Diversity does not create Inclusion
Cultivate Empathy Garners Executive Support for DEI
You already know that companies will only realize the benefits of Diversity and Equity efforts if their culture is inclusive. Cultivate Empathy works with leaders and executives to align business outcomes directly with DEI efforts.
Who defines culture? You do.
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Culture is Constantly Changing
Corporate Culture is Now Team Culture
People Create Great Workplaces
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More diverse teams often experience more interpersonal conflicts. This roadblock prevents teams from realizing the benefits of diversity, such as improved creativity and higher performance.
Cultivate Empathy partners with organizations to identify their challenges, define key priorities, and make a plan to shift the team culture towards community collaboration.
We operate with these core tenets: Self-Awareness, Curiosity, and Accountability.
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Candice's journaling process enabled me to put a name to a difficult emotion I had not been fully aware of, and discover the meaning I attach to that emotion. By orienting me to a place of compassion for myself instead of blame, the journal cleared a path for me to work towards wholeness.
–Karin G.
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Candice provided great insight on how to create a high Emotionally intelligent inclusive culture in the workplace. By providing real world examples, she guided us through observing and different ways to identify, create belonging and improve situations. She also provided a list of resources to develop these skills through learning and practice. These tools will be valuable for our members as we return back to the workplace in the near future and also in everyday life situations!
–Mitra, Healthcare Businesswomen's Association
As a Project Manager leading project teams, Candice provided me with great insights to continue to motivate my teams and create an inclusive environment. She gave us a list of resources and key areas to hit to create an inclusive culture within our teams. This workshop really helped me to identify any gaps I have and to improve. I would recommend her workshop to anyone new or experienced
with leading a team.
–Nicole, Genentech
“Getting to meet and be coached by Candice is a bright spot of 2022 for me, and the things I learned and how I grew during our sessions will affect me for the rest of my life - no exaggeration. Candice has the uncanny ability to be both comforting and challenging in the same breath - and while she certainly pushed me, it was always just to the point of the potential she saw, not more or faster for the sake of it. I felt seen, heard, supported, challenged, and encouraged during every session.”
- Tiffany, coaching client
Inclusion is not the default culture today, but we believe that it should be!
Our team members each have too many experiences being the ONLY woman and/or person of color in the room. The common thread between these experiences is a constant low-level communication from the majority group that "you do not belong." This is a complex issue that no single approach will solve. So many people, and ourselves included, want to make a difference, but often do not know where to begin.
We set out to tackle a foundational problem: teach the skills required to create safe spaces for people to be authentic and for belonging. We passionately believe that empathy is the most important element to cultivate so that inclusion can become the default culture. We create culture catalysts and give them the tools to change workplace culture. Let's get to work!
Why We are Passionate about Cultivating Empathy
Inclusion is no one's problem.
It is everyone's responsibility.
- Candice, Founder and CEO
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Because Inclusion is a Culture of EQ
Vision
Inclusion is not the default culture today, but Cultivate Empathy believes it should be.
Mission
Cultivate Empathy empowers organizations to create a culture of inclusion from the middle out. Our programs enable clients to develop safe spaces that foster authenticity, build trust, reduce judgment, and improve overall employee experience. Cultures of belonging reduce turnover risks by over half and dramatically improve job performance.
Through coaching, Cultivate Empathy helps clients to develop core Self-Awareness & Self-Management skills and use boundaries more effectively to enhance authenticity and connectedness.
Everyone wants to belong, maybe especially at work, but an inclusive work culture is something most have never experienced. Changing the culture to be more inclusive means making inclusive behavior the default and discouraging disrespectful or exclusionary behavior.
- Candice, Founder and CEO
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Cultivate Empathy helps people to create and maintain rockstar teams! Through workshops and coaching, we teach everyone to embrace differences, live authentically, and be unafraid of accountability.
We empower teams to apply social science and emotional intelligence (EQ) skills to start with their own team's inclusivity.
Candice Heidebrecht, the Founder and CEO of Cultivate Empathy, spent more than a decade teaching people how to use EQ skills such as social awareness and self-management to build strong, reciprocal relationships. She holds an M.A. in Applied Anthropology with a thesis on organizational change.
What We Do
Everyone wants to belong, but we often mistake it for 'conformity'. True belonging requires more authenticity and empathy, but a whole lot less judgment.
- Candice, Founder and CEO
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In my mid-twenties, I found myself sobbing on one of the most beautiful beaches in the world, grieving for the life I wanted! I was trapped in the one I had actually built. I thought I had broken the patterns of my mother, but had actually repeated her pattern, this time with an abusive boss. It was suffocating and debilitating.
But there was also supreme beauty in this moment of grief: I finally realized that this situation was entirely my fault. And therefore I could change it.
It set me on a self-awareness journey of to understand my patterns, heal myself, and make healthier choices. I transformed myself from a doormat into a leader. From a person who felt helpless into a person leaning into her full power.
I work with heart-ful badasses to break their own patterns, to heal wounds, open pathways, and to move through the world more authentically!
You can do this too! Stop helping everyone but yourself and stop trying to prove your worth! When you value your peace more than others' egos, you have no time to make them feel good at your own expense. Ready to transform yourself?
Breaking Patterns Gives Life!
You are both the narrator and the protagonist in your story. You don't choose what happens to you. But you do get to decide what it means and then act on your available choices. Take ownership of your story!
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Candice Heidebrecht, the Founder and CEO of Cultivate Empathy, is a passionate speaker, teacher, and coach focused on helping humans be kinder to themselves and each other.
As social creatures, humans are hard-wired for empathy, but it's not an automatic response. It's a learned behavior, so its capacity is only limited by experience.
Combining research in social science and practical application, she empowers organizations to build stronger, deeper relationships with teams and customers. She has spent more than a decade teaching people how to use EQ skills such as social awareness and self management to be better sales people and customer service representatives.
She holds an M.A. in Applied Anthropology with a thesis on organizational change, and has been intentionally transforming cultures from the inside out since 2010.
Candice Heidebrecht
You are both the narrator and the protagonist in your story. You don't choose what happens to you. But you do get to decide what it means and then act on your available choices. Take ownership of your story!
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