What We Do
Work with us to build your institution’s capacity to engage religious and worldview diversity.
Americans say they encounter religious diversity at work more than in any other sphere of their lives (PRRI, 2019). Religious diversity is often left out of corporate inclusion strategies, but it can be an enormous asset when engaged with care. Diverse teams perform better — but only if all team members have opportunities to engage their differences and share their strengths. When leaders intentionally engage this facet of identity, they strengthen a culture of pluralism in their workplace and open up new opportunities for business growth.
Interfaith America offers keynote speeches, trainings and customized consultations to equip and support businesses to engage religious diversity in alignment with their core values.
Eboo Patel, founder and president of Interfaith America and author of We Need to Build, is a civic leader who believes that religious diversity is an essential and inspiring dimension of American democracy. In a 20-minute keynote address, Eboo will present key trends related to religion in the workplace, share a vision for how companies can harness the power of religious diversity to bridge divides rather than spark division, and offer concrete steps leaders can take to unlock the potential of religious diversity across their teams. Following the presentation, Eboo welcomes a fireside chat-style conversation with a senior organizational leader to engage the questions and topics that matter most to you.
Time: 45 minutes
Format: Synchronous virtual webinar including 20 min presentation and 25 min fireside chat with senior organizational leader
Audience: Open enrollment, cross-functional, multi-level
Interfaith America collaborates with you to create evergreen, tailored trainings and toolkits that address the specific needs of your workforce, managers, and senior leaders.
Many people are unaccustomed to navigating religious identity and diversity at work. When conversations related to religion come up, it can be difficult to know where to start or how to proceed. In this Enterprise-wide Training, learners will consider why engaging religious diversity at work matters and a simple framework for doing so, encounter practical ways to build skills for interacting with colleagues of diverse beliefs, and learn key principles for handling challenging situations.
Time: One 45- to 60-minute live session
Format: Synchronous virtual webinar with presentation, customized scenarios, and interactive polls
Audience: Open enrollment, cross-functional, multi-level
Managers and HR leaders build confidence in managing religiously diverse teams in this training tailored to their needs. They learn why religion is an important aspect of diversity and inclusion efforts and the goal of religious inclusion at work, practical strategies to support effective collaboration on religiously diverse teams, and tools for managing religious diversity challenges at work.
Time: One 45- to 60-minute live session
Format: Synchronous virtual webinar with presentation, customized scenarios, and interactive polls
Audience: Managers, People Leaders, HR
This training series is designed for team leaders serving in DEI, HR, Employee Experience, or other relevant roles and will build their confidence to engage religious diversity, increase their familiarity with relevant legal considerations, help them develop or strengthen interfaith ERGs, and offer a framework for managing challenging situations.
Time: Four 60-minute live sessions
Format: Four, 5-min. asynchronous videos and four synchronous zoom interactive discussions
Audience: 5-20 DEI, HR, Learning & Development, and other Leaders
For an additional fee, a tailored companion toolkit can be created for each training. Toolkits summarize key insights and strategies from the training, provide resources for further learning for the target audience, and point to relevant organizational content and policies.
Format: 2-4 page PDF with hyperlinked resources
Audience: Determined by target audience of the training purchased
Interfaith America works closely with corporate partners to adopt high impact practices to strengthen their approach to religion in the workplace and meet their unique needs in the following practice areas.
Interfaith America works with leaders to define and communicate a comprehensive approach to engaging religious diversity at their organization. This approach centers on an asset-based framework and clear principles to guide behavior and engagement across diverse traditions. The process includes listening sessions with key stakeholders and exploring best practices from other leading organizations.
Interfaith America partners with companies, including Google and Starbucks, to design custom curricula for their internal learning and development platforms that equip employees to engage religious diversity and bridge divides. Each process is co-facilitated with organizational leaders to integrate with existing goals and outcomes and align with company culture. Interfaith America trainers also facilitate customized virtual or in-person trainings for teams in a variety of formats and timeframes that focus on beginner and advanced skill-building.
One effective strategy for engaging religious diversity is through faith-based ERGs, interfaith ERGs, and interfaith umbrella networks. Interfaith America works with key leaders across DEI and other functions to identify the best ERG structure for their context and to set goals and strategies for success.
Our team is available for consultation with senior leaders to navigate particular challenges and propose a path forward.
Not sure what you need? No problem! We also provide general consultation in response to your evolving needs and questions as they arise. Our team works with your organizational leaders 1) advance religious inclusion at work through best practices, programs, messaging, and learning opportunities, and 2) navigate workplace challenges, such as how to address religious conflicts, raise respect, and foster cooperation across the organization. Consulting packages of 5-hour, 10-hour, and 20-hour blocks are available.
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Please contact us to learn more about Interfaith America’s corporate trainings and consultations.
Megan Johnson
Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives
Interfaith America
Get inspired, equipped, and connected to unlock the potential of America’s religious diversity.
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