Barbara Joyce Frank, Ph.D.
"Doc"  

Specializing in Team-Building Retreats

DIVERSITY DOC

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Diversity Training

Doc’s training is engaging, interactive training and involves full participation by everyone in the group.  There is always time for reflection, development of action plans and giving/ receiving feedback. 

“Diversity is natural “workshop 

Dr. Frank draws on her experience as a trainer to diverse population of U.S. military and civilian personnel in Europe and the wisdom she gained living among different cultures in Europe; as well as, on her understanding of the natural world and organizational change issues to provide a unique diversity workshop with low-impact nature-based activities.

Participants become aware that diversity is the way Nature is designed and the key to survival of life on the planet.  This realization leads to a new respect for one’s own diversity.  Participants learn how to harness this new understanding for better performance in the work environment. 

Diversity Enhancement of Myers-Briggs™ Training 

As a certified Myers Briggs profiler/trainer, Dr. Frank has developed Myers- Briggs™ workshops with a diversity emphasis.  Interactive exercises help participants to understand their Myers-Briggs™ type indicator and the type indicators of others in the team.   MBTI™ indicators are based on 4 preferences: how one prefers to direct one’s energy; process information; make decisions and organize one’s life.  As participants learn how their MBTI™ type influences how they behave in the world, they develop a different perspective on the influence of culture and ethnicity on behavior.  Rather than focusing on the differences which exist between individuals of different ethnicities and cultures, they begin to find commonalities with others of similar MBTI™ types.  They also learn that some of the differences they were attributing to culture and ethnicity were really the different approach of people with different MBTI™ personality preferences.  The workshop becomes an eye-opening experience which will help the individual in the workplace and in life.