Where equity meets accountability.
CGI delivers professional standards training that reduces discrimination liability, protects organizations from costly legal exposure, and builds cultures where people are treated with consistency and fairness regardless of who they are.
$125K +
Average cost to defend a single discrimination claim before settlement
67,000 +
Workplace discrimination charges that are filed with the EEOC every year
$300K +
Average jury verdict in discrimination cases that reach trial
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS TRAINING BUILT FOR YOUR WORLD
Every CGI program is built around the specific compliance requirements, risk exposure, and operational culture of your industry. We do not offer a generic off-the-shelf curriculum.
police academies & departments
Reduce civil liability exposure, meet POST training requirements, and build the documentation record that protects your department and the communities you serve before an incident occurs.
Use-of-force standards · ADA compliance · cultural awareness · community relations
Large Corporations & enterprises
Reduce EEOC exposure, lower discrimination-related turnover costs, and demonstrate good faith compliance to regulators, insurers, and legal counsel with documented third-party certified training.
Conduct standards · ADA access · profiling awareness · cultural competency
Most requested
front-line workers
For security firms, contracted safety teams, and any organization whose people interface directly with the public. CGI builds the professional standards that protect your team, your clients, and the communities you operate in.
Hiring standards · ADA workplace compliance · cross-cultural professional conduct
Your Organization is already exposed. Common Ground Institute closes the gap.
Legal and Settlement Costs
Discrimination claims are expensive before they even reach a courtroom. Documented CGI training gives your legal team something concrete to work with and often changes whether you reach a settlement table at all
Turnover and Talent Lost
Workplace conduct issues drive turnover, and turnover is expensive. Organizations that invest in professional standards training retain people longer and spend less replacing them.
Reputational and Press Exposure
A single public incident can define an organization for years. Proactive professional standards training demonstrates good faith and protects institutional credibility before a crisis hits.
ADA Compliance Risk
Disability discrimination claims are rising across every sector. CGI training reduces exposure and builds the documented compliance record that regulators and insurers want to see.
Whats included
Every engagement is customized, evidence-based, and built to produce measurable, documentable outcomes. We are not here to check a compliance box.
Needs Assessment
1
We start by understanding your organization's specific risk areas, regulatory requirements, and operational culture before building anything.
Custom Curriculum
2
Training modules are built around your industry's language, real-world scenarios, and legal landscape. They cover race, disability, and cultural professional standards
Live and on-demand delivery
3
In-person workshops, virtual sessions, and self-paced modules are structured to fit your team's schedule and scale across any organization size.
CGI certification and documentation
4
The CGI Program
Completion records, pre- and post-assessments, and a renewable CGI Professional Standards Certification give your legal team documentation they can actually use.
meet The Founder
A Note From The Founder
"I did not start Common Ground Institute because it was a good business idea. I started it because I have never been able to look away and because assumptions have shaped my life in ways I never chose. I am a woman. I am adopted. I am Mexican-American. And because of those things, people have let their assumptions become biases, whether they meant to or not. But I have always believed in people and that belief is exactly what CGI is built on."
Emma Doull is the founder of Common Ground Institute, a Tampa Bay-based training organization dedicated to reducing implicit bias through science-backed, culturally grounded education. With a degree in anthropology, CITI certification in human subjects research, and direct experience in employment and business law on both sides of discrimination matters, Emma brings a perspective no outside consultant can replicate. She has heard the complaints. She has helped build the defenses. And she understands exactly where early intervention could have changed the outcome.
As a Mexican-American woman who was adopted, Emma does not study bias from a distance. She has lived it.
— Emma Doull, Founder
Let Find Your Common Ground
Let Find Your Common Ground
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