WorkPLACE CULTURE WORKshops
Workshops that help teams see what their culture is signaling
Interactive workplace culture workshops, virtual or in person, built on original research into how belonging, credibility, and trust take shape at work. Choose a signature workshop, or work with me to design one around what your team is facing. Every participant leaves with materials for reflecting on what they noticed.
Signature or custom · 90 minutes to a half day · Virtual or in person
The signature series
Three workshops for three levels of culture
Each workshop is drawn from Mixed Signals and focuses on one level where culture tends to break down. Each one stands on its own or runs as a series.
IGNITE
For individuals
UNLOCK
For leaders and teams
IMPACT
For the organization
For professionals who sit between categories, and for anyone who has felt explained back to themselves at work. Participants identify the conditions shaping how they are perceived and practice talking about their perspective without shrinking it.
Participants leave with language for the value of their own vantage point.
For managers whose everyday behavior sends signals they never chose. Participants examine who gets heard, whose competence keeps getting re-proven, and where stated values and daily habits point in different directions.
Teams leave with a shared vocabulary for what usually goes unspoken.
For HR and executive teams looking at patterns that outlast the people involved. Participants map how policies, incentives, and decision pathways shape who can contribute, and identify which upstream changes to make first.
Leaders leave with a short list of places where changing the design will move something.
New this year
Leading from the In-Between
Every leader spends time in the in-between: new to a role, new to a team, or new to a version of themselves. This workshop uses liminality, the experience of being inside something and outside it at the same time, to look at how civility works as membership.
Participants work with the three signals that tell people whether they truly belong, and leave with three small moves they can practice at the personal, team, and system level.
The three signals
Great for leadership programs, nonprofit and movement organizations, and conference breakouts.
Identity Conscriptions:Â Being sized up and assigned before you speak.
Fragile Membership:Â Belonging that can be pulled back without warning.
Architectural Blind Spots:Â Systems that never quite account for some people.
More workshops
Four more sessions, each shaped to your team
Each of these sessions is offered on request and adapted to your organization before it runs.
Understanding the signals
Culture communicates through everyday decisions long before it shows up in policy. Participants learn to notice the signals their workplace sends about credibility, trust, and recognition, and to interpret what those signals are saying.
Best for teams new to this work. A strong first session.
Fitting in versus belonging
Plenty of people work hard to fit in and still don’t feel they belong. This session examines the difference between adapting to fit and being able to contribute fully, and what organizations do that pushes people toward one or the other.
Best for teams, employee resource groups, and onboarding or early-career programs.
Beyond the pyramid
The familiar pyramid of human needs puts individual achievement at the top. This session rethinks human needs at work with connection at the center, and asks what changes when leaders plan for it.
Best for leadership teams and engagement or wellbeing initiatives.
The Machinery of Culture
Drawing on Edgar Schein’s model of organizational culture, participants move from what anyone can see, to what the organization says it values, to the unspoken assumptions that decide how things really work. They leave able to tell which level a culture problem lives at.
Best for leadership and HR teams, and organizations heading into a merger, reorganization, or culture change effort.
In every session
What participants can expect
Interactive by design
Live polls, pair conversations, and real workplace scenarios. Participants spend more time working with the ideas than listening to them.
Materials for reflection
Every participant receives materials for capturing what they noticed during the session and what they want to try next.
Grounded in research
Built on a multi-year study of 513 participants and the book Mixed Signals.
Shaped to your context
Examples and discussion questions are adapted to your organization, your industry, and what your people are working through.
Common questions
Can you design a workshop for us?
Yes. Custom workshops are built around what your organization is working through, from a single session to a multi-part series. Every signature workshop is also adapted to your team before it runs.
How long are the workshops?
Most run from 90 minutes to a half day. Multi-session series and retreat facilitation are also available.
How many people can attend?
Up to 28 participants online and up to 50 in person. For larger groups, a keynote is usually a better fit.
Do participants need to read Mixed Signals first?
No. The workshops stand on their own. The book is there for anyone who wants to go deeper afterward.