Interactive Workshop: How to Lead Civil Conversations at Work that Build Trust & Foster Inclusivity
This will be an in-person only event and will not be livestreamed.
In today’s workplaces, incivility is on the rise, negatively impacting productivity, job satisfaction, and overall business performance. Despite the critical influence managers have on workplace dynamics, recent SHRM research indicates that only 25% of U.S. workers feel their managers effectively address acts of incivility.
How can we equip leaders to cultivate a culture of civility and inclusivity?
Join us for an empowering interactive session where HR leaders will learn strategies to foster a more civil and inclusive workplace. Led by Jennifer Dulski, Founder & CEO of Rising Team and Stanford Business School faculty member, this workshop is designed to equip leaders at all levels—from executives to frontline managers—with the skills needed to promote civility.
Engage in a hands-on activity to practice essential civility skills, and join SHRM’s initiative to ignite 1 million civil conversations for positive change. Gain access to a free, web-based tool that can help leaders within your organization facilitate meaningful and civil discussions with their teams.
Attendees will walk away with an understanding of:
How to run a team activity that hones core skills for promoting civility and building trust using a free web-based tool.
- Gain Skills to Lead Trust-Building Conversations: Learn how to start conversations that foster trust and create a safe, inclusive environment.
- Practice through Interactive Activity: Participate in a 30-minute interactive activity designed to develop skills for promoting civility.
- Learn Practical Techniques: Discover three simple yet powerful techniques for facilitating open and civil dialogue.
- Champion Civility: Gain insights on how to lead and advocate for civility within your organization.
- Get Access to a Free Tool: Bring back a free web-based facilitation tool to enable team leaders across your organization to run impactful civil conversations.
Jennifer Dulski, Founder & CEO

Jennifer Dulski has a wide range of executive experience including leadership roles at Facebook, Google, and Yahoo!, and founder, CEO and president roles at early stage and scaling startups.
She is currently CEO and founder of Rising Team, a team performance platform that helps companies increase engagement, strengthen culture, and scale leadership development by equipping managers to lead science-backed, interactive team sessions without an outside facilitator.
She is also a member of the faculty at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and teaches a course called "Managing Growing Enterprises."
She writes about leadership for LinkedIn Influencers, Fortune, and Fast Company, and her first book, Purposeful, was published by Penguin Portfolio in 2018 and is a Wall Street Journal Bestseller.
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