Repeated Wednesday at 11:15 a.m.
Effective D&I work starts with a comprehensive strategy that ties to the overall business outcomes and drives organizational success. This session will provide you with the knowledge, tools and process to build your own sustainable, organizationally sound diversity strategy from the ground up. We begin with a review of a proven LEARN/ACT process to guide strategy development. You will then experience an abbreviated strategy-development process as you focus first on the LEARN stage to build subject-matter knowledge of the D&I practice. That includes an understanding of the basic components of a business case, an overview of the 13 areas of D&I programming, and an awareness of the stages of organizational D&I competence. Together with an analysis of your own organizational needs and examples of case studies, you will then move on to the ACT stage, where you will produce solid, detail-oriented, long-term strategies using step-by-step templates and examples. In this session, you will:
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Sara Taylor
President and Founder
deepSEE Consulting
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Sara Taylor, President and Founder of deepSEE Consulting, has 35 years of extensive experience, nationally recognized as in the practice of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion serving local, national and global clients. While her areas of specialty are in both Diversity and Leadership Development, Sara has become a thought leader particularly in the field of Cultural Competence. Her bestselling book, Filter Shift: How Effective People SEE the World, is used by numerous individuals and organizations to increase success and create greater effectiveness. Sara holds a Master's degree in Diversity and Organizational Development and, prior to founding deepSEE, held positions such as Chief Diversity Officer and Leadership and Diversity Specialist.