Sessions
Concurrent Session
Advancing Diversity of Thought as Your Company’s Competitive Advantage
Seacliff CD (Bay Level)
Wednesday 10/25/2017 09:45 AM - 10:45 AM
1.00 SHRM PDCs
| Competencies: Leadership & Navigation, Global & Cultural Effectiveness
| Intended Audience: Senior-Level
Workplace Application:
Learn how to apply strategic concepts to inform management-level discussions at your workplace around organizational strategy and culture.
While widely acknowledged that gender and ethnically diverse companies are more likely to outperform respective industry medians, HR leaders also recognize that promoting diversity of thought is critical to realizing a high-performance culture. Hear from a global HR leader with more than 20 years of experience in Fortune 500, start-ups and financial services settings across North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa on how this concept could provide a competitive advantage to your organization. In this session, you will:
- Gain a high-level understanding of the 'diversity of thought' concept and its importance in building a high-performance culture.
- Gain insights on how to weave the diversity of thought concept throughout their diversity and inclusion efforts and inspire action.
- Learn concepts on how to educate recruiters and managers on practices to hire for more thought diversity.
