Repeated Friday at 3:00 p.m.
Recent discoveries in the neurocognitive sciences have created insights into how leaders function and how they can operate with more consciousness, awareness and inclusion. This session will provide a primer for understanding some of these breakthrough findings and will engage you in an experience which not only will help you understand that “we don't think the way we think we think,” but also look at ways that we can bring more mindfulness to the various aspects of leadership. You will especially be impacted by the way these breakthrough insights create new strategies and approaches to managing talent and other HR related functions. This session will help you:
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Eric Peterson, MSOD
Senior Consultant
Cook Ross Inc
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Eric C. Peterson, MSOD is a Senior Consultant with Cook Ross Inc. He is a recognized facilitator and educator in the Diversity & Inclusion space with over 15 years of experience in Unconscious Bias, Diversity & Inclusion (D&I), Learning Strategies, and Organization Development. Eric is certified in the use of both the Predictive Index and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and is a graduate of the Facilitation Learning Partners Program of Healing the Heart of Diversity. He has been published in Profiles in Diversity Journal and Echelon Magazine, and has been sourced as a D&I expert by CNN, National Public Radio, USA Today, The Bloomberg Group, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and the Los Angeles Times.
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Kimberly Rattley
consultant
Cook Ross, Inc.
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Kimberly Rattley is an organizational development specialist who for over 20 years has partnered with clients to bring clarity, focus and alignment to their diverse teams. She combines her expertise in business, leadership development, diversity, psychodrama and systems analysis to help them competently tackle what is next on their horizon with confidence.
In the education field, Ms. Rattley served as the Training Development Specialist for the Uniformed Services University Center for Health Disparities. In this capacity, she designed and delivered a national diversity curriculum for military medical providers. Her experiential training methodology was the basis of a five year research project that validated the power of using whole brain teaching methodology to insure learner engagement and retention. Of special note is the grant she received from Bill Cosby for her cutting edge work in identity development formation and its importance on individual self –efficacy.
In private industry, leaders are her passion. She has designed over 100 subject matter relevant diversity training curriculum for clients like DC Chartered Health Services, Habitat for Humanity, and Washingtonpost.com. In addition she has coached senior leadership teams across the globe on the keys to building team alignment and what pitfalls to avoid.
Her current passion is helping individual contributors catch the vision of being leaders in the global marketplace through her training in countries like Hong Kong, Italy, Australia, Brazil and Africa.
Kimberly Rattley holds a BA from Georgetown University, a Masters of Social Work from Howard University and is certified in the areas of Life Management Facilitation and Organizational Development from Georgetown University.