Vital Signs

Treating Polarization and Creating Psychological Safety in Healthcare Environments

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This three session series is designed specifically for those in leadership positions in the healthcare industry who are facing heightened demand with lesser resources while struggling to create cohesive and high trust teams. When systems are under pressure– global conflicts, identity differences, more competition for limited resources– the tendency is for differences to create division, and disagreement, distrust.  But it doesn’t have to be this way.

Aware and skilled leaders can learn to swim upstream and create teams able to navigate times of challenge while improving service delivery, interpersonal relationships and personal satisfaction at work.  This three session series focuses on:

Wed, June 3rd Module One, 1:00-3:00pm EST Creating Inclusive Teams within Healthcare environments: communication, coherence and conflict

Wed, June 10th Module Two, 1:00-3:00pm EST Strengths and Challenges of Diversity  and Inclusion processes: timing, policies and process

Wed, June 17th, Module Three, 1:00-3:00pm: EST: Addressing Polarization and Building Psychological Safety framing, facilitation and forward action

Plus: One 50min. individual coaching session following series with CEO, Annahid Dashtgard for the first 10 people who register.

This course is ideal for:

  • Health care administrators
  • Middle and senior level managers
  • Team leads and others in a leadership role

Read our blogVital Signs: We Need Equity Literate Healthcare Leaders


Course registration closes one week before the start date.

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Anima Leadership CEO Annahid Dashtgard seated looking at the camera in a red blazer.

Led By:
Annahid Dashtgard, CEO and Co-Founder

As a seasoned change-maker and non-fiction author, Annahid gets juiced by figuring out what makes people and systems tick, and how to move them from survive to thrive. Over the last two decades she has worked with hundreds of organizations and leaders to create more just and equitable futures. She’s a first generation immigrant woman of colour who uses her voice to illuminate our common journey to belonging. Her new book Fire and Silence: A Roadmap for BIPOC Leaders is available for order now. Alongside her bestselling books —Bones of Belonging: Finding Wholeness in a White World (2023) and Breaking the Ocean: A Memoir of Race, Rebellion and Reconciliation (2019)— she has written for numerous other publications and sits on the boards of both the Writer’s Trust and the Writer’s Union of Canada. 

Annahid has a Masters in Adult Education and has trained in various psychological modalities (Process work, Somatic Experiencing trauma training, mindfulness and Chinese medicine) to understand the root of systems change in human consciousness. Besides consulting, educating, coaching and writing on JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) issues for over two decades across both public and private sectors, she has carefully cultivated her love of reading, usually on the couch with a glass of wine in hand trying to tune out the voices of her little ones. Check out her wiki page or website for more.

Learn more about Annahid

Dates: June 3rd, 10th and 17th
Timing: 1:00-3:00pm EST Virtual Sessions
Plus: One 50min. individual coaching session following series with CEO, Annahid Dashtgard for the first 10 people who register.
Fee: $449 USD plus HST

If price is a barrier, Anima Leadership makes 10% of seats for each course available at a sliding scale. Email courses@animaleadership.com for more information.

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