Up to 30 participants
Many of the skills required for happy teams didn’t get taught in school. These focused workshops develop practical skills and are about half lecture and half breakout activities.
What People Say
“I wholeheartedly recommend Casey’s workshops - well structured content, metaphors easily-digestible by developers, and a lot of relevant tips.” — Maciek Rzasa, Developer
“I highly recommend Casey’s workshops! They helped us align on business/user/tech needs, and make unbiased decisions very quickly.” — Taylor Gandolfi, Designer
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
Why is DEI Important?
Diversity Equity Inclusion and Belonging
Bystander to Upstander
Bystander to Upstander
Diversity Equity Inclusion and Belonging
Every individual on a team contributes to the team environment. What can you do to make sure the environment is supportive and not toxic? How can you continue growing yourself? How can you support the people "behind you" on the allyship spectrum move further along?
Microaggressions: Prevention & Recovery
Microaggressions: Prevention & Recovery
Diversity Equity Inclusion and Belonging
Your coworkers want to be treated like individuals. Without realizing it, you might be making your coworkers feel tokenized and othered. These small pains add up over time, becoming large pains. This impact happens regardless of whether it was intended. Fortunately, you can learn how to avoid these.
LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Environment
LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Environment
Diversity Equity Inclusion and Belonging
There is a lot of talk about pronouns lately, and that's great! This starts a conversation, but there's so much more to identities around gender and sexuality. How can you be an active ally?
Countering Biases
Diversity Equity Inclusion and Belonging
"The Way We Do Things"
"The Way We Do Things"
Diversity Equity Inclusion and Belonging
“That’s the way we do things here” isn’t an inherently good or bad phrase — but the social rules underlying it might support or thwart your goals. Learn to better navigate the plethora of social norms you encounter every day by understanding the psychology behind “social norms” and “norm regulation.” Team culture is constantly changing — use these tools to cultivate a culture that supports a healthy, productive work environment.
Inclusive Writing
Diversity Equity Inclusion and Belonging
Inclusive Culture
Fostering Psychological Safety
90 min workshop
Implicit and Explicit Communication
90 min workshop
Persuasion via Mutual Understanding
90 min workshop
Glad We Work Together
Glad We Work Together
90 min workshop
It's hard to communicate in a low-trust environment. You can deepen trust by using these two techniques: increasing social closeness (propinquity), and explicitly communicating on the relationship channel
Cultivating Growth Mindset
90 min workshop
Cultivating Cultural Change
90 min workshop
Wellbeing and Preventing Burnout
Preventing and Recovering From Burnout
Preventing and Recovering From Burnout
90 min workshop
You’ve likely experienced burnout before. How do you know when you have burnout? How can you address it? How can you support others?
Introspection & Mindfulness
90 min workshop
Processing Challenging Experiences
90 min workshop
Understanding & Feeling Understood
Understanding & Feeling Understood
120 min workshop
Everyone wants to feel understood by others. It's human! Unfortunately it's often a challenge to help someone else feel understood, even when you do understand someone's point of view. Strengthen your relationships by learning how to explicitly validate others.
Asking for Support
Asking for Support
90 min workshop
Your personal wellbeing is too important to neglect. "We all need somebody to lean on" at times. Who can you ask for support? How/when can you ask them? How can you make sure they are okay with helping? How can you ask for the specific support you need? Even if you can answer all of these questions, applying those answers is the hard part. It takes practice!
Leadership Skills
Coaching
90 min workshop
Goal Setting Frameworks
90 min workshop
Clear, Objective Feedback
90 min workshop
Better Meetings
90 min workshop
One on ones; Building Rapport
90 min workshop
Collaborative Prioritization
90 min workshop
Collaborative Decision Making
90 min workshop
Decision Making: Analysis vs Intuition
90 min workshop
Supporting Professional Growth
90 min workshop
Prioritization and Alignment
Collaborative Prioritization (User Needs)
Collaborative Prioritization (User Needs)
60 min workshop
Collaborative Prioritization (Features)
Collaborative Prioritization (Features)
60 min workshop
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