Consulting & Training

Community Business’ consulting and training practice support organisations through expert training, facilitation, and consulting to advance their DE&I initiatives. Our facilitators are seasoned inclusion practitioners with lived diversity experience in different markets in APAC and globally. 

Our work includes: 

• Strategic development for DE&I programs and policies 

• Market and regional benchmarking 

• Maturity assessment of organisations through dimensions of DE&I 

• Leadership, ERG and Executive Engagement 

• Human Resources and Recruiter education  

• Reviewing and/or localising policies, procedures, strategies and training 

Our philosophy: 

• Offer agile solutions 

• Prioritise continuous collaboration 

• Customise offerings to client needs 

We offer diversity, equity, and inclusion trainings via practical and informative facilitated learning programmes backed by our body of research in the region. If you do not see what you are looking for here, reach out to our team (LINK) to see our fully training capability. 

Organisations may choose a one-off training session or multiple in a series to best support their needs. 

Clients come to us because our programmes are: 

• Practical in their application 

• Delivered by expert facilitators 

• Grounded in credible research 

• Focused on global, regional and market-specific trends 

Although we pride ourselves on developing bespoke programmes and solutions for clients, Community Business can deliver more “off the shelf” training to meet the more basic or generic needs of a business. Similarly, we showcase our offering and thought leadership through our open programs in the Professional Series – an annual Community Business curated program showcasing our offering and those of experts and innovators in the field.

• Advancing the DE&I Journey

• Promoting Gender Equality

• Championing LGBT+ Workplace Inclusion

• Building Disability Confidence

• Understanding & Ensuring Wellbeing

Depending on learning outcomes, our sessions may include a mix of:  

• Expert presentation  

• Best practice sharing 

• Facilitated discussion 

• Insightful videos  

• Experiential engagement 

• Case studies / simulated scenarios  

• Role playing / theatre-based  

• Market or regional specific context sharing 

All content is tailored to client needs and may be delivered virtually or in person. 

We consult and train global audiences across all organisational levels, from C-suite senior leaders, to junior individual contributors. 

As our focus is on Asia, and our expertise spans the breadth of diversity, inclusion and sustainable business. We can  deliver content in multiple languages including but not limited to: 

• English  

• Cantonese  

• Mandarin  

• Hindi  

• Filipino  

• Korean  

• Japanese  

• Vietnamese  

• Bahasa Malaysia  

• Bahasa Indonesia 

Our team has extensive experience in responsible and inclusive business practices in Asia, as well as solid experience in developing innovative and impactful consulting and training solutions. We also have diverse backgrounds in business, HR, banking, technology, marketing, communications, counselling and corporate governance.

As a regional business we have team members located in Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangalore, India, along with presence in Canada, Australia and the UK. In order to meet needs for localisation and language, we also work with associates to deliver our content or deliver complimentary content or services to ensure we provide a holistic solutions.

Community Business is now offering 5 training packages that encompass a variety of topics to foster positive changes within the workplace. These bundles aim to accomplish more than an awareness session following a workplace incident; but a journey of continuous learning and growth for both the individual and the organisation. DE&I (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) training, when done right, will translate into creating a workplace culture where employees experience psychological safety and feel a sense of belonging. That is, they feel accepted—and celebrated—for who they are. 

Since Community Business was established over 15 years ago, we have engaged with MNC’s, including Fortune 500 and FTSE 500 employers. We have delivered many D&I programmes aimed at creating increased workplace inclusion, more responsible leaders and greater workforce diversity at all organisational levels.

Clients of our Training and Consulting services in the last three years include companies from the following industries across Asia.