2025 Boot Camp
Offered Virtually & In-Person
VIRTUAL BOOT CAMP
- Monday, February 24 12:30 – 3:30 pm EST and Monday, March 3 12:30 – 3:30 pm EST.
- Registrants must attend both live sessions.
- Early bird pricing ends 1/17/25.
- Includes: Digital materials, interactive platform access, and post-program resources.
IN-PERSON BOOT CAMP
- Thursday, May 8 10:00 am – 4:00 pm EST. (A continental breakfast will be offered at 9:30 am.)
- To be held at the DC Offices of Davis Wright Tremaine, 1301 K St., NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005.
- Early bird pricing ends 4/4/25.
- Includes: Breakfast, lunch, refreshments, comprehensive workbook, and post-program resources.
Transform Your Change Leadership: An Immersive Experience for Legal Industry Leaders
Our 2025 Boot Camp will be offered as a two-part virtual program or a one-day in-person event. We will cover the same material, and provide the same interactive experience, just delivered in two formats to meet the needs, preferences and schedules of a wider group of attendees. You pick the option that works best for you!
This Boot Camp (Virtual) 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.
We encourage non-members to attend this event! Members receive discounted ticket pricing. Please register below.
I would absolutely recommend this Boot Camp! Manar is really an expert at creating a shared culture and any session with her is bound to have a positive impact!
— Previous Boot Camp attendee
Why This Boot Camp is Different: Unlike traditional change management programs, this experience focuses on the unique challenges facing law firms today – from changing leadership, technology advancements, hybrid work models to evolving client expectations. Learn how to inspire rather than mandate change, creating sustainable transformation that aligns with your firm’s culture.
Strategic Leadership Development
- Master the transition from command-and-control to inspire-and-influence leadership
- Develop adaptive leadership capabilities for dynamic environments
- Learn to lead with authenticity and purpose
Talent-Centric Change Architecture
- Design change initiatives that enhance workforce engagement
- Create sustainable transformation aligned with organizational culture
- Build robust talent development frameworks within change processes
Advanced Methodologies
- Apply the proprietary Alliance Framework for change implementation
- Leverage Appreciative Inquiry for strength-based organizational development
- Develop strategic communication approaches for multi-stakeholder environments
Program Highlights
- Interactive learning with real-time application
- Small group work with peer law firm leaders
- Structured networking opportunities
- Take-home frameworks and tools
- Ongoing support resources
We encourage last year’s Boot Camp attendees to attend again this year for enhanced instruction and an opportunity to work on another change initiative. Contact Angela Whitehead Quigley at angela@dfalliance.com if you have any questions.
Please register for the virtual or in-person option to ensure a spot and take advantage of early bird pricing!
TICKET PRICING
For Both Virtual & In-Person Options
MEMBER TICKETS
Early Bird: $695 per person ($50 discount for 2 or more individuals from the same organization)
Regular tickets: $749 per person ($50 discount for 2 or more individuals from the same organization)
NON-MEMBER TICKETS
Early Bird: $795 per person ($50 discount for 2 or more individuals from the same organization)
Regular tickets: $849 per person ($50 discount for 2 or more individuals from the same organization)
2024 Boot Camp: Leading Through Change - A Deep Dive Into Change Management
2024 Boot Camp
March 14, 2024
10:00am – 4:00pm ET
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.
This event is open to professionals from both Alliance member and non-member organizations (law firms, corporations, professional services firms, etc.). Consultants are not eligible to participate.
Registration for the March 14, 2024 Boot Camp has closed.
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.
2023 Boot Camp: Prioritizing Culture & Engagement in an Evolving Workplace
2023 Boot Camp
May 9, 2023
10:00am – 4:00pm ET
Washington, DC office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Prioritizing Culture & Engagement in an Evolving Workplace
The Alliance’s 2023 Boot Camp, Prioritizing Culture & Engagement in an Evolving Workplace was held at the Washington, DC office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher on Tuesday, May 9, from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm ET.
Participants joined us for a one-day, hands-on, interactive boot camp and took a DEEP DIVE into the latest and most innovative best practices for prioritizing your culture and employee engagement.
This Boot Camp was a unique opportunity to roll up your sleeves and actually do the work that will truly change your firm for the better. Participants not only heard from experts on the Alliance team, but also connected with and learned 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 covered:
- 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. This Boot Camp provided participants with the tools and frameworks to help them gain influence with their leadership and support from their colleagues to drive this important shift.
The 2023 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.
Registration for the 2023 Boot Camp has closed.
Please contact Emma Simpkins if you’d like to be emailed about future Boot Camps.
2022 Boot Camp: Flex Launch - In-Depth Strategies for Implementing a Successful Hybrid Working Policy
Flex Launch Boot Camp
The Flex Launch Boot Camp provides attendees with the unique opportunity to learn hands-on, in-depth strategies for creating, developing, implementing, managing, and tracking flexible and hybrid working policies. The Boot Camp provides a foundation for how organizations can fully integrate flexibility and hybrid working into their culture.
Attendees will actively engage with peers and the Alliance team in a small, intimate group. This program is ideal for those responsible for implementing and managing flexible or hybrid working policies and creating an organizational culture that supports flexibility.
The 2022 Flex Launch Boot Camp curriculum included:
- Learning best practices for designing your initiative and the necessary support structures for integrating flex into your culture;
- What’s working in today’s hybrid environment, and what policies you may have always relied on that are now obsolete;
- How to create a new roadmap for your culture when the future is still uncertain; and
- How to continue to honor your commitments to diversity and inclusion as you navigate returning to the office.