Disrupt D&I: How to Show Up, Fix Flaws and Create Real Change
Today, more than ever, companies must invest in sustainable DE&I programming that goes beyond a singular function. With the backdrop of the current climate, creating measurable change has become even more critical to organizational culture, productivity and long-term growth. Without inclusion, diversity can’t thrive. How can businesses create lasting change and sustained progress, especially during changing times? Led by ADP Chief Diversity and Talent Officer Bob Lockett, this session lays out key elements needed for diversity and inclusion to flourish. Attendees will learn ways to be active champions for change, ensure leaders are held accountable and engage allies to help design a more inclusive world of work.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the distinction between diversity and inclusion and how they are interconnected.
- Identify barriers to inclusion and how to address them.
- Learn how to create measures of accountability within leadership to enable greater success of DE&I initiatives.
- Learn how to collaborate with diverse groups and allies to enable greater productivity and innovation.
- Gain tangible tools to become part of the greater solution at any level.
Bob Lockett
Bob is currently the Chief Diversity and Talent Officer at ADP. In this role, Bob is accountable for the Diversity, Corporate Social Responsibility and Talent strategy. Bob is passionate about ensuring that our workforce is reflective of the communities in which we live and the clients we serve. Additionally, he is an advocate for parity in leadership levels for all ADP population segments.
Prior to his role expansion, Bob was the Chief Talent Officer. He joined ADP in 2016 as the Head of Human Resources/Division Vice President for Small Business Solutions & HR Outsourcing business units. Bob’s corporate career spans over 20 years with several top tier companies. Prior to ADP, Bob was the Senior Vice President/Head of Human Resources at Harland Clarke; Vice President, Talent Management at First Data; HR Executive at USAA; Director, Human Resources at Limited Brands (Bath& Body Works, Express); Director, Player Services at Harrah’s Casino; Senior Group Manager, HR at Frito Lay, and Executive Senior Partner at The Lucas Group. He has led multiple HR Centers of Excellence (Diversity & Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Employee Relations and HR Business Partners) throughout his career.
Prior to his corporate career, Bob served as a field artillery officer in the US Army for 9 years. He commanded an artillery unit in Germany and is a Desert Storm veteran.
Bob is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and earned a MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas.
Bob sits on the board of directors for the Johnny Mac Soldiers Fund, is a member of the Diversity HR50, coaches little league football, is a lifetime member of the VFW, The American Legion, and the National Black MBA Association.
Martha Bird, Ph.D.
Martha Bird is Chief Business Anthropologist at ADP, where she helps design and create meaningful services, experiences and products. Her approach both questions and contextualizes the social and cultural dynamics of technology. Martha understands technology as a cultural phenomenon and sees it as deeply embedded in the broader contexts of geography, social norms, language, physical space and infrastructural capabilities.
Her diverse background informs her expertise. Martha grew up close to the land on her great-grandmother's farm and grew up working there. She left the farm to pursue a degree at Boston College, where she studied Western Philosophy and Art History. From there, she went on to study contemporary art theory and criticism at the Art Institute of Chicago. In search of a path to apply art to work, she returned to school for a PhD.