About

Who We Are

At Brightside Courses, we create interactive, innovative, story-based training that keeps employees engaged. Our training positively impacts workplace culture, helps to prevent harassment from occurring, and educates the team.

Our trainings include practical tips and guidance on addressing uncomfortable situations in the moment, making complaints and fielding them, conducting investigations, and more.

We continuously update our courses based on legal developments. With our exceptional team of legal experts, you can trust our courses are compliant and up to date.

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Who We Are

At Brightside Courses, we create tailored, interactive, story-based online training that employees truly enjoy. Supported by our exceptional team of in-house legal experts, you can trust that our courses are always kept
continuously compliant.

Our Story

We revolutionized HR compliance training at Brightside Courses by transforming it from Boring to Brilliant! But brilliant training is just one piece of what we offer. With our recent acquisition of Clear Law Institute and Kantola, we combine unparalleled legal expertise with extraordinary content — delivering the highest quality courses in the industry.

Our Mission, Vision, and Values

We are revolutionizing workplace compliance training at Brightside Courses by transforming it from Boring to Brilliant! But brilliant training is just one piece of what we offer. With our recent acquisition of Clear Law Institute and Kantola, we combine unparalleled legal expertise with extraordinary content — delivering the highest quality courses in the industry.

Mission

At Brightside Courses, we are passionate about making workplaces better. That’s why we create training and tailored solutions that advance our mission to promote work environments that are respectful, inclusive, enjoyable, innovative, productive and profitable — in short, better for everyone.

Vision

Our vision is to be the clear choice for compliance training, helping organizations broaden perspectives, achieve compliance, and elevate culture.

Values

PASSIONATE — We care deeply about our mission to make workplaces better for everyone.
DATA DRIVEN — We are curious, we ask questions, we listen for the answers, gather more data, and ask more questions.
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT — We practice ongoing learning, frequent feedback, and leveling up as we go.
RESPECT — We endeavor to promote a culture of respect and kindness. We assume positive intent. We make mistakes. We know better, and then we do better.

Our Team

Susanna Matingou,
Esq./ Lead Facilitator

Susanna Matingou, CEO of Brightside Consulting, APC and Brightside Courses, is an employment attorney and workplace investigator with 20+ years of experience. Susanna is fluent in Spanish and is a Certificate Holder from the Association of Workplace Investigators (AWI-CH). Susanna is passionate about making workplaces better — more respectful, enjoyable, innovative, productive, and profitable.

Ray Leonard, Jr.,
Special Guest

Ray is a dynamic speaker and thought leader who inspires employees to think critically about workplace culture. His unique perspectives and real-world experience provide valuable insights that enhance our training sessions.

Mahogany Jackson,
Special Guest

Mahogany is a trainer, facilitator, actress, and model. Mahogany brings insight from various experiences as an independent contractor and employee. Her expertise in fostering honest, meaningful discussions makes every training impactful for participants.

Why Brightside Courses?

We help make workplaces better for everyone.

Keep the Grow with Us

In partnerships with our innovative collaborators and creators, we are reimagining ways to deliver the best training in the industry.

Our Leadership

Led by Brightside Courses’ Founder, Susanna Matingou, our leadership team is committed to making workplaces better for everyone. We use our expertise to reimagine compliance training, bringing our knowledge together to help customers
create success.

Our Customers

Don’t just take our word for it. Listen to the professionals — our customers. See what they have to say about their Brightside Courses training experiences.

The Brightside Difference

Compliance Trust, Training Love

Legal
Expertise

Our in-house legal team
monitors the latest laws,
rules, and regulations so
you don’t have to. Rest
assured that our courses
are continuously compliant.

Brilliant
Training

With cinematic-quality
videos produced by our
Hollywood-based team,
employees love our
interactive,
story-based training.

Valued
Partnership

Our main focus? Making
your job easier with
unmatched responsiveness,
seamless deployment,
and dedication to
driving success.

Meaningful
Impact

We don’t just deliver
brilliant training; we help
create meaningful impact
by broadening employees’ perspectives, achieving compliance, and elevating culture.

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