Cathy Harris
Cathy Harris' keynotes, workshops and consulting delivers diversity and inclusion success by helping individuals understand and embrace differences. Cathy explores challenges and guides organizations to improving corporate culture, morale, performance, team and personal effectiveness. She's known for her ability to move people beyond their personal biases and assumptions toward one another and engage in dialogues that build healthy, working relationships. She specializes in the components of successful diversity and inclusion change processes - leadership, communication and dialogue skills, team building, conflict resolution and anger management.
Her approach is objective, non-judgmental, non-threatening and blame-free. This creates an environment that is conducive to open communication, focusing on cross-cultural dialogue skills, which allow individuals to resolve issues as they arise. The focus is always prescriptive and not punitive. Participants are more open to valuing differences and other perspectives.
Harris led major diversity change initiatives for Chevron Chemical Company and the USDA's National Finance Center. John Ortego, the center's Director, said Cathy's work "... has been a factor in creating a unified, productive, and positive workforce and atmosphere." He also said that it was the "best diversity training he ever attended." After major improvements in equity, performance and morale at the National Finance Center, officials in Washington, DC took notice and commissioned Cathy to train USDA executives, managers and supervisors in the DC area.
Cathy's work encourages unity, harmony and cohesiveness with a warm, natural and fun style. Her impact is positive and long-lasting. Cathy deals easily with sensitive issues and encourages others to do the same.
Cathy Harris' keynotes, workshops and consulting delivers diversity and inclusion success by helping individuals understand and embrace differences. Cathy explores challenges and guides organizations to improving corporate culture, morale, performance, team and personal effectiveness. She's known for her ability to move people beyond their personal biases and assumptions toward one another and engage in dialogues that build healthy, working relationships. She specializes in the components of successful diversity and inclusion change processes - leadership, communication and dialogue skills, team building, conflict resolution and anger management.
Her approach is objective, non-judgmental, non-threatening and blame-free. This creates an environment that is conducive to open communication, focusing on cross-cultural dialogue skills, which allow individuals to resolve issues as they arise. The focus is always prescriptive and not punitive. Participants are more open to valuing differences and other perspectives.
Harris led major diversity change initiatives for Chevron Chemical Company and the USDA's National Finance Center. John Ortego, the center's Director, said Cathy's work "... has been a factor in creating a unified, productive, and positive workforce and atmosphere." He also said that it was the "best diversity training he ever attended." After major improvements in equity, performance and morale at the National Finance Center, officials in Washington, DC took notice and commissioned Cathy to train USDA executives, managers and supervisors in the DC area.
Cathy's work encourages unity, harmony and cohesiveness with a warm, natural and fun style. Her impact is positive and long-lasting. Cathy deals easily with sensitive issues and encourages others to do the same.
