Conference Sessions By Track
Track: Advancing Your D&I Competencies
These sessions will help you understand your own cultural preferences, conflict resolution and communications styles, as well as those of others. You’ll gain new insights and get expert advice plus practical strategies for relating to different groups of people. Speakers will explore ways in which you can make your organization more inclusive and appealing for all types of groups.
How to Create Harmony in a Polarized Society This presentation will help you prepare for difficult conversations. Monday, October 22, 2012 | 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM | |
Developing Culturally Competent Women Leaders This session will provide both a clear business case for gender balance as well as strategies for dismantling barriers to gender balance. Tuesday, October 23, 2012 | 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM | |
Micro Inequity: Power of the Small This session will provide you with an understanding of the conscious and unconscious effects of inequities. Tuesday, October 23, 2012 | 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM | |
SPEAKER CANCELLATION: The Weird Workplace: Turning Cognitive Diversity into Real Cognitive Inclusion You will learn how to transform a commitment to cognitive diversity into a culture of cognitive inclusion. Tuesday, October 23, 2012 | 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM | |
Strategic, Visionary and Collaborative Leadership in the Diversity Space This session will provide you with the leadership competencies you need to ensure your D&I strategy is properly and effectively executed in your organization. Tuesday, October 23, 2012 | 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM | |
The 4 I’s of Understanding the Road to Cultural Competency You will leave this session with the tools and framework to create a road map to develop your organization's cultural competency. Wednesday, October 24, 2012 | 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM | |
Choosing the Driver: Taking Charge of Communication and Conflict Across Difference This session will help you identify your own cultural communication preferences and will show you how to interact successfully with other communication styles. Wednesday, October 24, 2012 | 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM | |
How to Address Personality Diversity and Prejudice in the Workplace This session will help you recognize personality discrimination in the workplace and learn strategies to leverage personality types for increased productivity and engagement. Wednesday, October 24, 2012 | 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM | |
What Diverse Schools Can Teach Us About the Diverse Workforce This session will share lessons from schools and universities that can inform and inspire you as you seek to both solidify the business case for diversity and create workplaces that value and leverage difference. Wednesday, October 24, 2012 | 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM |