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Addressing Diversity Challenges with Business Growth feat. Rudhir Krishtel – March 2, 2023

2023 Signature Seminar

Featuring Rudhir Krishtel, CEO, Krishtel

March 2, 2023 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm EST

It’s time to examine how business development culture has impacted those from historically underrepresented backgrounds. These patterns directly impact compensation, wealth distribution, and equity. Participants will discuss specific roadblocks existing at the nexus of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and business development (BD) that impede the progress of women, people of color, and other historically underrepresented groups and understand avenues to consider moving towards a more equitable culture.

Learn more about the Signature Seminar Series.

Members – register for this Seminar in the Member Resource Center.

2022 Year in Review

The 2022 Year in Review is now available!

We were thrilled to celebrate 10 years of thought leadership, community & collaboration, and engaged with more than 4,000 professionals through events, advisory services, trainings and research projects.

Click HERE to download the 2022 Year in Review.

 

If you have any questions, please contact Jane Caldeira.

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Action Step – Executive Presence In A Hybrid Environment

The Alliance’s Action Steps are designed to assist organizations with implementing practical strategies and policies related to diversity and flexibility. Members can access full versions of all of the Alliance’s Action Steps in the Member Resource Center.

During the pandemic, employees working from home were simultaneously having to manage personal and professional obligations as typical support structures ceased to exist. At that time, the expectation at many organizations was for employees to do their best in terms of how they presented themselves – for example, employees sometimes needed to have cameras off and mute themselves. While many organizations have adopted hybrid and virtual work environments permanently since the pandemic, the rules of engagement have changed or may not be clear. We encourage organizations to clarify norms and expectations, and we recommend that individuals also act with intentionality regarding executive presence…

Members: continue reading this Action Step in the Member Resource Center

To read this entire Action Step become a member of the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance. To learn more contact Manar Morales.

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Special Member Event: 2022 New Partner Report Summit

The 2022 New Partner Report Summit – a special member event designed to provide tangible best practices for advancing women and achieving gender parity – took place on January 18, 2023. The Summit included valuable discussion between Manar Morales, Alliance President & CEO, and three leaders from 4-time “Tipping the Scales” firms:

  • Brenda Carr, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Arnold & Porter
  • Vanessa Vaughn West, Director of Diversity & Inclusion, Lathrop GPM
  • Yusuf Zakir, Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer, Davis Wright Tremaine

Access to the full 2022 New Partner Report is an exclusive member benefit. We invite non-member organizations to learn more about the report here. (Alliance Members can view the entire report in the Member Resource Center.) 

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Shared Sisterhood: How to Take Collective Action for Racial and Gender Equity at Work – February 1, 2023

2023 Signature Seminar

Featuring Dr. Tina Opie & Dr. Beth Livingston

February 1, 2023 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm EST

Making progress toward a more equitable workplace is an important goal for many workplaces. In this Signature Seminar, Manar Morales will interview Drs. Tina Opie and Beth Livingston about their book, Shared Sisterhood: How to Take Collective Action for Racial and Gender Equity at Work, which presents a new approach to achieving gender and racial equity at work. Shared Sisterhood focuses on how to promote authentic connections between people who are different, using social science research and stories from the past and the present to inspire organizations to action.

Members – learn more in the Member Resource Center.