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Using EQ assessments, policy reviews, and our extensive curriculum, we create customized and standardized workshops to meet your teams’ needs.
Emotional Intelligence is the foundational skill set needed to practice and maintain psychological safety at work and in life. We partner with you and your team to:
Founder Tonya Ladipo, LCSW, is an engaging speaker on workplace wellness, cultivating psychological safety, minimizing bias, and building fruitful professional and personal relationships. A sought-after speaker, Tonya has been a keynote speaker, panel moderator, featured panelist, and workshop facilitator for several mission-driven organizations.
Some of Tonya’s speaking topics include:
People avoid conflict at all costs to be perceived as ‘nice’ or a good person. Instead, groupthink becomes rampant because no one wants to be seen as a troublemaker. Projects and services stagnate because no one will challenge the status quo. Feedback is only given during employee reviews instead of in real-time when learning is most likely retained. And gossip, talking about others instead of directly to them, becomes routine because people fear conflict. Yet, tension and friction are inherent in the human experience and are necessary for organizational growth and success.
Kindness + Discomfort = Psychological Safety
Often, people confuse psychological safety with comfort, constantly feeling happy and liking their colleagues – none of which needs to be present for psychological safety to exist. Real psychological safety is about discussing the conflict rather than avoiding it and disagreeing respectfully without concern for punishment or retribution (i.e., loss of future opportunities or employment).
This session will highlight the critical skills needed to genuinely cultivate psychological safety in the workplace. Audience members will rethink what it means to be ‘nice’ at work and understand why discomfort and kindness are the winning combination for creating psychologically safe workplaces. They will also understand the core emotional intelligence skills needed to apply and practice kindness to develop psychological safety within their organization.
Emotional intelligence is at the heart of innovation, connection, and success. Strong EQ skills are the most relevant capabilities needed to work with people of diverse backgrounds and experiences, create products and services that reach a wider audience, have uncomfortable conversations when necessary, and create workplaces where everyone has a sense of belonging and the opportunities to succeed.
As a licensed clinical social worker, Tonya uses her understanding of human behavior and motivation to discuss essential EQ techniques for challenging workplace situations. Using real-life examples, she provides concrete strategies to address common missteps when leading a diverse team. Additionally, she reviews proactive measures managers and leaders can implement to infuse regular application of EQ skills into their organizations.
As organizations are unsettled about how the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action may impact them, understanding how to apply the tenets of DEIB in our current climate is necessary for successful businesses to move forward. Rather than stepping back from DEIB, leaning fully into it creates a company culture that attracts and retains top talent, generates innovative products and services, and ultimately increases the bottom line.
As a licensed clinical social worker, Tonya uses her understanding of human behavior and motivation to discuss essential EQ techniques for challenging workplace situations. Using real-life examples, she provides concrete strategies to address common missteps when leading a diverse team. Additionally, she reviews proactive measures managers and leaders can implement to infuse regular application of EQ skills into their organizations.
Since 2020, we’ve become more acutely aware of how our mental health impacts us at work. You don’t have to be a trained therapist to notice when something is off for yourself or others. As a licensed clinical social worker, Tonya provides insights into navigating mental health, specifically in the workplace. She gives practical ways for people to talk to each other, express concern, and offer solutions.
Additionally, Tonya shares strategies we can apply to our own lives to strengthen our mental health, reduce burnout, and increase joy overall. She’ll discuss what’s overrated about self-care, how we’ve gotten off track, and offer pathways to care for ourselves and others.
We often hear buzzwords like ‘psychological safety’ and ‘belonging,’ but what do they mean, and how do we practice them in a constantly changing world and workplace?
Creating company cultures where people feel seen, supported, and valued is the foundation of inclusion and successful teams and companies. In this talk, Tonya outlines key concepts of belonging and psychological safety and the concrete tools, strategies, and pitfalls to avoid to make implementation a reality.
Attendees will learn the distinctions between comfort, psychological safety, belonging, and the specific Emotional Intelligence tools needed to cultivate a healthy work culture.
