Communication

50 Shades of Beige: Communicate with the Cross-Cultural Advantage

Any organization with a culturally-diverse client base or increasingly multicultural workforce would benefit greatly from this topic.

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Tina Varughese

A professional speaker who leads, laughs and inspires through relevant, hilarious, thought-provoking keynotes and workshops on cross-cultural communication, work-life balance and inclusive leadership.

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Tina Varughese

Diversity and Inclusion Speaker

Hi, I’m Tina and I am the go-to inclusion and cultural diversity speaker who helps you increase positivity, profits, and purpose in your organization.

I transform workplaces into spaces of psychological safety that make difficult conversations possible, enable people to see how they are part of the problem (and, more important, the solution), and result in everyone feeling seen, heard, and acknowledged.

Let’s talk about how I can do that for you.

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Named one of Canada’s Top 10 Notable Speakers

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Toronto Star — Meet the woman teaching 400 Hockey Canada players and staff how to confront racism

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Read the full article on the Toronto Star websitehttps://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/07/13/meet-the-woman-teaching-400-hockey-canada-players-and-staff-how-to-confront-racism.html

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Communication

50 Shades of Beige: Communicate with the Cross-Cultural Advantage

Any organization with a culturally-diverse client base or increasingly multicultural workforce would benefit greatly from this topic.

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Leadership

Inclusive Leadership: From Silos to Safety

Creating a great organization isn’t just about breaking down cultural barriers. It’s about building a workplace where everyone works towards a common purpose and feels included despite title, rank or position.

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Recruitment

Recruiting and Retaining Foreign Workers for Success and Sustainability

Successful organizations understand that being able to attract, recruit and retain a qualified worker with appropriate skills, personality, attitude and motivation can be challenging at the best of times, let alone when chronic labour shortages exist in both skilled and non-skilled occupations

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Sales and Service

Successfully Sales and Service to All Cultures

By building trust and rapport through understanding, recognizing and respecting cultural differences, successful companies can capitalize and profit from this often untapped market.

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Communication

50 Shades of Beige: Communicate with the Cross-Cultural Advantage

Any organization with a culturally-diverse client base or increasingly multicultural workforce would benefit greatly from this topic.

Learn More
Communication

50 Shades of Beige: Communicate with the Cross-Cultural Advantage

Any organization with a culturally-diverse client base or increasingly multicultural workforce would benefit greatly from this topic.

Learn More
Work-Life Balance

Ctrl-Alt-Del: Give the (Re)Boot to Work-Life Balance

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Leadership

The Human Side of Unconscious Bias

Diversity and inclusion drives innovation, increases productivity, and stimulates creativity while promoting a healthy, happy, engaging workplace culture.

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Communication

50 Shades of Beige: Communicate with the Cross-Cultural Advantage

Any organization with a culturally-diverse client base or increasingly multicultural workforce would benefit greatly from this topic.

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Leadership

Be VISIBLE at Work

Successful organizations understand managing diversity drives profitability, leads to innovation
and promotes an inspiring workplace culture.

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Resilience

Thriving Through Uncertainty: Where Communication, Collaboration and Compassion Intersect

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Testimonials

Ron Gauthier

CEO CPHR Manitoba

Tina’s keynote, ’50 Shades of Beige: Communicate with the Cross-Cultural Advantage’ was the highest rated at this year’s HR and Leadership Conference. She brought tremendous energy to the conference and engaged the audience throughout the keynote

Kathy Magee

City of Ottawa

The standing ovation you received was heartfelt. All I can say is WOW! Your humor is fantastic, which engaged our staff from the moment you set foot on stage. I look forward to working with you in the future!

Danielle Towne

Alberta Health Services &mdash: HR Advisor

Your session was so impactful and you are such a lovely speaker. Working for healthcare has its challenges, and at the core of our values and vision right now is diversity and inclusion. Needless to say, your material resonated with us.

Tina's Clients Include:

  • Alberta Health Services
  • Bristol Myers Squibb
  • Canada Life
  • Cenovus
  • Desjardins
  • Enbridge
  • Glaxo Smith Kline
  • Hyundai
  • Loblaws
  • McMaster University
  • Ottawa Carleton School District
  • Sask Power
  • Stikeman Elliott LLP

From My Blog

Oct 25

Employers Can Create a Sense of Belonging for All When it Comes to Hiring those with Disabilities

When Rachel was in Grade 6 she was reading at a Grade 1 level. She remembers her teachers saying what...
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Feb 15

What is the difference between Cultural Appropriation and Cultural Appreciation?

What is the difference between cultural appropriation and cultural appreciation? Is wearing a sari to an Indian wedding you were...
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Dec 29

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and let’s not forget Festivus…the Holiday for the Rest of Us

Did you know that there are minimally 14 different holidays between November and January? There’s Diwali- the Hindu Festival of...
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