    Devon Nation-Williams
    Area Manager, Income Employment and Homelessness Support Division, Region of Durham.

WORKSHOPS

1

Helping Leaders Hire with Greater Awareness, Fairness, and Confidence

If most of your teams look and sound the same, but the community they serve do not, there may be unintended bias in the hiring practice. There might not be bad actors at play, but it can be harmful if unaddressed. This training teaches hiring managers how to recognize their own unintended bias (no shame involved), question it and ensure that it doesn’t get in the way of hiring qualified diverse teams. Leaders leave with greater self-awareness and the confidence to recognize and put away bias when it shows up. Because it shows up for all of us.

MITIGATING BIAS IN HIRING

BY THE END OF THIS WORKSHOP, LEADERS WILL BE ABLE TO:

  • Identify how unconscious bias shows up in hiring decisions, even among well-intentioned leaders.

  • Apply practical strategies to reduce bias and improve fairness throughout the hiring process.

  • Build confidence in creating diverse, qualified teams that better reflect the communities they serve.

2

THAT HORRIBLE “S” WORD: STRESS-LEAVE

BY THE END OF THIS WORKSHOP, ATTENDEES WILL BE ABLE TO:

  • Recognize the organizational costs of stress, burnout, and poor workplace mental health.Have new stress management techniques to combat the sources of stress.

  • Implement practical leadership strategies that support employee well-being and psychological safety.

  • Create a healthier workplace culture that improves engagement, retention, and performance.

Why Employee Well-Being Is a Leadership Strategy, Not Just an HR Initiative

Nearly 40% of Canadian employees have taken stress leave, with 500,000 people missing work each week due to poor mental health (Canadian HR Reporter). This becomes a significant strain on productivity and profitability. In this talk/keynote, leaders learn how to help prioritize real employee wellness with tangible tools that go beyond “Yoga Fridays” so that staff can feel valued and show up as their best selves, absenteeism is reduced, and the bottom line is supported.

3

THE TROUBLE WITH BLACK EXCELLENCE

IN THIS TALK WE WILL:

  • Explore how Black Excellence can become both a source of empowerment and a source of pressure.

  • Challenge cultural narratives that tie worthiness solely to achievement and productivity.

  • Learn practical ways to pursue success while maintaining balance, joy, and psychological well-being.

When Excellence Comes at a Cost: Rethinking Success in the Black Community

Many people in the Black community are very proud to attain “Black Excellence”, and with good reason. However many people don’t understand the many ways that striving for and attaining Black Excellence can be harmful. Attendees learn the pitfalls associated with this, how to avoid them, and a healthier alternative for Black achievement in North America.

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