DEI: Results or Resistance?
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A session in this conference ends more than 10 days after the conference! Some sessions may not appear properly in My Session Planner.Addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion within your organization is a business imperative. But too often, DEI efforts designed to produce results create resistance instead. Join Stephen Paskoff, CEO of ELI, where he will share practical and effective ways to launch and implement diversity, equity, and inclusion training initiatives that bring people together, not drive them apart. Attend this session to learn real-world steps to make diversity, equity and inclusion efforts more effective in terms of organizational and operational results.
Learning Objectives:
- Avoid a diversity backlash which can undermine DEI objectives when implementing DEI training efforts.
- Link DEI efforts to the overall company mission, vision, values, and organizational and operational results and why it's critical to do so.
- Hear the importance of behavioral standards, not just aspirational expressions, for effective DEI in the workplace.
- Navigate the expanding role of DEI issues in other business areas.
- Discuss how DEI intersects with EEO and Affirmative Action initiatives.
- Gain valuable insights into this crucial workplace issue.
In-person session offerings are on a first-come, first-served basis.
Stephen M. Paskoff, Esq.

Stephen Paskoff is president and CEO of ELI®, which helps organizations activate and align their values with core organizational behaviors to build respectful, welcoming and inclusive cultures, maximize results and reduce legal and operational risks.
Paskoff has been named the highest-ranking speaker at SHRM’s national conference. The EEOC recognized ELI’s impact and quoted Paskoff in its Harassment Study. He is a nationally recognized speaker, commentator and author on workplace issues.
Before founding ELI® in 1986, Paskoff was an EEOC trial attorney and partner in a management law firm. He authored Teaching Big Shots to Behave and Civility Rules!
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