Center for KickGlass Skills

The Center for KickGlass Skills is based in the Farmer School of Business to provide cultural leadership and social change skills to all �þ��Ƶ �þ��Ƶs, faculty, and staff. It also offers skills credentials and consulting to external organizations and individuals. The Farmer School of Business provides a professional platform for the Center’s high-tech/ high-touch, building the Center’s initiatives on the model of BQ Model of Future Work Skills that was the foundation of the Farmer School’s First-year Integrated Core.

KickGlass Mission

The Center's Mission is to:

Enhance individual and organizational CULTURE INTELLIGENCE [adaptability to Cultural difference] within the Farmer School of Business and across �þ��Ƶ.

Provide our �þ��Ƶs (and external participants) with the CULTURAL LEADERSHIP SKILLS desired by employers by shifting from awareness to empathy, and actively demonstrating inclusive leadership behaviors.

Develop AGENTS OF SOCIAL CHANGE by providing perspective-taking and empathy through experiential learning and cultural immersion, empowering the majority to use their voice to stand up for what’s right, and act strategically to drive social change.

Provide �þ��Ƶ’s underrepresented undergraduate and PMBA �þ��Ƶs (�þ��Ƶs of color, women, LGBTQ+ �þ��Ƶs, and �þ��Ƶs with disabilities) with preparation to ADVANCE TO LEADERSHIP in a variety of industries, with a focus on increasing representation in tech-related industries.

KickGlass Programming

The Center for KickGlass Skills provides individuals with the knowledge, perspectives, and skills needed to create systemic social change in the workplace, marketplace, and broader society through a variety of offerings designed for members of majority and minority cultures. Social change is defined as changes in human interactions and relationships that transform cultural and social institutions. By this definition, social change work must begin at the individual level to build a foundation for systemic change.

This year, KickGlass launched the BEYOND READY CQ program with CQ FOUNDATIONS for all 1400 first-year Farmer School of Business �þ��Ƶs. We also launched our KickGlass Organizational CQ program with CQ training for FSB Professional Advising staff and FSB Faculty. In Spring 2021, we will launch KickGlass CQ LEADERSHIP credentials and the GlassKickers program to advance under-represented talent into leadership.

GlassKickers

The GlassKickers program will provide �þ��Ƶ’s underrepresented talent (�þ��Ƶs of color, women, LGBTQ+, and physical disabilities) with preparation to advance to leadership in a variety of industries. GlassKickers will receive scholarships to complete all KickGlass Skills credentials at no cost. Advancement activities will have a specific focus on careers in technology to increase minority representation in technology-related industries. GlassKickers will also receive scholarships to participate in FSB Global Studies program in Asia, Europe, and South America or the Digital Innovation program in San Francisco, Cincinnati, and Luxembourg. These �þ��Ƶs will coordinate the KickGlass FORUM, a diversity-related expert series.

For more information contact: Dr. Gillian Oakenfull, Director of the Center for KickGlass Skills

KickGlass CQ Leadership

The KickGlass CQ Leadership program focuses on developing open-minded leaders, of all identity intersectionalities, who enter the workforce with the tools to mitigate individual and structural bias and the empathy to include and unite. These workshops will develop Cultural Intelligence and Inclusion skills organized around the four CQ Dimensions to a variety of stakeholders. The Center will offer Virtual Reality training that places the learner in a real-life situation to identify bias and develop empathy and allyship through perspective-taking.

KickGlass CQ Leaderhip