Count Me In®
For Engagement, Teamwork and Innovation
Don't let subtle exclusion and put downs become a major barrier to performance and innovation in your organization. Instead, discover the hidden yet pervasive impact of "microinequities," small daily acts of exclusion that damage morale, undermine teamwork and chip away at productivity and employee engagement. Unlike traditional diversity programs, our Count Me In® facilitators teach you how to counter this effect using micro-affirmations, small yet effective daily behaviors that value the differences among employees and increase employee engagement, productivity and creativity.
CMI® is available as a keynote presentation, a summit with keynote and small-group skills-building sessions, and a stand-alone workshop.
Discussion topics and activities:
All programs:
Selections from DVD: Little Things Mean A Lot™
Business case : linking inclusion with high performance teamwork and innovation
The climate for inclusion; how each of us contributes
How microinequities discourage performance, kill innovation and sabotage diversity efforts
Why we wall out differences and how to value them instead
The leader's role in creating a climate of exclusion or inclusion
Experiential activity: impact of micro-messages
Using micro-affirmations to promote inclusion
Additional topics covered in Summits and Workshops:
Dialogue and assertion skills geared to organization's or team's issues
Mini culture audit, specific to team or organization
Key take-aways: what you can do; what others can do
Keynote
1.5 hour session for groups of up to 300 delivered by Brigid Moynahan and/or Walter Manley. Includes dynamic and interactive presentation and integrated use of the Little Things Mean A Lot™ DVD
Summit
5-hour program with keynote kick-off, followed by small group skills-building sessions and interactive exercises, with PowerPoint presentation and Little Things Mean A Lot™ DVD, miniculture audit, collection and analysis of feedback and action planning
Workshop
6-7 hour full-day, customized training of 24 to 30 participants. Includes PowerPoint presentation, Little Things Mean A Lot™ DVD, awareness exercises, and skills training, miniculture audit, collection and analysis of feedback and action planning.
A positive, action-oriented approach to promoting inclusion and diversity, Count Me In® was featured at The Conference Board (2005) and The Catalyst Awards (2002). It was recently profiled by The Wall Street Journal and Chief Learning Officer. Unique amongst diversity initiatives, it consistently achieves outstanding ratings from participants in Fortune 500 corporations across industries and around the globe.
Brigid Moynahan Founder and President
Since founding The Next Level, Inc. in 1986, Brigid has designed and led pioneering programs on diversity, inclusion, mentoring and advancing women leaders for Fortune 500 companies worldwide. Brigid draws on her background as an actor in her engaging and highly interactive presentations, connecting with her audience to effectively communicate the importance of valuing the differences among us.
Walter Manley Director Diversity and Inclusion Offerings
One of the Next Level's lead facilitators, consultants and keynote speakers, Walter Manley has played a key role in the firm's pioneering work on microinequities. He has an extensive background in organization development, cross cultural dynamics, corporate communications, and human resource strategic planning. Walter's warm and open approach to the topic puts his audiences at ease and opens their minds to his message of inclusion.
