A Fireside Chat featuring Dr. Sunita Sah, Professor of Management & Organizations at the Cornell University SC Johnson School of Business, and Manar Morales, Founder & CEO of DFA.
December 2, 2025 | 1:00 pm ET
More information and registration coming soon!
Registration is now open for the 2025 DFA Annual Conference! Here are 5 reasons you won’t want to miss it.
We’re thrilled to invite you to the 2025 DFA Annual Conference, a day designed for leaders who are ready to meet this moment of change with clarity, courage, and connection.
Work is evolving at a rapid pace. From AI and automation to rising expectations around flexibility and return-to-office policies, the future demands a new kind of leadership: bold, human-centered, and prepared for what’s next.
That’s exactly what this year’s conference delivers.
Held in Washington, DC on November 5th, this high-impact event brings together trailblazers and thought leaders for a full day of learning, insight, and action.
Here are five reasons you’ll want to be in the room:
DFA members receive two complimentary tickets. Be sure to reserve yours by September 19 to ensure availability.
The Diversity & Flexibility Alliance’s Leadership Symposium is a series of virtual seminars for individuals at member organizations looking to expand their personal leadership style and business acumen. The 2025 curriculum includes:
Session 1:
Living Your All™: Empowering Individuals to Lead Well, Live Well and Stay Well
Featuring Manar Morales, Founder & CEO, DFA
September 30 | 1:00 pm ET
Living Your All™: Empowering individuals to Lead Well, Live Well and Stay Well will introduce a new way of thinking about success, one where personal well-being and professional excellence work together. You’ll explore how to support your own energy and purpose while creating the conditions for your team and organization to thrive. We’ll also walk through the PRISM™ framework, a practical tool to help you apply these ideas in your daily leadership.
Session 2:
Becoming A More Conflict-Intelligent Leader
Featuring Dr. Jeanine W. Turner, Professor, Georgetown University
October 22 | 1:00 pm ET
Successful conflict can be a necessary and integral part of innovative and creative organizations. However, leaders can find it difficult to create a space where constructive disagreement can lead to breakthrough opportunities. The first step towards this environment involves gaining self-awareness about your own conflict style and developing a curiosity about how the rest of your team approaches conflict. This seminar will explore the five conflict styles that individuals bring to a conversation and provide strategies for addressing these styles and communicating about them in your team.
Session 3:
HumaAIn – Empowering Inclusion with Technology
Featuring: Noelle Russell, CEO, AI Leadership Institute
September 11 | 1:00 pm ET
AI innovator Noelle Russell has dedicated her career to helping organizations understand AI’s capabilities, as well as how it can be implemented to create revenue-generating opportunities while maintaining the human element within their teams. Russell will discuss the real, tangible ways artificial intelligence can be utilized every day to improve businesses and the world. She will also walk participants through what it takes to build solutions that spark growth within organizations and serve more people by creating inclusive teams that are empathetic, courageous, and leverage varying perspectives as the foundation of innovation. She will also address the implications of building AI solutions that augment human ingenuity in business — thus improving the employee and customer experience.
Organization-wide registration is included with DFA Leader and Champion memberships. Champion & Leader Members: Register in the Member Resource Center.
Not a member? Contact us for more information.
September 17, 2025 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET
Featuring Dr. Daniel Wendler, Clinical Psychologist and Founder, ImproveYourSocialSkills.com
Successful organizations owe their success to their team. When organizational leaders encourage their employees to reach their full potential, the company flourishes.
Unfortunately, many organizations squander the potential of their neurodivergent employees, such as those with autism or ADHD. Neurodivergent people might struggle to get a fair hearing for their ideas due to stigma, or might find it difficult to work at their full potential in an environment that isn’t set up to support them.
Conversely, organizations that support their neurodivergent workers have a powerful competitive advantage. And it’s not hard to do. By following a few simple principles, any organization can create an environment where a neurodiverse team can excel – and where everyone feels great about showing up each day.
Learn from autistic neurodiversity expert Dr. Daniel Wendler the best practices for creating an inclusive work environment that celebrates and empowers neurodivergent employees. You’ll gain practical tools for helping your organization become a more inclusive workplace, whether you’re a leader or team member, and whether you are neurotypical or neurodivergent yourself. Don’t miss it!
Members: Register in the Member Resource Center or by contacting Mira Harris.
This event is open to all individuals at member organizations. Can’t join us on September 17th? Register to receive a copy of the recording in your inbox the day after the program.
Not a member? Contact us for more information.
July 24, 2025 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET
Featuring:
Join us on Thursday, July 24, 2025, for an exclusive first look at DFA’s Sabbatical Impact Report, a deep dive into how organizations are using sabbatical programs to improve wellbeing, prevent burnout, strengthen retention, and support long-term performance.
You’ll hear fresh data, real examples of successful programs, and best practices for designing sabbaticals in your organization. Whether you’re exploring how to launch a new sabbatical program or strengthen an existing one, this session will give you the insights and tools you need to cultivate a supportive, thriving work culture.
Members: Register in the Member Resource Center or by contacting Mira Harris.
This event is open to all individuals at member organizations. Can’t join us on July 24th? Register to receive a copy of the recording in your inbox the day after the program.
Not a member? Contact us for more information.
May 21, 2025 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET
Featuring Manar Morales, Founder & CEO, the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance
In today’s fast-moving world, effective leadership starts with how we manage ourselves. Join Manar Morales for an interactive 60-minute session exploring the critical space between external triggers and our responses—where true leadership begins.
In this session, you’ll explore how to:
Whether facing organizational shifts, industry disruption, or personal transitions, you’ll walk away with practical tools to navigate uncertainty with clarity, purpose, and confidence when certainty is in short supply. Through evidence-based insights and interactive exercises, this session helps you move from surviving change to discovering new possibilities within it.
Members: Register in the Member Resource Center or by contacting Mira Harris.
This event is open to all individuals at member organizations. Can’t join us live? Register to receive a copy of the recording in your inbox the day after the program.
Not a member? Contact us for more information.
Change is inevitable, but how leaders approach it makes all the difference. When change aligns with culture, it fosters trust, engagement, and long-term success. When it doesn’t, resistance builds, and momentum stalls.
At the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance Driving Change Boot Camp, we help leaders shape change in a way that strengthens workplace culture, builds trust, and drives engagement.
Whether you’re implementing new policies, launching a key initiative, bringing a team together, or seeking buy-in for a strategic shift, this hands-on session will equip you with the tools to ensure your team moves forward with clarity, collaboration, and a shared sense of purpose.
Who Should Attend?
This Boot Camp is designed for:
Don’t wait—secure your spot today and transform the way you lead change!
April 25, 2025 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET
This Innovation Circle will focus specifically on Revisiting Hybrid Work Policies. Please come ready to share and participate in the facilitated conversation.
We invite individuals at member organizations who hold the following roles (or the equivalent thereof in your organization) to register:
Not a member? Contact Angela Whitehead Quigley to learn more.
April 3 2025 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET
Featuring Manar Morales, Founder & CEO, the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance
In times of uncertainty, leaders often find themselves reacting rather than leading with intention. The way you navigate challenges leaves a lasting impression, shaping how people perceive your leadership and your organization’s identity. It takes shape through values, behaviors, and daily experiences that influence how people connect, contribute, and grow. Whether it’s managing return to office mandates or challenges to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, this program will provide you with a framework to define culture and engage in purpose driven conversations.
Members: Register in the Member Resource Center or by contacting Mira Harris.
This event is open to all individuals at member organizations. Can’t join us live? Register to receive a copy of the recording in your inbox the day after the program.
Not a member? Contact us for more information.
February 18, 2025 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET
Featuring Maha Abouelenein, founder of Digital & Savvy, best-selling author of 7 Rules of Self-Reliance, and host of the Savvy Talk podcast
As the CEO of Digital & Savvy, a global communications consulting firm with offices in the United States and United Arab Emirates, Maha has been instrumental in orchestrating transformations in communication strategies for clients that include global corporate giants, high-growth startups, sports organizations, top governments, CEOs, and high-net-worth individuals. Raised and educated in the United States to Egyptian parents, Maha is at home in both Western and Arab worlds, offering a global perspective that translates into her work.
Maha’s 2/18 webinar will be based on her book, 7 Rules of Self-Reliance: How to Stay Low, Keep Moving, Invest in Yourself and Own Your Future, a USA TODAY bestseller that provides a transformative guide on mastering self-reliance. In this fascinating presentation, Maha will share her top strategies that fuel resilience, empower leaders, and inspire people to create their own opportunities.
Members: Register in the Member Resource Center or by contacting Mira Harris.
This event is open to all individuals at member organizations. Can’t join us live? Register to receive a copy of the recording in your inbox the day after the program.
Not a member? Contact us for more information.