Allyship Accelerator Training Program

Building Inclusive Organizations

Do you want to accelerate your path to building an inclusive workplace culture?

A DEI strategy, along with the right measures and policies, is just one part of the equation. The other crucial part is your employees and how you create alliances with them to foster an inclusive organisational culture.

Allyship is a powerful force in transforming your DEI plans into a living, breathing reality.

The path to significant, systemic change lies in collective action fueled by vision and a drive for a better future.

Allies at Work

Through our Allyship Accelerator Training Program, we assist organisations in developing inclusion allies by helping them cultivate strong ally identity, along with the confidence and competences needed to actively advocate for inclusive daily behaviours in the workplace.

Our program is grounded in ally development theory and is forward-looking: it guides participants through a process of establishing an identity as allies, ensuring that allyship is embedded as a core value with long-lasting effects.

What makes our program effective

Informed by research: Our approach to developing allies is theoretically informed and based on research evidence indicating towards the most effective methods of developing allies.

Real stories from workplaces: we share real stories of employees who have experienced marginalisations or lack of privilege due to their identities. Demonstrating empathy is a crucial step in becoming an ally.

Designed to engage all employees and styles: the program is designed with inclusivity in mind. Regardless of your employees’ seniority, department, age or learning style, the program caters to their preferences.

Interactive and playful learning method: The programme is highly engaging and interactive, ensuring that we stimulate the minds and hearts of participants.

What the program includes

Part 1

Exploring the paradigm of diversity and inclusion

  • Introduction on DEI: definitions, the problem, and the future
  • Exploring bias and stereotypes.
  • Acknowledge privilege and disadvantage.
  • Stories and more stories

 

Part 2

Building an ally’s muscle

  • The Allyship’s content
  • The Ally’s qualities and the role’s boundaries
  • Inclusive language: Language as way of inclusion
  • Exploring the different (re)actions: passive and active reactions
  • Learn through role-playing!

Part 3

Plan for a brighter, inclusive future

  • Allyship initiatives brainstorming.
  • Acknowledge possible challenges and obstacles.
  • Creating a shared vision for an inclusive workplace.
  • Design a personal Ally’s action plan.

 

Meet Our Expert Team

Elli Matsouka

Elli Matsouka

Founder / Program Facilitator

Dr. Christiana Ierodiakonou

Dr. Christiana Ierodiakonou

DEI Expert / Program Facilitator

FAQ

Who can be trained as an inclusion ally?

Anyone! An inclusion ally is a colleague who supports other colleagues, especially those who may feel vulnerable, excluded or marginalised. Every one of us can be an ally for other people. Allies work in solidarity with people from marginalized groups, such as LGBTQI+persons, women, people with disabilities or chronic illnesses, people of colour, migrants, and others.

What do inclusion allies do?

Inclusion Allies are committed to fostering a workplace climate where everyone can be themselves. They learn about allyship values, behaviours and actions and are trained to acknowledge their biases, understand their privileges and question how things are done. Put simply, allyship is a continuous process of supporting those whose voices are typically not heard, those who tend to remain unseen. Allies advocate for Others – in the workplace and beyond that – and develop competencies to move beyond talking the talk to actually walking the talk.

How do I decide which employees may attend the training program?

While anyone can become an ally, not everyone should be an ally. Allyship is not compulsory, and participants should be committed in attending the program. We are happy to share our expertise and guidance on how to select participants from your organisation.

Ready to co-create an inclusive orgnanisational culture?

Book a free discovery call to get instant advice on how to start working with DEI in your business.