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Dr. Shuler’s learning experiences create a “safe” place, as well as interactive and life-changing. This safe place provides an environment for honest discussion, organizational evaluation, and self-discovery allowing all to hear each other, revealing to individuals and the organization present diversity position and possible future directions in regards to implementing diversity.

Dr. Shuler will provide your organization with both a strategy and implementation guide. This document includes observations, recommendations, and guidance in execution of cultural proficiency to assist your organization in achieving its desired goal (s). Your organization will receive this document no later than two weeks after this seminar.

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Seminar Topics for Maximizing Difference:

How do you think focusing on maximizing difference will impact your present faith-based or secular organizational staff and its productivity and its present market?
Four vital issues for understanding and embracing difference
Why the race problem won’t go away by itself
A biblical perspective for developing mutually beneficial and lasting cross-cultural relationships
A better understanding of history may change our present misconceptions
Is racial reconciliation really working? Why or why not?
Why the term “racial reconciliation” is offensive to analytical people of color
Why the term “racial reconciliation” is not an inclusive term and why most people of color won’t tell you why
Some practical steps in fulfilling the Great Commission: How to relate to communities of color.
The rewards of cultural/racial unity
Transforming our theology into reality
Making churches and/or organizations “safe places” for people of color and women
Will you be part of the problem or part of the solution?

CULTURAL COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR:

BLR helps individuals and/or organizations to experience the benefits of understanding and embracing an individual’s and/or organization’s actual (as opposed to theoretical) position on diversity, by discovering and maximizing all “people” resources for the workplace and in related products/resources. This is done through organically developing cultural proficiency.

Unlocking Cultural Competence – Your organization will take a cultural journey to increase its cultural competence by:

Developing Culturally Competent leadership:

Increasing your organization’s cultural competence capacity
Working with your key leaders, those possessing the ability to influence and facilitate key culturally proficient principles throughout your organization
Equipping these key leaders to organically champion the cause of cultural proficiency

Developing Culturally Competent knowledge:

Providing an introduction to maximizing difference philosophy
Identifying obstacles which may be hindering individuals and/or your organization in their/its maximizing difference efforts
Explaining the “Browning of America” and its present and future impact on your organization
The significance of 2042 to you, your family and your organization

Developing Culturally Competent skills:

Explaining how to draw on untapped availability of quality human resources, particularly, people of color
Identifying conscious and unconscious hindrances to achieving the highest level of diverse participative management
Incorporating the principle that diversity/unity must simultaneously exist in the workplace for organizations achieve maximum productivity and profit

The Journey: Your organization has two different tracks from which it can choose, called Opportunity Options.

Opportunity Option A
Preparatory Assignments
Foundational Learning Experiences (1 learning experience day)
Follow-Up accountability session (1 day session)
Strategy Guide

Opportunity Option B
Option A included (Option B has an initial 2-day learning experience)

2 Follow-Up accountability sessions (2 day sessions—one per six months)
Implementation Guide

Suggested Attendees: These cultural competency learning experiences have proven most effective when organization’s CEO, President, Senior Executive Officers, Board Leadership, management staff, emerging leaders, and any other influential leaders within the organization participate. Attendees may be divided into groups.

Suggested Length of Learning Experience: These learning experiences require time to process and apply, so, Opportunity Option B is recommended for most organizations.
Diversity Coaching for Executives Available for Hourly & Monthly Rates: Call for more info.

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Clarence has done doctoral work in Biblical Marriage Counseling at New Geneva Theological Seminary in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He also assisted the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services with its African American Healthy Marriage Initiative. He served as a relationship expert during a session for Oprah’s Love Goals reality show in 2020. He has been certified in Marriage Education Professional Training from the University of Bridgeport. He and Brenda are trained in Preventive and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP).

Clarence and Brenda are members of FamilyLife Marriage Conference Speaker Team. They have also partnered with the Billy Graham School of Evangelism, teaching Managing Marriage/Family and Ministry (Career).

Clarence and Brenda have been featured on numerous radio programs, including Dr. Gary Chapman’s Building Relationships and in Discipleship Journal, Essence Magazine, and Black Enterprise for marriage related topics.

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPETENCY SEMINAR:

Helps individuals and/or organizations to reap the benefits of understanding an individual’s and/or organization’s actual (as opposed to theoretical) position on diversity, by discovering and maximizing all people resources for development in the workplace and in related products/resources.

Dr. Shuler’s presentation format creates a “safe” place, providing an environment for honest discussion, self/organizational evaluation, and self-discovery in order for all to hear each other, revealing to individuals and organization where they are and possible future directions in regards to implementing biblical diversity.

Dr. Shuler provides a summary report of the seminar consisting of his observations and possible recommendations to assist your organization in achieving its desired goal (s), no later than two weeks after the session.

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Nine Learning Objectives—By seminar’s conclusion, attendees will have a deeper understanding of:

How African Americans, Asians, Euros, Hispanics, and Latinos process information differently
How these thinking differences are an asset in organizational problem-solving
How to draw on untapped availability of quality human resources
The reality of the “glass ceiling” and how it functions against people of color and women in secular organizations
Conscious and unconscious hindrances to your organization’s diversity efforts in achieving the most effective diverse participative management
Understanding that diversity and unity must simultaneously exist in the workplace for organizations to most productive and experience the rewards of achieving the racial unity
The “Browning of America,” and its future impact on your organization
Why the most successful Fortune 500 secular organizations can’t afford not to diversify in the area of culture/race & gender.
Six reasons why secular companies are making gender & racial diversity a priority in the workplace, their results, and who some of these companies are!

FAITH-BASED CULTURAL COMPETENCY SEMINAR:

Helps individuals and/or organizations to reap the benefits of understanding an individual’s and/or organization’s actual (as opposed to theoretical) position on diversity, by discovering and maximizing all of God’s “people” resources for Kingdom development in the workplace and in related products/resources.

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