DEI Powerpack: From Sourcing Diverse Talent to Creating Inclusive Cultures?* * Additional fee and registration required

Session Sponsor: 
HR Reimagined: SHRM Northern California Annual Conference 2022
PowerPoints/Handouts Available

Join ReadySet, a leading diversity, equity and inclusion firm, in a comprehensive workshop to level up your DEI leadership skills. We'll cover human-centric approaches to:

· DEI-centered sourcing: We know diversity is essential to our workplaces but it's not always easy to know how to recruit with DEI in mind. With a background in HR and executive recruiting, Dennis Quartermane will facilitate a workshop on the practical challenges and solutions that attend the transition from diversity sourcing to DEI-centering. Joined by Stevon Cook, former school trustee and entrepreneur, the session will introduce concepts such as inclusive hiring and equitable talent acquisition practices. Attendees can expect group discussion and practical takeaways which meet the goal of learning how to break out of the narrow and explore the boundless application of DEI in the workplace.

· Inclusive feedback: Research has shown that the vast majority of employees want more feedback at work. However, we know from neuroscience that feedback can set off fight or flight responses and that it's notoriously difficult for managers to give. Facilitated by Dr. Lily Jampol, who has written extensively on communication biases and feedback, participants will walk away with a new understanding of your own approach to feedback and ways to become a better feedback giver and receiver - essential skills as a manager and leader.

· HR-specific allyship practice: HR leaders often balance multiple perspectives in the DEI conversation. How can we address these tensions and work within challenging gray areas of what falls under compliance and what is HR-appropriate allyship practice? With 20 years of strategy and facilitation experience, Meghna Majmudar will lead this interactive conversation. Participants will walk away with new frameworks that they can put into action immediately. 

 

Date(s) & Time(s): 
Sunday, September 25, 2022 - 1:00pm to 4:30pm
Presenter: 

Lily Jampol, PhD

Lily
Jampol, PhD
Lily (she/her) Is the Head of People Science and Consulting at ReadySet, a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Solutions firm. Lily has over 10 years of expertise in organizational well-being and behavior change from her research at Ideas42 think tank, Harvard, Princeton, and Cornell, where she got her Ph.D in Social Psychology and at London Business School and the University of London, Queen Mary where she was a professor. Lily is still an active researcher and her internationally-recognized work on gender biases in feedback has been funded by the National Science Foundation & the UK Royal Society and covered by CNN, Forbes, Inc, Politico, the BBC and other media orgs. Lily grew up in a hotel in Costa Rica, which inspired her lifelong interest in human behavior and cultures. She is also a huge horror film fan.

Meghna Majmudar

Meghna
Majmudar
Meghna (she/her) believes a world run by a "rainbow nation" of leaders is one in which most people would want to live. Her expertise is in helping leaders of all types, especially firsts and onlys - the first from their family or community of the only one like them in the room, to do the inner work to build an authentic sense of power, authority, and leadership and navigate the outer structures of their workplace. Meghna brings close to 20 years of experience as a strategy consultant and executive coach across diverse industries: healthcare, technology, financial services, consumer goods and automotive, as well as several non-profit organizations. Using her training as an anthropologist, strategist, and transformational Neuro-Linguistic Programming practitioner, she listens to what is being said between the lines and reframes complex challenges for quick action. Meghna has a BA magna cum laude from Harvard University, an MPH from the University of Cape Town, and an MBA from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Outside of work, Meghna can be found plotting her next plant-based cooking endeavor, checking out different fitness apps and gyms, or looking for a great cup of coffee.

Stevon Cook

Stevon
Cook
Stevon Cook (he/him) believes that when the values of inclusion are put into practice every aspect of an organization improves. As a Senior Consultant with ReadySet and a member of the Executive Services team, he works in partnership with business leaders to build their practice around inclusive leadership. Prior to joining ReadySet, Stevon was elected to the San Francisco Board of Education where he served as President. While serving, he passed K-12 Black Studies for all students, reformed the student assignment system and championed equity causes as it related to achievement, housing and transportation. He was also CEO of Mission Bit, an Edtech nonprofit that strives to end generational poverty through coding. He raised several million dollars in partnership with companies like Adobe, Salesforce, the City of San Francisco and The Golden State Warriors to expand access to this critical learning opportunity. In his spare time, Stevon enjoys traveling, writing, pretending to learn Spanish and training for his first amateur boxing match. Please excuse him in advance if you hear his dog Willow in the background during a remote meeting. She's always trying to distract him because she wants to play.

Dennis Quartermane

Dennis
Quartermane
Dennis (he/him) likes two things more than a big challenge; the right timing to change the way executive search is not only done but thought about and the right team to do it with! "Recruiter" is not how Dennis prefers to be referenced - he is a career architect who places high importance on partnering with clients and candidates during the entire match-making process, from start to finish. With integrity, effort, and enthusiasm, Dennis ensures that professionals feel supported when making a career decision. The goal is not to fill jobs, but rather build long-lasting relationships in which everyone comes out on top. As President of Profound Placement, a boutique headhunting firm based in San Francisco, Dennis employed a unique, high touch approach with clients and candidates. This personalized experience returned clarity and communication to the recruiting process. Prior to starting Profound Placement, Dennis was a Recruiter for the LaSalle Network where he launched the San Francisco office for a Fortune 5000 recognized, Chicago-based recruiting firm and consistently conducted 15+ new candidate interviews per week. Dennis also worked as an Executive Recruiter at Executive Trackers LLC. Before making the jump into the recruiting industry, he spent 10 years working in finance, mastering his networking, and negotiating skills. Dennis graduated from Southern Connecticut State University with a degree in Psychology. In his free time, Dennis is a student of Wing Tsun at the oldest practicing kung fu studio in Chinatown, the same vibrant San Francisco neighborhood where he resides. In most recent news, Dennis, his wife, and teenage daughter were joined by an 8lb bundle of joy in October of 2021. They thrive and life could not be better!
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Amount of Credit: 
3.00
Credit Type: 
•SHRM PDCs
Session Type: 
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