Programs & Events

 

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Leading Through Change – September 26, 2023

2023 Leadership Symposium | Session 2

Leading Through Change

Featuring:

Manar Morales, President & CEO, Diversity & Flexibility Alliance

September 26, 2023 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET

As a leader in your organization, you understand the challenges of adapting to the ever evolving workplace. Applying an organizational methodology to approve any change initiatives within your organization is critical. Appreciative inquiry is a strengths-based approach for promoting strategic change. It promotes examining and highlighting the best features in a particular initiative and designing a future state drawing on those strengths. While appreciative inquiry does not ignore problems, it transforms initiatives through engagement and envisioning solutions through successes. Join Alliance President & CEO, Manar Morales for ways to implement this methodology into your organization’s strategic planning.

This event is open to all individuals at Champion and Leader member organizations. If you are an Advocate member and would like to learn more about purchasing access to the Leadership Symposium, contact Angela Whitehead Quigley.

Learn more about the Leadership Symposium here.

CHAMPION & LEADER MEMBERS - REGISTER HERE
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Insights into Effective Team Building – July 18, 2023

2023 Leadership Symposium | Session 1

Insights into Effective Team Building

Featuring:

Dr. Milana Hogan, author of the ABA report Leveraging Grit and Growth Mindset to Drive Team Success

Ben Sachs, author of All Rise: Practical Tips for Building High-Performance Legal Teams

July 18, 2023 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET

Attorneys need high-performing teams that can work well under pressure. But in many organizations, especially large firms, attorneys are often left on their own to figure out how to build their teams, resulting in inconsistent and haphazard management that makes even the best performers feel like cogs in a machine. Further, as leaders in legal organizations strive to create cultures of well being and resilience in their organizations, creating gritty and growth mindset teams not only fosters an environment for lawyers to do their best work but creates an environment that increases health and wellness and decreases burnout. Join us for a fireside chat led by the Alliance’s Manar Morales where Dr. Milana Hogan, an expert in grit and growth mindset, Ben Sachs, an expert in management, strategy, and negotiation will share their research and expertise on the practical tools needed to impact the development of successful and engaged teams in the legal industry and beyond.

This event is open to all individuals at Champion and Leader member organizations. If you are an Advocate member and would like to learn more about purchasing access to the Leadership Symposium, contact Angela Whitehead Quigley.

Learn more about the Leadership Symposium here.

CHAMPION & LEADER MEMBERS - REGISTER HERE
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Successes in New Attorney Integration – July 25, 2023

2023 Signature Seminar

Successes in New Attorney Integration – A Case Study

Featuring Shannon Burke, Director of Talent Development & Stacey Kielbasa, Chief Talent Officer, Chapman and Cutler LLP

July 25, 2023 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET

Onboarding new attorneys in the last few years has required an examination and overhaul of firm integration processes. The data gathered from NALP evidences that the rate of lateral attorney attrition is higher than other attorneys. Many new associates who have only ever worked in a hybrid environment need unique guidance as they launch their careers. What can law firms do to more successfully integrate new attorneys into their practice groups and firms and reduce the attrition rate? Join Shannon and Stacey as they share with you lessons learned from the creation of a Lateral Attorney Integration Program and intentional new associate onboarding at their firm.

This event is open to all individuals at member organizations.

Learn more about the Signature Seminar Series here.

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2023 Bootcamp: Prioritizing Culture & Engagement in an Evolving Workplace

May 9 | 10:00am – 4:00pm | Washington, DC 

The Alliance’s 2023 Bootcamp, Prioritizing Culture & Engagement in an Evolving Workplace will be held at the Washington, DC office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher on Tuesday, May 9, from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm ET.

Join us for a one-day, hands-on, interactive bootcamp and take a DEEP DIVE into the latest and most innovative best practices for prioritizing your culture and employee engagement.

This is a unique opportunity to roll up your sleeves and actually do the work that will truly change your firm for the better. You’ll not only hear from experts on the Alliance team, but you’ll also connect with and learn from a small group of peers in our community.

In countless conversations with our members, we’ve heard about the challenges you’re facing to maintain culture and engagement in today’s workplace – office attendance mandates, equitable hybrid policies, maintaining culture, and addressing training gaps for new hires – to name a few…

This in-person workshop will cover:

  • Optimizing your organizational culture when not everyone is in the office;
  • Ensuring high levels of employee engagement, productivity & performance;
  • Amplifying hybrid team connection and collaboration;
  • Designing a compelling “Return on Experience“;
  • Ensuring effective hybrid meetings;
  • Improving virtual and in-person mentoring systems;
  • Amplifying your new employee integration process; and
  • Advancing wellbeing and inclusion.

Successfully navigating this new, evolving workplace requires a fundamental shift in organizational culture. We will provide you with the tools and frameworks to help you gain influence with your leadership and support from your colleagues to drive this important shift.

Members: $495 ($445 for 2 or more tickets)

Non-Members: $695 ($625 for 2 or more tickets)

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Please reach out to Angela Whitehead Quigley if you have any questions.

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Upcoming Innovation Circles for Talent & Diversity Leaders

Members – please join us for two upcoming Innovation Circles:

Talent Leaders

June 5, 2023 | 1:00pm – 2:30pm EST

We invite individuals at member organizations who hold the following roles (or the equivalent thereof in your organization) to register:

  • Chief People Officer or Director
  • Chief Talent Officer or Director
  • Chief HR Officer or Director

Diversity Leaders

June 12, 2023 | 1:00pm – 2:30pm EST

We invite individuals at member organizations who hold the following roles (or the equivalent thereof in your organization) to register:

  • Chief Diversity Officer
  • Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Members – register for these events in the Member Resource Center or by emailing Irena McGrath.

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Upcoming Innovation Circle for Talent & Diversity Managers

Members – please join us for an upcoming Innovation Circle:

Talent & Diversity Managers

April 21, 2023 | 1:00pm – 2:30pm EST

We invite individuals at member organizations who hold the following roles (or the equivalent thereof in your organization) to register:

  • Talent Manager
  • HR Manager
  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Manager

Members – register for these events in the Member Resource Center or by emailing Irena McGrath.

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Flexibility Benchmarking Summit

Save the Date! April 4, 2023 | 1:00pm – 2:30pm ET

The Flexibility Benchmarking Summit is a special event designed to provide a sneak peak at the results of our 2022 Law Firm Flexibility Benchmarking Survey. All individuals at member organizations, as well as survey participants, are invited to attend this event.

During the event, we will share trends and best practices in workplace flexibility, hybrid and leave policies implemented at law firms and the types of support available for those who work flexibly. The Summit will include valuable discussions between Manar Morales, Alliance President & CEO, and leaders from firms with innovative policies and practices in the areas of workplace flexibility and caregiver leave:

Members – learn more in the Member Resource Center.

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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.

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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.