Making the World More Equitable: How Exelon Used a Simulation-Style Training to Advance Equal Pay
The Equal Pay Act was passed in 1963, yet working women still earn 80 cents to each dollar earned by men and hold 6.6% of Fortune 500 CEO positions. Exelon acted on this alarming data through a partnership with UN's Women's HeForShe Campaign to increase the retention of women by 2020. Debuting at Exelon's 2019 Women's Leadership Summit, JB Training's highly interactive, simulation-style workshop challenged Exelon employees to discuss why these gaps exist and give them the toolkit to actively participate in the movement toward equity at work. In addition to being a catalyst for action at your own organization, this session is loaded with compelling data and inspiring stories that simultaneously show how much progress has been made and how much still needs to happen to make work equitable for everyone.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how facially neutral policies disproportionately impact women and other protected classes.
- Recognize how intersectionality exacerbates the pay gap and opportunity gap.
- Differentiate between equality and equity and speak to colleagues about these concepts using a shared language.
- Engage in daily behaviors that will result in an inclusive workplace culture (e.g. norms, interactions, meetings, etc.).
- Serve as an individual champion and ally for equity in the workplace.
Gregory Tall
Gregory Tall is a high-energy trainer and facilitator with over fifteen years of experience helping high-growth organizations in all areas of human resources who also answers to the nickname “The Artist Formerly Known as HR.” He began his career at a scrappy tech start-up where he boosted the hiring of underrepresented professionals. In roles following, Gregory built an inclusive onboarding program, provided regular development coaching to leaders, mediated employee relations cases, implemented recruitment practices to increase hiring of women and people of color and executed a comprehensive DEI strategy addressing institutional equity.
Gregory is widely known for his enthusiasm and his ability to help participants navigate difficult conversations with confidence and candor. He consults and develops content for organizations including FOX Sports, American Dental Association, Soho House, Wilson Sporting Goods, and has a niche for facilitating DEI curriculum and conversations specific to the advertising industry. Gregory holds an M.B.A. from Roosevelt University, a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and has earned the Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certification. When not developing or delivering training, Gregory is working hard to build his vinyl record collection and fuel his chocolate chip cookie addiction – he insists on having at least one cookie every single day.
Lisa Jerome
Lisa Jerome is the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Programs Manager for Exelon Corporation, responsible for leading the DEI education strategy for the organization, as well managing Exelon’s partnership with UN Women’s HeForShe global solidarity movement for gender equality. She strongly supports racial equity and social justice and sees 2020 as pivotal year in making positive progress. Lisa, celebrating her 30th year as a DEI practitioner, has a BS in Communications from Northern Illinois University and is a Cornel University Certified Diversity Practitioner with the Advanced Practitioner distinction.