ASDIC Metamorphosis
Consulting and Coaching
Drawing from forty years of experience in antiracism education, diversity training, personal coaching, and intercultural counseling, ASDIC offers clients a focused range of services including the following:
ASDIC Metamorphosis
Climate Assessment
Climate assessment identifying presence and absence of inclusive and exclusive cultural symbols, common space, products, policies, practices and personal interactions. Attention to hidden cultural assumptions and biases, stereotypes, values, and worldview reflected in normalized arrangements and hierarchies, and decision making.
“What an incredible, transforming twelve weeks. Your leadership led us gently deeper, deeper into understanding racism and moved us to do something. Thank you for making the trip up north and taking your weekends. Blessings on your continued work.”
-Kathy Nelson, Pastor, Peace UCC Duluth”
Intercultural Development Inventory
Intercultural development inventory (IDI) assessment for individuals, work-team, and organization with follow up interpretation and directed study toward cultural literacy and competency in intercultural relations, cultural difference (behavior and communication patterns, value orientations, worldview), and cross-cultural communication.
Strategic Planning
Assessment tools of learning outcomes and for strategic planning. Workshop evaluation and feedback to deepen learning. Longitudinal study of transformation using a Pre-Session & Post-Session Cultural and Racial-Ethnic Survey that measures nine key factors:
o Knowledge, emotional response to the domination system, cultural aptitude, personal relations, behaviors and actions, self-identification, cultural and mediation skills, areas of concern & struggle, and forms of desired support.
· Assessment of the pros and cons of possible strategies for inclusion and welcome, positive cultural climate, and cultural adaptation toward mutuality and solidarity of the team and organization.
Training-Evidence Based
Training based on evidenced based social science research, supported by facilitated, guided study and integrated interactive curriculum for focused and themed workshops of varying lengths:
o One session format workshop of 90 minutes, 2 hours, 4 hours, or half-day;
o Multi-session format workshop series of varying hours and number of meetings adjusted to client context and need.
Personal Coaching
ASDIC offers a wide range of services to businesses and organizations seeking to improve their capacity and competence in interacting with communities and individuals of color, seeking to reduce institutional racial disparities, and wishing to more fully embody their moral concern for racial justice and for justice and equity in structures, policies, decisions and practices. This work requires addressing underlying assumptions, perspectives, and practices arising out of the of U.S. racial legacy.
Personal coaching includes one-on-one IDI assessment and coaching; advice and assistance in staff development; conflict mediation; recruitment and retention of a culturally diverse staff and workforce; and consulting in strategic planning.