January 16, 2025
1:00-2:15 PM ET
Free on Zoom Webinar
*Please note, all registrants will be provided with a link and password to the recording and presentation slides following the session. The recording will be available for 60 days.
In today’s dynamic workplace, a tug and pull is unfolding among four distinct generations: the seasoned Baby Boomers, the pragmatic Gen-Xers, the determined Millennials, and the tech savvy Gen-Zers. Each group brings its unique set of values, priorities, and preferences to the table, shaping the dynamics of modern workplaces in profound ways.
However, this diversity can sometimes lead to friction, as different generations may have conflicting beliefs and expectations. Navigating these differences requires a shift in thought that acknowledges the value of each generation’s contributions while fostering a collaborative environment where everyone feels heard and respected.
In this engaging session, participants will be challenged to explore their own biases and assumptions about different generations, gaining insights into the factors that shape each group’s values and behaviors. This session will provide practical strategies for bridging the generational divide and fostering greater understanding and cooperation among team members. Participants will leave with actionable insights to create a more inclusive and harmonious workplace.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will learn the unique skill sets that each generation brings for synergetic cooperation.
- Participants will gain perspective and understanding in overcoming generational obstacles in the workplace.
- Participants will be able to define psychographic diversity and the role it plays in bridging the generational divide.
Our Presenter:
Miriam Dicks is an operations leader with proven experience in transforming organizations to achieve optimal operational performance. Over the past 20+ years she has held several positions in operations management and operations consulting as well as serving as adjunct faculty teaching operations courses on both the graduate and undergraduate level. Miriam’s passion for operations is fueled by her belief that any organization can operate in excellence with the right tools for change.
Session 1: Settler Colonialism 101
Introduce ENGO representatives to the fact that colonization is a structure and not an event. Identifies key ways that colonialism moves through individuals and organizations.
Session 2: Positionality
ENGO representatives learn how to articulate their social location within a settler colonial state, and in relation to potential Indigenous partners.
Session 3: Inherent Indigenous Governance 101
Introduce the fact that Indigenous nations have their own sources of political authority that they can (and do) draw on when addressing environmental issues. Examples provided.
Session 4: Building Better Relations
ENGO representatives will road test ways they can implement previous workshop key points to re-imagine partnerships with Indigenous nations.
Cost: $100 (or register 4 staff from the same organization for one stream and get the 5th registration free)
All registrants will be provided with a link to access the recordings and presentation slides for 60 days following each session.
Session 1: Diagnosing Settler Colonialism in the Enviro Sector
Participants will be asked to share ways in which they have diagnosed and traced power in social justice movements and/or in the ENGO sector. This workshop will make space for discomfort as part of promoting decolonization.
Session 2: Inherent Indigenous Governance
A mix of advanced and introductory theory, this workshop delves into legal and political pluralism, naming the fact that Indigenous nations have their own sources of political authority that they can (and do) draw on when addressing environmental issues.
Session 3: The Nonprofit Industrial Complex
ENGO participants are introduced to theories and examples describing the Nonprofit Industrial Complex and the “Shadow State.” Purpose is to show how settler colonialism structures civil society.
Session 4: Decolonizing ENGO-First Nation Partnerships
This workshop delves deep into how ENGOs can partner with Indigenous nations beyond the Nonprofit Industrial Complex while promoting deference to inherent Indigenous political leaders.
Cost: $100 (or register 4 staff from the same organization for one stream and get the 5th registration free)
All registrants will be provided with a link to access the recordings and presentation slides for 60 days following each session.
The Indigenous only space will be collaborative in nature but critical in approach. This track is a space for Indigenous folks within the ENGO sector to come together to discuss their experiences and work, with an eye to taking a position on what the sector might need to do in order to promote decolonization. Participants will use the first session to define our goals for the remaining three meetings. Therefore, session topics named here are proposals only.
Session 1: Naming the Cannibal: Settler Colonialism in the ENGO Sector
Session 2: Proposed topic: Reflections on working in the ENGO Sector
Session 3: Proposed topic: Centering Indigenous Thought in the ENGO Sector
Session 4: Proposed topic: Visioning a Decolonial Environmental Sector
Cost: Free
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