Do you interact with individuals from other countries or cultures in your workplace or daily life? Are you frustrated because communication is sometimes difficult? Is understanding and follow-through incomplete or non-existent? Do you hesitate sometimes because you are unsure if you will offend others?

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, or have other concerns of your own, COMPASS may have the answers you need. We offer cultural competence training to address the above-mentioned needs and more.

Cultural competence consists of the following four elements: awareness, knowledge, skills, and commitment. Through our trainings, we help people increase their awareness of cultural differences, expand their knowledge about these differences, learn skills to achieve successful interactions with people of different cultures, and make personal commitments to continue learning about diversity in their workplace and community.

Our trainings will help you grow into a culturally competent organization. We’ll help you to:

• Promote inclusion, equality and teamwork;
• Increase respect and mutual understanding among employees, among managers and their staff, and among leaders;
• Increase participation and involvement of other cultural groups;
• Harness the creative powers of the whole organization through fresh ideas, new perspectives and strategies;
• Cultivate open-mindedness, foster risk taking and a commitment to learning;
• Lead to a richer, more sophisticated and more effective organizational culture;
• Strengthen management and leadership functions.

For more information on our cultural competence services, please contact us. We’ll point you in the right direction, and help you every step of the way.