Our Clients
School Supplies for Kids
“If your team is ready to enhance communication, deepen collaboration, and embrace inclusion, Dr. Christine Herring is the answer. Through her thoughtful guidance our staff at The Education Partnership gained a profound understanding of our individual communication styles and how they influence our interactions. Dr. Herring’s sessions were engaging, enlightening, and practical, equipping us with tools to communicate more effectively and inclusively as a team. Everyone walked away with a renewed sense of clarity and connection. Thank you, Dr. Herring, your work is truly exceptional and our team is better because of it.”
– Josh Whiteside, Executive Director
Commercial Real Estate Agency
“Herring Seminars & Consulting provided a truly eye-opening presentation to our team, and put us on the right track to make a real impact across our organization, and over time, I hope the world.”
– Yaavok Zar, CEO
Educational Literacy and Science Product Provider
“Dr. Herring was exactly the light, energy and compassion that Learning A-Z needed as we continued on our DEI path. She was able to work with our DEI council and senior leadership team to establish the foundation for understanding, empathy and change. She developed a comprehensive 12 month seminar program that we were able to participate in virtually due to COVID and participants engaged honestly and shared concerns and challenges through the thoughtful support and coaching from Dr. Herring. While starting with the internal council and the senior leadership team, she was also able to customize several sessions for our more than 400 employees with a focus on understanding unconscious bias and aiding us with meaningful changes that provided immediate impact.
We are so grateful that Dr. Herring and Herring Seminars & Consulting was recommended to us and we appreciate her ongoing support and coaching on our DEI journey.”
– Lisa O’Masta, President
Product Provider for Kids from Birth to 12
“Working with Herring Seminars & Consulting has been personally, professionally and organizationally transformational. The deliberate journey of exploration, insight and action has made us better corporate citizens and leaders. The Herrings met us where we were and have coached us to be better with no shame, no blame and no guilt. Their model of turning Footprints into Handprints has been the basis for many changes to policy, practice and organizational habits that will make us an even more inclusive organization where all people can thrive.They are trusted partners and advisors helping us create sustainable change.”
– Julie Beckman, SVP Human Resources
Willis Towers Watson: Risk Management & Insurance Brokerage
“WTW has partnered with Herring Seminars & Consulting on multiple occasions to provide impactful and engaging live virtual training to both entry level colleagues and senior leadership. We recently launched a sponsorship program for a specific talent pool within the organization and we relied heavily on Christine’s knowledge and resources for level setting the importance of the sponsorship program for leaders who raised their hand to act as a sponsor to a diverse colleague. The training was impactful and intimate with 1:1 breakout sessions to speak to our individual backgrounds and personal instances where we either benefited from or had been disadvantaged by unconscious bias. One particular exercise was so impactful on examining our personal networks diversity, it motivated multiple colleagues to truly be more intentional and make personal changes to increase the diversity representation of their personal circle.
We have also partnered with Herring Seminars & Consulting to provide training to line managers of underrepresented talent, and vice versa provided a voluntary opportunity for diverse colleagues to participate in a training on overcoming self-doubt in the workplace. Both sessions have proven to be highly engaging which is difficult to execute in a virtual environment. Herring Seminars & Consulting does a great job of virtually creating a comfortable environment for colleagues to open up and be vulnerable with sharing their personal stories and background related to inclusion and diversity. It is this vulnerability that truly generates a lasting impact on colleagues and helps move the needle for more inclusiveness and diverse working environments.
An engagement with Herring Seminars & Consultant is a positive return on investment for both the colleagues who participate, and indirectly for colleagues, clients and prospects these colleagues may engage with daily to once a year.”
– Rick Hawkinberry, COO Corporate Risk & Broking, North America WTW
Law Firm
“My law firm planned a Juneteenth-inspired, all-day continuing legal education, and training event in 2022. We really wanted a speaker to lead us in a discussion of diversity, equity and inclusion. My first thought was to call Dr. Chuck Herring of Herring Seminars & Consulting to speak to my team members. I’ve known Dr. Herring for 20 years and a more positive, inspirational person you will not meet. His presentation did not disappoint. It was fun, warm, and challenging at the same time. He encouraged dialogue among attendees and himself about these very important topics. Dr. Herring’s warmth and openness made for a safe place for attendees to be a bit vulnerable and share compelling life experiences and opinions. It opened all of our eyes on how broadly applicable these topics are for our everyday lives and in the workplace. In the office, it was all anyone could talk about for the rest of the week – and that’s exactly what I suspect Dr. Herring’s hope is when he leaves "handprints" on those with whom he has a chance to encounter. Dr. Herring and Herring Seminars & Consulting gets my highest recommendation – have him in to speak with your group. It’ll be a positive and memorable experience.”
– Michael Fiffik, Esq., Managing Member at Fiffik Law Group, P.C.
