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2024 Culture Catalyst Boot Camp

Leading Through Change: A Deep Dive Into Change Management

March 14 | 10:00am – 4:00pm | Crowell’s Washington, DC Office

Are you looking to become the change catalyst in your organization?

Our one-day, in-person Culture Catalyst Boot Camp, “Leading Through Change: A Deep Dive Into Change Management, is specially designed for talent, diversity, human resources and organizational leaders who face the unique challenge of managing change while keeping the workforce engaged, motivated, and productive.

Whether you’re dealing with organizational restructuring, adjustments to workplace flexibility, cultural shifts, leadership changes, or technological advancements, the skills and insights gained in this Boot Camp will empower you to lead with confidence and effectiveness.

Be the leader who not only anticipates change but uses it as a catalyst for growth and development in your organization!

Key learning objectives include:

  • Talent-Centric Change Management: Master strategies to manage change with a focus on talent development and engagement.
  • Leadership Self-Assessment: Reflect on your leadership style and its impact on your team’s adaptability and creativity.
  • Cultivating Adaptive Leadership: Transition from traditional leadership methods to adaptive styles that prioritize inspiration, influence, and employee empowerment.
  • Appreciative Inquiry in Talent Management: Learn to apply Appreciative Inquiry specifically to talent management, emphasizing strengths and potential of your workforce.
  • Implementing Sustainable Change: Follow a structured four-step framework (Inspire, Innovate, Implement, Iterate) for implementing change initiatives that align with talent development goals.

This event is ideal for anyone responsible for shaping your organization’s culture, and maximizing employee engagement, productivity and wellbeing.

Please contact Emma Simpkins if you have any questions or need assistance.

The 2024 Boot Camp has been approved for 5 SHRM Professional Development Credits. The Diversity & Flexibility Alliance is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities.

Members – please join us an upcoming Innovation Circle for Diversity & Talent Leaders:

January 29, 2024 | 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 or DE&I Director
  • Chief People Officer or Director
  • Chief Talent Officer or Talent Director
  • Chief HR Officer or HR Director

Members – register for this event in the Member Resource Center or by emailing Emma Simpkins.

Tamika Tremaglio headshotWe are thrilled to announce Tamika TremaglioExecutive Director of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), as the Closing Keynote Speaker for the Alliance’s 2023 Annual Conference.

As Executive Director, she works on behalf of NBA players to ensure their rights are protected and that they are fairly compensated for the value they bring to the court and as ambassadors of the game around the world. Tremaglio began her 4-year term as executive director in January 2022.

Prior to joining the NBPA, Tremaglio served as the Managing Principal for Deloitte’s Greater Washington offices where she managed over 15,000 professionals across 17 offices that provided market-leading audit, tax, advisory, and consulting services. At Deloitte, Tremaglio built a thriving practice and advised a diverse range of clients on high-profile matters relating to strategy development, corporate governance, talent management, organizational alignment, risk management, and regulatory compliance. Tremaglio held several leadership positions at Deloitte in both the business and talent areas of the firm before she was appointed Managing Principal for the Greater Washington Area in 2017.

In addition to her professional achievements, Tremaglio has dedicated a tremendous amount of time and effort to give back to her community through volunteering, mentorship, and board service.

The 2023 Annual Conference will focus on the rapidly changing global workplace and how organizations can thrive by meeting the needs of their people in this ever-evolving environment. Humanizing the Workplace: Thriving Beyond the Global Reset will be held in-person on Thursday, November 2 at the Washington, DC offices of Akin Gump (2001 K Street, NW).

2023 Leadership Symposium | Session 3

We’ve Got This! Unlocking Belonging in Organizations

Featuring Ritu Bhasin, CEO, bhasin consulting inc.

December 12, 2023, 1:00pm ET

Many team members feel constant pressure to mask and curate who they are at work—to perform as someone they’re not rather than be who we are. And it strikes at their ability to belong. But, as leaders, by cultivating psychological safety, trust, inclusion, and creativity in how we work, we can unlock belonging in our organizations for everyone. In this practical, research-driven session, we will cover:

  • The key pillars for unlocking belonging in your organization as a leader
  • How to leverage the Three Selves Framework™ in how you lead and manage teams and stakeholders
  • How to create cultures that are rooted in belonging, psychological safety, trust, inclusion, innovation, and empowerment
  • Leadership strategies for fostering empathy, authenticity, and trust

This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 1.0 hour of total CLE credit. Of these, 1.0 qualify as hours of credit for diversity, inclusion and elimination of bias (BCLE Reg. 302:1). 

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.

Are you ready to humanize your workplace?

As the global workplace continues to change, we’re faced with a myriad of complex challenges.

  • How can we evolve to meet the needs of employees in this uncertain economic landscape?
  • How do we reiterate our policies and cultures, while leveraging technology?
  • How do we ensure that diversity, equity and inclusion are central to our people strategy?
  • How do we stay competitive in an ever-present battle for top talent?

Join us on November 2, along with prominent thought leaders from around the world committed to strategically addressing the future of the workplace! Our 2023 Annual Conference will focus on the rapidly changing global workplace and how organizations can thrive by meeting the needs of their people in this ever-evolving environment! Humanizing the Workplace: Thriving Beyond the Global Reset will be held in-person on Thursday, November 2 at the Washington, DC offices of Akin Gump (2001 K Street, NW).

Don’t miss our 2023 Keynote presented by Dr. Jill Tiefenthaler, Chief Executive Officer of the National Geographic Society, the first woman CEO in the organization’s 134-year history, Jill has a deep commitment to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion and is leading an effort to amplify the voices of women and those from underrepresented groups at the Society.

Under her leadership, the Society is prioritizing diversity and inclusion in the next generation of National Geographic Explorers, has built a senior team that is 60% women, and developed a board of trustees with equal numbers of women and men. Don’t miss Jill’s fascinating and inspiring keynote!

Members – please join us for two upcoming Innovation Circles:

Talent Leaders September 11, 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 September 22, 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 Emma Simpkins.

2023 Annual Conference

Humanizing the Workplace: Thriving Beyond the Global Reset

November 2, 2023 | Washington, DC

As the global workplace continues to change, we’re faced with a myriad of complex challenges.

  • How can we evolve to meet the needs of employees in this uncertain economic landscape?
  • How do we reiterate our policies and cultures, while leveraging technology?
  • How do we ensure that diversity, equity and inclusion are central to our people strategy?
  • How do we stay competitive in an ever-present battle for top talent?

Join us on November 2, along with prominent thought leaders from around the world committed to strategically addressing the future of the workplace! Our 2023 Annual Conference will focus on the rapidly changing global workplace and how organizations can thrive by meeting the needs of their people in this ever-evolving environment!

Are you ready to humanize your workplace?

Don’t miss Humanizing the Workplace: Thriving Beyond the Global Reset to be held in-person on Thursday, November 2 at the Washington, DC offices of Akin (2001 K St NW).

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.

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.

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.