Conference Sessions By Track
Track: Inclusion & Diversity
Discover best practices for building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace where the employer and employees can thrive. |
The New Voice of our Employees: What You Need to Know from Employees Around the World Thursday, September 9, 2021 | 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM PST | |
Business Storytelling: One-Size Audience Doesn’t Fit All Attendees will learn the tenets of effective business storytelling. Thursday, September 9, 2021 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST | |
Creating and Sustaining a Drama-Free Workplace Attendees will learn how to reduce workplace drama by lessening danger and fear in their organization. Thursday, September 9, 2021 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST | |
EEOC Listening Session: The Future of Equitable Workplaces Attendees will learn about the EEOC’s role in creating policies and initiatives that promote equitable workplaces for all, and how HR professionals can be leaders on behalf of inclusive, equitable workplaces. Thursday, September 9, 2021 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST | |
Global Pay Equity: A Tour Around the World Attendees will learn about pay equity models across various jurisdictions. Thursday, September 9, 2021 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST | |
Reducing Implicit Bias in Your Talent Life Cycle Attendees will learn how to develop systems to reduce the impact of implicit bias throughout the talent life cycle of every employee. Friday, September 10, 2021 | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PST | |
Friday, September 10, 2021 | 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM PST | |
Attendees will learn how HR can help build a culture that is inclusive of nonbinary employees. Friday, September 10, 2021 | 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST | |
Identifying The X Factor in Companies That Achieve DEI Goals Attendees with learn the attributes that companies that successfully achieve DEI goals possess and the approach they take for meeting them. Friday, September 10, 2021 | 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST | |
Addressing Subtle Acts of Exclusion: A New Framework for Creating Truly Inclusive Workplace Cultures Attendees will learn a practical framework for increasing workplace inclusion by addressing subtle acts of exclusion when they happen. Friday, September 10, 2021 | 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM PST | |
Global Blind Spots: Creating a Global Mindset and Cultural Competence in Your Global Organization Attendees will learn how to create a global mindset in their organization. Friday, September 10, 2021 | 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM PST | |
The New Voice of Our Employees: What You Need to Know from Employees Around the World Attendees will be exposed to employee survey feedback collected from over 15 million employees in over 200 countries working in every major industry around the world. Data encompasses feedback from the racial injustice movement to workplace safety during a pandemic. and distinguishes between topics that are truly important from those that are merely interesting. This session is the story behind the numbers. Friday, September 10, 2021 | 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM PST | |
Disrupt D&I: How to Show Up, Fix Flaws and Create Real Change Attendees will gain inspiration, motivation and best practices for thriving in the increasingly diverse future of work. Friday, September 10, 2021 | 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PST | |
SHE-CESSION: Seizing the Moment to Lead Global Change for Women in the Workplace Friday, September 10, 2021 | 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PST | |
The DEI Debacle: Making the Case for Thoughtfully Paced and Sequenced Exclusion In no other American corporate construct do we celebrate effort over impact like in the context of DEI. Friday, September 10, 2021 | 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PST | |
Improving Organizational Communication Internally and Globally with Wajahat Ali Attendees will discover how improving employee communication skills can help them perform their jobs more effectively in-office and globally. Friday, September 10, 2021 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PST | |
Building an Inclusive Culture of Diversity with Autism and Differently Abled Attendees will identify how and why to increase an inclusive culture and workforce diversity by hiring individuals of differing abilities, specifically with autism. Saturday, September 11, 2021 | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PST | |
Having ‘the Talk’: Conversations About Race at Work Attendees will learn why it is time to take ‘the talk’ about race at work from conversation to action. Saturday, September 11, 2021 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST | |
SHRM’s IED Council: Developing an IED Council for Your Organization Saturday, September 11, 2021 | 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM PST | |
Leveraging Data to Create More Inclusive Workplaces Attendees will learn the facts and how to utilize diversity metrics to attract applicants, elevate an inclusive experience, and ultimately make better hiring decisions to impact your business’ bottom line. Saturday, September 11, 2021 | 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PST | |
Advance your organization’s culture and empower employees by having an internal Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity Council. Saturday, September 11, 2021 | 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM PST | |
How to Center DE&I as a Forethought, Rather than an Afterthought Attendees will understand how to embed diversity, equity and inclusion into the HR people process as a forethought. Saturday, September 11, 2021 | 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PST | |
Panel: Building Effective Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategies for 2022 & Beyond Attendees will learn about DEI strategy, best practices, plans for 2022 and the role that training, ERGs, communications and other initiatives play to engage employees and create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive environment. Saturday, September 11, 2021 | 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PST | |
When DE&I Trainings Don’t Move the Needle (Enough) Attendees will learn factors associated with effective diversity, equity and inclusion interventions. Saturday, September 11, 2021 | 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PST | |
Women, Diversity and Inclusion: Tools to Achieve a Collaborative Workplace Culture Attendees will learn about HR and organizational tools that promote gender and racial diversity and a culture of inclusion. Saturday, September 11, 2021 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PST | |
Attendees will learn tips for recruiting, retaining and developing Latinx individuals. Sunday, September 12, 2021 | 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM PST | |
The Art of Executive Presence: A Woman’s Guide to Amplifying Your Career Attendees will be inspired to own their career by improving qualities and skills related to executive presence. Sunday, September 12, 2021 | 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM PST |