2022 Signature Seminar

Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People)

Featuring Amy E. Gallo

September 29, 2022 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm EST

When we’re dealing with difficult people, our creativity, productivity, and engagement suffer. Conflict and stress compromise our ability to think clearly and make sound decisions. In this webinar based on her upcoming book, Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People), workplace expert Amy Gallo provides a research-based, practical guide for how to handle difficult people at work and building interpersonal resilience in the process.

2022 Signature Seminar

Leading Inclusively in a Hybrid Environment

Featuring Manar Morales

July 21, 2022 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm EST

One of the biggest fears that people have with a hybrid working environment is that those working virtually will be disadvantaged. To avoid this issue, it’s critical for organizations to integrate their hybrid and DEI strategies.

Join Alliance President & CEO, Manar Morales in exploring the impact that flexibility has on DEI and key practical strategies on the organizational and individual levels to create a more successful and inclusive hybrid environment. Manar will share strategies that organizations – as well as individual leaders – can implement to foster connection and collaboration and minimize bias in a hybrid workforce.

2022 Signature Seminar

Smarter Collaboration: A New Approach to Breaking Down Barriers and Transforming Work

Featuring Heidi K. Gardner, Ph.D., Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Center on the Legal Profession

June 28, 2022 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm EST

Solving tough problems in a complex world means we need to collaborate smarter. Join Dr. Heidi K. Gardner to examine how organizations earn higher margins, inspire greater customer loyalty, produce more innovative work, and attract and retain the best talent when specialists engage in Smart Collaboration across boundaries. Drawing from her upcoming book, Heidi will help you understand how this Smarter Collaboration impacts DEI, how to execute effective strategies, and how to avoid the potential pitfalls.

Heidi is the author of Washington Post bestseller, Smart Collaboration: How Professionals and Their Firms Succeed by Breaking Down Silos and Smarter Collaboration: A New Approach to Breaking Down Barriers and Transforming Work.

2022 Signature Seminar

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Featuring Vanessa Bohns, Associate Professor of Organizational Development, Cornell University

April 26, 2022 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm EST

If you’ve ever felt ineffective, invisible, or inarticulate, chances are you weren’t actually any of those things. Those feelings may instead have been the result of a lack of awareness we all seem to have for how our words, actions, and even our mere presence affect other people. Join us for a fascinating fireside chat with Dr. Vanessa Bohns about why we should stop searching to gain influence we don’t have and start recognizing and acting on the influence we don’t realize we already have.

2022 Signature Seminar

Tuesday, February 1,  1:00pm EST

Featuring Manar Morales, President & CEO, The Diversity & Flexibility Alliance.

As many organizations plan for their Return to Office, successfully navigating a hybrid workplace is critical. Join Alliance President & CEO, Manar Morales, as she walks you through the strategies and support systems that are essential to the success of your hybrid workforce.

Don’t miss this important seminar which will provide you with guidance on how to build a framework that ensures organizational accountability and support, resulting in thriving leaders and flourishing individual employees.

2021 Signature Seminar

Tuesday, December 7, 2021 – 1:00pm ET

Featuring Vipula Gandhi, Head of US Enterprise & Managing Partner, Gallup

Vipula will share Gallup’s latest research on employee wellbeing and highlights from their latest book, Wellbeing at Work: How to Build Resilient & Thriving Teams

2021 Signature Seminar

Thursday, September 23, 1:00pm EDT

Featuring Mo Bunnell, author of The Snowball System, host of the video podcast Real Relationships Real Revenue and founder of Bunnell Idea Group (BIG).

Have you ever just connected with a new client, prospect or colleague?

It was easy. Time passed by quickly. It even felt…fun.

Here’s the thing: it wasn’t random.

Connecting quickly is a skill that can be understood and learned.

Join us for this power packed session where our business development expert Mo Bunnell will guide us into the science and steps of connectivity.

This session will decode how relationships are deepened. You’ll leave this session with a plan to work together better on client teams, deepen both internal and external relationships, and…bring in the meaty work you want.

2021 Signature Seminar

Friday, September 17, 1:00pm EST

Featuring Manar Morales, President & CEO, The Diversity & Flexibility Alliance.

As many organizations implement their Return to Office plans, it’s critical that flexibility is woven into the fabric of your organizational culture. Join Alliance President & CEO, Manar Morales, as she walks you through the strategies and support systems that are essential to the success of your hybrid workforce. Don’t miss this important seminar which will provide you with detailed guidance on how to maintain your organization’s unique culture while navigating this new phase in the evolution of the future of the workplace.

2021 Signature Seminar

Thursday, July 22, 2021 Thursday, 1:00pm EST

Featuring Tasneem Khokha, Managing Director, GrowthPlay

The year 2020 drastically changed business development for most lawyers. And as things continue to evolve, so do the opportunities and challenges of business development. Now more than ever, investing in authentic relationship building and looking for ways to be a valuable resource to clients is crucial. Putting this into action is especially critical for diverse lawyers, whose ability to stay close to clients and potential clients now will position them well for ongoing success.

This program will equip participants with practical tactics and a renewed approach to creating business development momentum now and into the future. In particular, this program will address:

  • Why staying connected and investing in relationships matters now more than ever
  • How to stay connected when the rules of engagement—especially in person—are constantly evolving
  • Business development activities that are relevant and timely in the current environment and how to prioritize them
  • The more things change, the more they stay the same—a reinforcement of business development best practices that apply in any condition

2021 Signature Seminar

Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 2:00 pm ET

Featuring Paul H. Burton, founder of QuietSpacing.

Others work while we sleep. That has never been truer than it is today. Technology speeds communications up while response time expectations shrink. Organizations grow larger and more distributed, casting people and projects far and near. The only certainty is that this trend will continue for the foreseeable future.

Keeping up with globalism is a daunting prospect. How can we stay abreast without losing sight of the purpose for participating – enjoying rewarding personal and professional lives? What choices do we have and what actions can we take to best serve our clients, our loved ones and ourselves?

This program explores those questions, offering up eighteen suggestions on how to make the most of the time we have in this rapidly expanding playing field. We’ll address the following topics

  • Leveraging Distributed Work Environments. Working with people distributed across differing geographic locations is challenging. Consider these six suggestions on how to leverage this environment.
  • Running the Day Productively. Getting the work done is always Priority One. Here are six ways to accomplish that goal.
  • Demonstrating Leadership. Leadership is a state of mind, regardless of title or position. Choose from these six ways to demonstrate leadership on a global basis.

The workplace grows more global every day. We can react to that fact or we can lean in and participate. Choose to participate by attending this program.