CULTURALLY RELEVANT
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

Lived Experience Training

As minority professionals, our experiences and challenges are different; we are first-generation, bicultural, or multiracial.  We encounter the glass ceiling, lack of mentorship, bias, the opportunity gap, and many other obstacles.  

Our unique experience requires a professional development program that understands, feels, and lives our journey.  At Aspira Consulting, we provide lived experience training to help Latino professionals harness their cultural wealth, embrace their journey, and share their vulnerability to grow their influence and leadership skills.

At Aspira Consulting, we provide culturally relevant professional development programs that help us:

  1. Embrace Our Journey
  2. Value Our Identity
  3. Harness our cultural wealth

As a first-generation professional, Oscar Garcia has successfully overcome career pitfalls, blended his professional and bicultural identity, and today empowers you, so opportunities come to you.

Choose a topic from our curated list or customize your private session.

Corporate Private Sessions Include

Discovery Call

60 to 90-minute live session

Up to 200 attendees

Optional Q&A

Complimentary moderator support

30-day access to video recording

Sessions and content available in Spanish

Corporate Private Sessions start at USD $8,500

My Identity is My Superpower

In today's dynamic workplace, it's crucial to tap into our authentic selves to thrive amidst challenges and forge genuine connections with coworkers. Unleashing our true identity can be a superpower that propels us toward success and fulfillment. Participants will discover effective strategies to embrace their true selves, unlock their hidden skills, and reclaim their professional mojo. This transformative session is designed to empower individuals to cultivate an authentic work environment where their unique identities are valued and celebrated.

Embrace Imposter Syndrome and Command Executive Presence

Imposter syndrome affects the confidence and success of countless professionals, hindering our ability to command executive presence and fully embrace our capabilities. However, with the right tools and strategies, we can conquer imposter syndrome and cultivate a commanding executive presence that reflects our true potential. This session will equip participants with invaluable tools to embrace imposter syndrome and develop a strong executive presence. Throughout this session, we will explore the various types of imposter syndrome, taking into account cultural perspectives to better understand its impact on minority professionals.

Turning Adversity into Positive Leadership Traits

In our careers, we encounter numerous adversities that can oftentimes leave us feeling overwhelmed, discouraged, or unsure of our leadership capabilities. However, what if we could transform these challenges into opportunities for personal and professional growth, enriching both ourselves and our teams? In this session, we embark on a personal journey to redefine leadership, reframe failure, and embrace our vulnerability. This experiential session delves deep into the notion that leaders are not defined solely by their successes, but by their ability to learn from adversity and inspire others to overcome obstacles.

Authentic Leadership & Professional Branding: Crafting Your Path to Success

This dynamic workshop offers a comprehensive exploration of two key elements crucial for career advancement. Discover the art of authentic leadership and cultivate the skills needed to lead with integrity, purpose, and influence. We'll then focus on professional branding - an essential tool in today's competitive marketplace. We will explore practical strategies and techniques to effectively curate and communicate our personal brand, ensuring that it accurately reflects our expertise, values, and aspirations. Participants will gain valuable insights into leveraging social media platforms and networking opportunities to enhance their visibility and establish themselves as thought leaders in their field.

Unlocking Your Career Potential: Embracing Risks, Building Resilience

Advancing in our careers often demands that we step out of our comfort zones, take risks, and embrace both successes and failures with resilience. It is through these experiences that we grow, learn, and achieve our full potential. In this empowering session, participants will gain invaluable skills, strategies, and a growth-oriented mindset to navigate their cultural journey, transform obstacles into opportunities, and strengthen their resolve.

Navigating Cultural Scripts in the Corporate World for Career Success

We explore the origins and impact of cultural scripts, both in our personal lives and professional journeys. Through engaging discussions, participants will gain a deep understanding of how cultural scripts shape our beliefs, behaviors, and perceptions within the corporate setting. Participants will learn to navigate and reframe cultural scripts for career advancement.

Programs

I do not strive to be a keynote speaker. I strive to speak from my heart. Each of us has our own story. Our struggles. Our victories. Our purpose. My purpose is to serve, encourage, and empower others. Ideals that have been passed on from generation to generation, redefined by my experiences, and cemented in my heart from the joy of triumphing over adversity.

Standard Programs

Discovery Call

Half-day or Full-day program

Up to 30 participants

Complimentary facilitator support

30-day access to recording of program

Program and content available in Spanish

Starting at: USD $17,500

 

Navigating Cultural Scripts in the Corporate World for Career Success

In this professional development program, we explore the origins and impact of cultural scripts, both in our personal lives and professional journeys. Through engaging discussions, real-world examples, and interactive exercises participants will gain a deep understanding of how to overcome career limiting beliefs, embrace risk, reframe failure, and harness cultural wealth for career advancement.

Key Lessons

  • Increased awareness of how cultural scripts impact career growth within the corporate world
  • Strategies to challenge and overcome cultural limitations for individual and team success
  • Techniques to embrace risk and reframe failure
  • Insights into overcoming imposter syndrome and navigating your career journey
  • Best practices to building authentic networks and fostering inclusivity and collaboration in a corporate environment
  • Practical steps to leverage our cultural wealth for personal and professional development in the corporate setting

Aspira Leadership Accelerator con Sazón (ALAS)

What do you do if you’re given a leadership role, but you have no leadership experience?  Take the opportunity!  Designed and taught by our Chief Empowerment Officer, Oscar Garcia. Oscar helps you overcome self-doubt, career barriers, and blend your cultural identity to develop your leadership style.  Our ALAS Program is designed for those up to 10 years in their career.

Key Lessons

  • The 10-Steps to leading yourself and others
  • Develop self-awareness and identify your leadership style
  • Assess first.  Change second.
  • Create a vision and get buy-in
  • Lead with compassion and empathy
  • Create executive presence

G.R.I.T. (Ganas. Resilience. Intellect. Tenacity.) Program

As Latinos, we grew up hearing “Échale ganas!” (give your all)  Giving it our all isn’t the key to achieving career success.  Our G.R.I.T. program breaks down the four-key areas to achieving our goals:  Ganas, Reslience, Intellect, and Tenacity.  We apply a culturally relevant lens to each area.

Key Lessons

  • Redefine success
  • Overcome the 3 cultural barriers holding Latinos back
  • Take risks and building resilience
  • Turn “knowledge” from a noun to a verb
  • Be tenacious and practice self-care

Chingona Leadership Program

You are Chingona!  You’ve overcome many obstacles.  You’ve worked hard to achieve your career goals.  Yet, career growth is difficult to achieve or elusive.  Whether you’re early in your career or a C-level executive, the Chingona Leadership Program will empower you, so opportunities come to you.

Key Lessons

  • Embrace your journey and career story
  • Redefine professionalism by being your authentic self
  • Create a LinkedIn profile that attracts opportunities
  • Maximize and promote your career portfolio
  • Reframe networking to build your social capital
 
 

Companies We’ve Delivered Training Include

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