As a Certified Diversity and Inclusion professional (CDP), an expert in Interpersonal and Interprofessional leadership, with more than 20 years in healthcare. Dr. Liza is well known for effectively inspiring her participants and the same time breaking walls erected based on false assumptions through her very unique and inclusive training on diversity and inclusion from an interpersonal standpoint. This is very crucial because studies have shown that our unique personality styles forms the basis of diversity and inclusion at all levels.
Her training is transformational to individuals and organizations, as it provides direction on how to adapt to our changing world, and gain a competitive advantage in the economic market, especially in this relational age where 85%-90% of success depends on how we relate to one another. Dr. Liza uses stories from her lived experience as an immigrant, a woman, an accomplished healthcare professional to depict with humor how it feels to be excluded and tips on how to shift from victimhood to being a victor.
When relationships are initiated and maintained from a conscious and interpersonal standpoint, it is guaranteed to bring about conscious inclusivity that transcends all diversity and inclusion categories.
Areas of Focus
- Unconscious Implicit Bias
- Gender Diversity and Inclusion
- Interpersonal Diversity and Inclusion
Unconscious Implicit Bias:
Everyone has some unconscious bias and helping to recognize and prevent those biases is very pivotal in addressing implicit bias in healthcare. You can be biased without being racist and you can be biased without even knowing because it is unconscious.
It will address:
- The importance of perspectives when dealing with others.
- How personality styles influence implicit bias and simple techniques that can be used to address it.
- What it means to be explicitly unbiased but implicitly biased.
- Simple and practical techniques to recognize and reverse negative unconscious behavior patterns in seconds.
Gender Diversity and Inclusion:
Not understanding how each gender is wired can lead to a lot of conflicts at home and at work, decreased productivity, and poor patient care. Dr. Liza’s Gender diversity training addresses the psychological and biological differences in the male and female gender that often leads to misunderstandings and conflicts. Recognizing the differences between each gender and gaining value in the differences is pivotal in gender inclusivity.
Interpersonal Diversity and Inclusion:
Most diversity programs fail to address diversity from the most basic aspect which is the interpersonal difference. Regardless of our race, gender, nationality etc., we all have unique personalities which, when overlooked, can lead to walls being erected based on false assumptions.
Dr. Liza’s expertise in this area is guaranteed to transform the way healthcare professionals interact with:
- Themselves (Self-awareness).
- Patients.
- And other healthcare professionals.