Sessions
Smart Stage
Maximizing Inclusion While Minimizing Backlash
Smart Stage: 201/202
Workplace Application:
Learn tactics to recognize, reduce and/or eliminate practices that tend to create backlash related to inclusion and diversity by using a strategic inclusion model.
Resistance to DEI efforts can create barriers to organizational progress and success. Eric will highlight a strategic inclusion model that minimizes backlash from employees who may feel excluded by a focus on DEI. Successful implementation strategies will be shared that have accelerated program adoption in several Fortune 500 companies and other leading organizations.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify DEI practices that can cause employee backlash.
- Describe the Inclusion Power 3 Model for mitigating backlash.
- Provide specific tips that will assist Inclusion Leaders in gaining more buy-in and less resistance to their efforts.