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Carol A. Dawson, CCDP
Carol Dawson, President of EEO GUIDANCE, Inc., provides nationally recognized consulting and training services in the field of EqualOpportunity – Affirmative Ation/Employment – Diversity/Inclusion – Harassment (Title VII)–Affirmative Action Programs, along with creating Affirmative Action Programs in compliance with Executive Order 11246. Dawson provides straight talking, “NEVER BORING” interactive training workshops for the current workforce and beyond. She has been training professionally for over 25 years and sessions include a variety of facts, life/work experiences, statistics, legal decisions, and realistic suggestions for improving your work environment.
Dawson’s mixture of story telling (including experiences as a military brat) and factual/legal information leads the audience toward understanding the value of respecting diversity/differences while also giving awareness of equality and affirmative employment laws. Dawson’s personal work experiences, such as her career as a Sr. Compliance Officer and Area Director for the U.S. Dept. of Labor (DOL)/Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), provide a platform from which she blends humor with the serious issues surrounding EEO and Affirmative Employment today. Audiences leave better equipped to handle the day to day conflicts they encounter because of their improved understanding of diversity, EEO, and affirmative action confusion. Management officials and employees leave the training with a better understanding of their personal obligations. Employers learn how ‘doing the right thing’ will make a difference on their bottom line.
Dawson has held federal EEO compliance positions as EEO Counselor for US Navy/Naval Ordnance Station, Area Director for the DOL/OFCCP, Senior Compliance Officer, and EEO Manager for Commerce/Census/NPC. While with OFCCP, Dawson served as a national certified trainer for new Compliance Officers and provided new Compliance Officer training across the U.S. She was selected by OFCCP Director, Cari Dominguez’, to train the national office legal and administrative staff. Dawson has been honored with the Louisville Key to the City, Labor’s top award, the Distinguished Career Service Award, the Louisville American Business Women’s Woman of the Year, and was a national finalist for the business award, The Stevie Business Award – Women in Business.
Dawson is a Lead Mediator for the Federal Alternate Dispute Resolution Council and has been donating her time to resolve conflicts within the federal government for over 17 years. She has a Business Administration degree from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and successfully completed a year long Cornell University program certifying her as a Cornell Certified Diversity Professional (CCDP).
Dawson writes EEO and Diversity articles for Business First, Louisville, Kentucky, and a monthly column for The Evening News and New Albany Tribune, The Extra Milers. The column was recognized by the Society of Newspaper Columnists by awarding Dawson the Will Rogers Humanitarian Award in 2008. Dawson is active on multiple boards and community groups. She recently collaborating with local agencies to create Diversity/Inclusion training curriculum for non-profit agencies.
Carol
has provided training sessions and workshops to many agencies,
companies and community groups. A few of those are listed
below:
- U.S.
Department of Defense - Army
- EEO Counselor Refresher Training (Fort Knox, Kentucky)
- U.S. Federal Aviation Admin. (FAA) -
FAA Managers Associaiton Conference - Respecting Diversity
- State of Kentucky - Keynote Speaker -
Governor's EEO Conference
- Federally
Employed Women - National Training Conference -
Selling You - How to Be Successful in a Job Interview (Chicago,
Illinois)
- U.S.
Denver Mint - Sexual Harassment Training for Managers
(Denver, Colorado)
- Subway
Stores, Jeffersonville, Indiana - EEO Policies
- City
of Jeffersonville - EEO Policies
- Metropolitan
Sewer District (MSD)- EEO/AA training to all supervisors
and managers (Louisville, Kentucky)
- Corp
of Engineers - Career Development Workshops (Nashville,
Tennessee)
- State
of Kentucky Employment Offices - Labor EEO Laws
- EEO and Disability Laws
- Bowling
Green Municipal Utilities - EEO/AA/Diversity training
for all employees and management staff
- Louisville
Bar Association - Review of Glass Ceiling Procedures
- Kentucky
Veterans Employment - Labor/OFCCP
- Frankfort
Electric and Water Plant Board - EEO/AA/Diversity
training for all employees and management staff
- Louisville
Water Company - EEO/Affirmative Action Training
for Managers
- National
Weather Service - EEO/Diversity Training Sessions
- Kentucky
Lottery Commission - EEO/Diversity Training for
Management
- Mortenson
Broadcasting Company - Management Harassment Training
- Association
of Federal Government Employees (labor)- EEO/Diversity
Affirmative Employment
- Federally
Employed Women - Career Development - (Louisville,
Kentucky)
- Naval
Surface Warfare Center, Louisville-Special Observance
Speaker (Women's History/Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. B'day)
- Dress
for Success - Professional Women's Program Speaker-Louisville,
Kentucky Chapter
- U.S.
Naval Surface Warfare Center - CRANE facility -
management Diversity courses - all employee EEO/Diversity
sessions (over 3,000 employees)
In
addition to training, Carol also provides expert consulting
services in the area of equality, discrimination, and diversity/inclusion. Carol can create an effective internal
business complaint process for your company and follow through
with investigations and/or mediation to assist in early resolution
of EEO complaints ... before employees move into the legal
system. Please see "Services"
link to the left.
Business
related affiliations: Carol is an active member of:
Federally Employed Women (Serving on multiple committees, including Regional Diversity Chair), and has participanted and been a member of the National Speaker's Bureau. Carol has served and continues to serve on multiple boards and committees:
Leadership
Southern Indiana
Southern Indiana Chamber of
Commerce (One Southern Indiana)Minority and Women Business Owner's Conference
Kentucky OFCCP Industry Liaison Group (previous Board Member)
American Association for Affirmative Action
Small Business Development Center (speaker/committee
representative)
Shaping Up Southern Indiana (founder and Board Member)
Society for Human Resources Management
National Society for Newspaper Columnists
The future of
our world is not simply determined by the large accomplishments
of the mighty few, but through the small and collective achievements of the
common masses. Make a positive difference every day.
Carol
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