Sessions

Concurrent Session
Diversity 7.0: Road Map to Elevating Your Organization’s D&I Game
201-202
Wednesday 10/26/2016 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM   Add to calendar
1.25 SHRM PDCs | Competencies: Leadership & Navigation, Global & Cultural Effectiveness | Intended Audience: Mid-Level
Workplace Application:
This session will identify the best of each D&I version you should be employing, while introducing version 7.0—the most challenging, yet the most rewarding version thus far. 

There is no arguing: The focus of Diversity and Inclusion has changed tremendously over the years—from Compliance (Diversity 1.0) to Awareness (Diversity 2.0) to Tolerance (Diversity 3.0) to The Business Case (Diversity & Inclusion 4.0) to Business Strategy (Diversity & Inclusion 5.0) to Innovation (Diversity & Inclusion 6.0). So what’s next? Business Growth (Diversity & Inclusion 7.0). How does D&I springboard your organization to yield business growth? What is the new growth agenda being set forth by your executive team? How can you employ D&I to achieve correlating goals? How can you use D&I to prime your organization for growth? What growth opportunities are being reimagined by your executive team? In this session, you will:

  • Develop an understanding of the organizational strategic undertakings being used to capture long-term growth opportunities.
  • Learn specific tactics to sharpen the recruiting, talent development and retention functions, in order to acquire new and diverse talent with the skill sets needed to execute your organization’s growth agenda.
  • Discover how to assist your organization with defining “growth”.
  • Recognize growth opportunities through collaborations and partnerships, both internally and externally.
Grace A. Odums Photo
Presenter:
Grace A. Odums, strategy consultant