Professional Supervision and Support

Providing effective support, supervision and professional development for diversity practitioners

Professional Supervision and Support

The Challenges

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Often, the diversity/equity practitioner is the only employee with any critical knowledge on equity and its frameworks, so the dominant normative model where an in-house supervisor supports an employee’s professional development does not work in these contexts. While their supervisors may be able to offer them general support, they are unequipped to direct them specifically in their capacity as diversity/equity staff.

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This lack of support directly impacts the effectiveness of diversity/equity leads, managers, and officers. They are unable to grow professionally in their roles, they struggle with feelings of isolation, and their confidence in the initiatives they design is often shaky because they received no direction or affirmation.

These employees are plagued by a fear of failure and uncertainty about the support they will receive when they propose significant changes or challenging ideas. While some organizations and institutions consider external support, the challenge becomes finding a supervisor in the community who is a reputable expert in the field of equity.

Professional Supervision
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Our Solutions

Backed by two decades of experience working on equity within a broad range of organizations and institutions, KOJO Institute provides professional supervision and support to organizations and their diversity leads, managers, and executives. We lay the groundwork by guiding organizations to articulate policies that allow them to be supportive of the work their diversity staff is doing from an equity perspective and implementing a culture that makes equity-centric goals possible. We work one-on-one with diversity practitioners on a regular basis over a specific time frame to increase their base of knowledge on equity and its frameworks, provide direction and feedback on their initiatives, and support them as they undertake strategic planning and problem-solving.

With judgment-free professional support and supervision from KOJO Institute, diversity practitioners become more competent in their roles and more confident in executing their duties. The plans they implement will be effective and the organization as a whole will benefit from equity-centred programs, initiatives, and practices that lead to more content staff, better company culture, and a greater ROI.

8 Levers To Organizational, Institutional and Systems Change

  • Engaging the Board of Directors
  • Impacting Staffing Strategies
  • Examining the Accountability Framework
  • Maximizing the Use of Data
  • Implementing Fresh Training and Learning
  • Amplifying Communications Strategies
  • Widening Community and Stakeholder Relations
  • Revisting Service or Business Models

What We Do Well

  • Equity & Human Rights
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Anti-Racism & Anti-Oppression
  • Anti-Black Racism
  • Employment Equity
  • Human Resources Diversity
  • Organizational Culture Change

How We Prepare You

  • Training
  • Executive Coaching
  • Community Consultations
  • Content & Research Development
  • Keynotes & Guest Lectures
  • Conferences
  • Multi-Session Programs

Building Transformation Skills

KOJO Institute leads executives, managers and organizations through an innovative approach that reconstructs their paradigms and systems connected to equity, diversity and inclusion. We amplify the vision for change through deep-dive explorations that identify the scope, segment competencies and quantify resources required to birth social innovation.

With a clear focus on client expectations, we aim to produce actionable frameworks and solutions that ultimately better the lives your people and organization. Contact us.

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What Our Clients Say

Joanne Adair
Development Manager, House of Friendship
Game Changing and Empowering

Kike visited House of Friendship for a Leadership/Management training session last June. It was incredible and life-changing for many of us. Kike’s gift to the world is to be able to openly name and allow us to sit in the discomfort of this work, holding us accountable, but also not judging anyone. She created a…

Javeed Sukhera
Chair, London Police Services Board
Profound and Actionable

The London Police Services Board asked Ms. Ojo-Thompson from the KOJO Institute to start off a day-long strategy session devoted to anti-racism in policing. Her presentation hit on all the right notes. In addition to challenging the Board to question long standing assumptions that are built upon racist legacies, she guided Board members towards actionable… read more

Janine Manning
Granting Committee Chair, Laidlaw Foundation
Conscious and Skillful

Laidlaw Foundation had the privilege and pleasure of having Kike Ojo-Thompson support our collective staff and board anti-oppression training. Our individual levels of awareness and competency on the issue was from ‘none’ to ‘well versed’. Regardless of where we were on the spectrum of knowing, she supported all of us, with patience and enthusiasm. Even… read more

Chris Robert
Co-President, BOLDforce for Salesforce Canada
Business-Critical Training

Kike exceeded our expectations at Salesforce.  She dynamically navigated audience demographics to provide extremely relevant Equity Training that stimulated immense conversation and insight. Her teachings should be at the centre of every organization’s strategy moving forward. I can’t wait to work with her again!

Graeme Young
President, Eva’s Initiatives for Homeless Youth
Enlightening and Effective

We thought we already had a pretty good handle on equity, diversity, inclusion and Anti-Black Racism, but Kike’s presentation was enlightening.  I have used her concepts several times since. Her style is energetic and engaging and she has a very positive manner. Our thirteen board members were engrossed by her work. Extremely effective.

Yasmin Razack, M.Ed.
Centre for Global Citizenship Education and Inclusion
Global Mind Innovator

Kike Ojo has the depth, knowledge and experience to engage participants of diverse backgrounds with highly complex subject matters that are relevant to all organizations. The sheer brilliance of her mind and ability to connect ideas is masterful, which allows everyone in the room to powerful moments of learning.

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