Christine has trained staff and workers in sites around the country and internationally. (Click here for more details.) As a professional trainer, certified Bridges Out of Poverty: Getting Ahead facilitator, prison chaplain, college educator and believer in all things Good-to-Great, Christine will provide training for your staff and workers that increases understanding and fosters a positive culture inside your organization. You provide the room and the edibles (because everyone learns better with food) and Christine will provide the training. Sample workshops are listed below; custom training is also available.
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UNDERSTANDING THE CULTURE OF POVERTY
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Description:
Poverty doesn't just mean financial hardship. The “code of the street” has its own rules and its own solutions. Learn how people who live in the financial, spiritual and emotional margins cope with family crisis, work situations and financial management. Learn how to recognize the culture of under-resourced lives and integrate its merits inside the workplace.
Sample topics:
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What is Crisis?
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The Language of Poverty
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The Strength of Teams
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Who should attend:
Anyone who has direct contact with and/or manages workers.
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PRISON CULTURE: HOW IT TRANSLATES TO THE WORKPLACE
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Description:
The media doesn’t always portray things correctly, but one thing is true: prison has its own set of hidden rules. Learn how the culture of incarceration shapes the attitudes and behaviors of men and women who are returning to society and how that can actually benefit an employer.
Sample topics:
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Prison Survival 101
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Prison Rules vs. Workplace Rules
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Second-Chace Hiring: Why it Benefits Everyone
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Who should attend:
Anyone who has direct contact with and/or manages workers, plus hiring managers.
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SECOND-CHANCE HIRING: WHY AND HOW?
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Description:
Providing a work opportunity for men and women with felony records is a good idea for the community, the economy and the company. Learn how other organizations have made the decision to provide second chances and how the culture of the organization is enhanced when that happens. Gain insight and processes for shifting organizational policy and taking advantage of tax credits available to second-chance companies.
Sample topics:
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What is Second-Chance hiring?
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Corporate advantages to Second-Chance hiring
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The culture of a Second-Chance organization
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Who should attend:
Anyone who has direct contact with and/or manages workers.
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GOD AND SECOND CHANCES: A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE ON HIRING
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Description:
The idea behind giving men and women a second (third, fourth, fifth) chance in the workplace didn’t originate with Damascus; it came from God. Learn how the justice, personal responsibility and kindness that thread throughout Scripture translates to our work environment and how organizations thrive when they adopt biblical hiring practices.
Sample topics:
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Corporate advantages to a Second-Change culture
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Creating a biblical hiring Process
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Justice, Kindness and Accountability: God’s definition
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Who should attend:
Anyone who has direct contact with and/or manages workers.