Sessions
Concurrent Session
How to Build Engagement and Inclusive Behaviors in White Male Leaders
Grand Ballroom D (5th Floor)
Wednesday 10/15/2014 08:00 AM - 09:15 AM
1.25 HR Credit
| Competencies: Relationship Management, Global & Cultural Effectiveness
| Intended Audience: Early Career
Workplace Application:
Learn leadership development best practices that can produce measurable shifts in white male leader's thinking and acting, and support full inclusion.
White male leaders are a key part of any long-term inclusion initiative, yet are often overlooked when it comes to D&I efforts. Examine the critical steps to engage white men and the mindsets, assumptions and behaviors that need to shift for white male leaders to effectively and visibly lead D&I efforts. Drawing on Catalyst's 2012 study, Calling All White Men: Can Training Help Create Inclusive Workplaces, discuss the crucial steps that are necessary to cultivate white male leaders who 'get it' and become full partners in their organization's diversity and inclusion journey.
