Our Certifications
In addition to academic and extra-academic certifications and licenses, Smiley & Co, Ltd. has been certified as an 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business by the U.S. Small Business Administration and as an M/DBE by the State of Colorado, City and County of Denver, CDOT and the Rocky Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council, "The Council."

Smiley & Co, Ltd. is listed at Central Contractor Association, U.S. Small Business Administration, Supplier Gateway, Native Network Environmental Conflict Resolution, American Counseling Association, American Psychological Association, Rocky Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council,
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Training Programs Offered by
Smiley & Co, Ltd. and
Dr. Carolyna Smiley-Marquez

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
DIVERSITY
EQUITY
MOTIVATIONAL
STORYTELLING
HEALTHY BRAIN

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROGRAMS

Historic Trauma and Its Impact on Mediation Involving Native Americans
Handouts FDR XXII
  • Indian relations in history &
  • geographical distinctions;
  • termination and relocation;
  • generational impact;
  • workplace dynamics; and
  • issues for mediators.

    Conflict & Anger at Work
    Handouts WMDC

    Don't Everyone Talk at Once: Mediation Involving Native American Issues

  • native american styles of conflict;
  • language and silent languages of culture &
  • styles of dispute resolution;
  • deeper underlying issues;
  • broader transtribal issues; and
  • common ground when participants are different.

    Multicultural Mediation: The Diversity Factor!

  • diversity matters in conflicts;
  • cross cultural styles of conflict;
  • gender, race and culture in conflicts;
  • language of trust & culture;
  • silent language of culture & dispute resolution;
  • gender talk & conflict;
  • cross cultural styles in conflict & resolution; and
  • common ground when participants are different.

    When Race IS the Conflict

  • recognize when race is the issue;
  • race is the issue more often than we think; and
  • how to address race dynamics in conflicts.

    When Gender IS the Conflict

  • when gender is the issue;
  • gender is the issue more often than we think; and
  • how to address the gender dynamics in conflicts.


    CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION PROGRAMS

    Cross Cultural Understanding at Work - Training Modules

  • Hispanics;
  • Native Americans;
  • African American; and
  • Asian American.

    Crossing Cultures:
    I'm a Stranger Here, Myself!


  • ethnicity & gender and organizational culture;
  • how cultural paradigms empower and limit;
  • impact of culture on behavior; and
  • developing cross cultural communication skills.

    Understanding Global Cultures

  • cross cultural communication;
  • transcultural management; and
  • doing business internationally.

    Understanding Cultural Differences

  • a plain talk definition of culture;
  • how culture shapes experience and interpretation;
  • nderstanding culture of groups and organizations;
  • accessiing resources of a multicultural environment; and
  • how employers and teams can use cultural resources.

    Contemporary Native American Issues

  • who are Native Americans?;
  • significance of identity to Native people;
  • treaty relationships;
  • contemporary issues; and
  • Native Americans in the workplace.

    Introduction to Native Americans

  • who are Native Americans?;
  • legal and social status;
  • multigenerational issues; and
  • Native Americans in the workplace.


    DIVERSITY PROGRAMS

    Dialogue Across Differences about Differences

  • the significance diversity differences;
  • a four-step approach for communicating across differences; and
  • an opportunity to practice dialogue.

    The Transforming Power of Dialogue
    for Valuing Diversity in Organizations


  • the dynamics of diversity;
  • dialogue across differences about differences; and
  • dialogue in organizational transformative efforts.


    EQUITY PROGRAMS

    Workplace IQ! - Diversity & Beyond

  • how attitudes and behaviors affect the workplace;
  • the relationship between property rights and wrongs;
  • seven competencies for a successful workplace;
  • benchmark individual and group workplace IQ;
  • discuss what workplace IQ means for productivity; and
  • explore three levels of diversity competencies.

    The Millennium Game: Civil Rights to Diversity

  • a four-level model for understanding diversity;
  • legal and historical foundations of equity and diversity;
  • systemic issues for diversity; and
  • a three-level diagnostic and perscriptive model for diversity issues.

    Equity Jeopardy! An Educational Game

  • principles and theories underlying EEO;
  • discrimination in the making;
  • constitutional building blocks for equal rights; and
  • dynamic relationship between ... isms and privilege.

    What Every Manager Needs to Know to Assure a Discrimination-Free Workplace

  • legal genealogy of equal opportunity law;
  • EEO, affirmative action and diversity;
  • assuring a discrimination-free workplace; and
  • how to prevent and address discrimination.

    What Every Manager Needs to Know about Gender Discrimination

  • legal genealogy of sex equity laws;
  • sex and gender discrimination;
  • how EEO & affirmative action differ from diversity;
  • assuring a sex and gender discrimination-free workplace; and
  • how to prevent and address discrimination.

    What Every Manager Needs to Know to Assure a Harassment-Free Workplace

  • laws and principles that apply to harassment;
  • forms of actionable harassment;
  • how to assure a harassment-free work environment.
  • managing a harassment-free work environment; and
  • employers actions to address harassment.

    Preventing and Addressing Sexual Harassment

  • sexual harassment guidelines;
  • what harassment is and what it isn't;
  • employer and employee liabilities for harassment; and
  • prevent and address illegal harassment.



    Preventing & Addressing
    Sexual Harassment:
    A Practical Guide for Employers



    Understanding Reverse Discrimination

  • genealogy of equal opportunity law;
  • how equal opportunity differs from affirmative action;
  • reverse discrimination"; and
  • reverse discrimination issues for today's workforce.

    Preventing and Addressing Harassment at Work

  • laws that prohibit harassment
  • what illegal harassment is and what it isn't;
  • employer and employee liabilities; and
  • prevent and address illegal harassment.


    MOTIVATIONAL PROGRAMS

    Even Eagles Need a Push!

  • a 3 P's formula that makes a winner a winner;
  • an opportunity to reflect on professional purpose; and
  • models of energy and excellence.


    STORYTELLING PROGRAMS

    Storytelling for a Change

  • how stories encourage and support change;
  • how stories discourage growth and change in organizations;
  • language technologies that propel change; and
  • how to make and use change stories.



    Storytelling for a Change (A Workbook):
    Stories that Change Organizations and People




    HEALTHY BRAIN PROGRAMS

    It's All in Your Head: Care and Feeding of the Brain for High Performance, for Life

  • When your brain works right;
  • Brain trouble;
  • Anxiety, depression, ADD, Alzheimers;
  • Reasons to love "helmet head"; and
  • Practical tools for care & feeding of the high performance brain.