Sessions

Concurrent Session
Gaining the Talent Advantage: Building and Growing an Inclusion and Diversity Strategy
Garden Room (Atrium Lobby Level)
Wednesday 10/25/2017 09:45 AM - 10:45 AM   Add to calendar
1.00 SHRM PDCs | Intended Audience: Mid-Level
Workplace Application:
Learn how to align and integrate an inclusion and diversity framework into your overall strategy to create an environment where the richness of backgrounds and ideas are harnessed to optimize performance, making you better equipped to tackle challenges from today’s multicultural and global marketplace.  

Repeated from Monday at 1:45 p.m.

In this session, you’ll learn how to build and grow an inclusion and diversity (I&D) strategy and optimize performance in attracting, developing and retaining diverse talent. This session will provide tactical strategies in establishing I&D goals that align with overall business strategy and drive I&D accountability with key stakeholders. You will also learn how to develop an I&D framework and build partnerships for success, as well as the importance of translating organizational I&D objectives and strategy to business unit/local relevance and fully integrating I&D into HR processes. You will gain:

  • An understanding of the importance of aligning I&D goals with overall business strategy.
  • Approaches for applying key strategies in building and growing a robust I&D strategy.
  • A heightened awareness of what it will take to optimize performance and have a positive impact on the bottom line.
Nellie  Borrero Photo
Presenter:
Nellie Borrero, global inclusion and diversity managing director,
Accenture