Center Stage or Behind the Scenes? Your Role in D&I
HR professionals play many roles: coach, consultant and strategic partner, to name a few. In this session, interactive theater (performed by professional actors) will be used to demonstrate various opportunities for you to impact D&I outcomes at your organization. Examples of D&I best practices will be revealed using real-life scenarios from a variety of sectors. These scenarios will involve ambiguous situations, comments and attitudes that illustrate unconscious bias and inclusive and exclusive behavior. In these scenarios, organizational D&I maturity will be demonstrated, and as each scene plays out, each organization’s D&I maturity level will be revealed. The scenarios and subsequent activities are designed to help you:
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Shilpa Pherwani
principal/CEO
IBIS
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Shilpa Pherwani is an organizational psychologist by training and the Principal and CEO of IBIS Consulting Group, Inc. She has expertise in the areas of cultural competency, diversity and inclusion, organizational development and e-learning. As a consultant and trainer, Shilpa provides guidance to organizations to develop and achieve their D&I business goals. She provides subject matter expertise in change management, organizational development and diversity to help organizations align D&I with business strategy. Shilpa heads the design and development team at IBIS for diversity e-learning tools. She has led the team for several highly effective programs for clients such as Aetna, Boeing, Campbell Soup, Grainger, ESPN, Nestle, Microsoft, Sun Life Financial, and Xerox. Shilpa’s work with global organizations has included conducting diversity assessments, diversity and cross-cultural training, leadership development, and implementation of diversity strategic plans. Shilpa received her Master’s in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Springfield College with a focus on Organizational Development.
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Sheree Galpert
learning and creativity director
IBIS
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Sheree Galpert, Learning and Creativity Director for IBIS, is an organization development consultant and trainer, as well as a professional actor and educator. She is head writer, director, and facilitator for IBIS's Interactive Theater programs, whose audiences have ranged from 15 to 1500. Sheree also oversees the development of IBIS's e-Learning programs, working with the creative team to determine the concept, style, and approach for each project. She particularly enjoys finding the tone and "feel" that are just right for the client - funny? heartfelt? thought-provoking? Inspiring? A short list of Sheree's clients includes Microsoft, Sun Life Financial, Harvard University, Verizon, Campbell's Soup, Xerox, Staples, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, and the Alzheimer's Association. As an actor, Sheree has performed on professional stages from coast to coast and border to border. Sheree received her Master’s in Organization Development from American University/NTL, and her BFA from the University of Washington.