ADVANCE YOUR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION EFFORTS WITH AN APPROACH THAT IS STRATEGIC AND SUSTAINABLE.
Providing education on topics related to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is what we’re known for. Over the past 25 years, Anne Phibbs, PhD, has trained thousands of leaders, managers, employees, faculty, staff, students, etc. across all industries. She is an exceptional facilitator who models empathy, offers hope, and inspires commitment.
Now more than ever, we need spaces to learn, spaces to push ourselves and each other, and spaces to practice new ways of doing social justice work. We also need spaces to meet others in this work, so we can create a community that will sustain us for the long road ahead.
In an effort to build space that supports our collective learning and community, Strategic Diversity Initiatives offers individual learners and organizational representatives highly interactive diversity training customized to fit your needs.
Meet Your Trainer
Anne Phibbs, PhD (she/her)
Founder and President of
Strategic Diversity Initiatives
Anne brings over 25 years’ experience helping organizations advance their diversity, equity & inclusion goals. She is adept at assessing an organization’s strengths and challenges and tailoring her approach to its context, culture, and goals.
With extensive experience in training, teaching, curriculum development, and training of trainers, Anne has delivered hundreds of workshops and classes for thousands of participants in corporate, government, higher education, non-profit, healthcare, small business and faith community settings.
Anne built a successful diversity and inclusion leadership program at the University of Minnesota, with a focus on emotional intelligence (EI), and she is an EI Practitioner certified in the EQ-i2.0 and EQ360 methods. As Director of Education at the University of Minnesota, she was responsible for developing and implementing their successful Certificate Program, a series of 10 workshops designed to increase capacity for diversity and inclusion work across every part of the institution.
A seasoned consultant, Anne is able to work with small and large organizations on a variety of diversity, equity & inclusion needs, including diversity assessments, diversity action plans, customized diversity training, and inclusive leadership development. Anne earned her PhD in Philosophy and Feminist Studies from the University of Minnesota and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Client Feedback
“I feel more connected to issues of social justice, equity, and diversity in the world. I feel more comfortable initiating those conversations, and I feel more obligation to be a part of solutions. I have the language and the practice that I needed to be confident in participating in difficult conversations about equity & diversity.”
“Your presentation was informative, energetic, and encouraged communication. I could sense excitement from the group, and I am sure there will be many conversations that will stimulate change in how we approach, view, and react to situations.”
“Anne is a gifted presenter, specifically on these complex and nuanced topics. I so appreciate every session and find them and Anne so engaging. Her abilities to teach about diversity and equity at different levels of understanding and in an engaging way is truly unique and rare.”
