D&I Best Practices Leadership Forum

When: April 4, 9:00 – 3:00

Where:  EAB’s D.C. Office, 2445 M St NW, Washington D.C. 20037

Join us for the Diversity and Inclusion Best Practices Leadership Forum!

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This not-to-be-missed, complimentary D&I Best Practices event will introduce ways to take your D&I initiatives to the next level. By providing support across multiple dimensions of diversity and keeping the effort front and center in your organization, your efforts are sure to gain traction!

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Agenda

8:00am – 9:00am	Breakfast & Registration	PRISM Team
9:00am – 9:15am	Welcome/ Ice Breaker Activity	Bobby Gordon Vice President of Client Relationships, PRISM International, Inc.
9:15am – 10:30am	The Elephant We Can’t See By tackling the “elephant” and confronting the unconscious biases, micro-inequities and cultural misunderstandings we all carry, we can remove judgments that can hinder or even derail trust, relationships, engagement, leadership, and performance.	Michael Fosberg Author & Actor, Incognito, Inc.
10:30am – 10:45am	BREAK
10:45am – 12:00pm	Applying Lessons from The Elephant We Can’t See Understand the impact of our identity through the power of storytelling. Experience the impact of identity personally and professionally. Taking responsibility for more constructive dialogues about race to reduce anxiety and focus on ongoing solutions. Provide awareness & tools to strengthen relationships, build trust, and increase engagement for better business results.	Darrell Butler Senior Consultant/Facilitator
12:00pm – 12:45pm	LUNCH and NETWORKING
12:45PM – 2:00PM	Building Allies for ERGs, BRGs and Beyond Increasingly, organizations are using allies to help magnify the voice of under-represented groups. However, there is little clarity about the ally role and how allies can most effectively serve the organization. In this session, we will explore the do’s and don’ts of being an ally and the impact they can have on creating a culture of openness and engagement.	Ancella Livers President, PRISM International, Inc. Chief Innovation Officer, Talent Dimensions
2:00pm – 2:15pm	BREAK
2:15– 3:00pm	Leverage Inclusion, Drive Engagement Engagement and Inclusion are two important pillars in an organization’s talent development strategy.  Individually they are powerful, together they achieve exponential results.  The ‘why’ is obvious, but what about the ‘how’?  In this interactive session Lindy Williams and Lynn Cowart will introduce you to the keys to identifying one’s values; how that understanding supports building an engaged and inclusive environment; and how you can influence the individual, the team and the organization through values, to achieve the common goal of workplace commitment.	Lynn Cowart Chief Operating Officer, Talent Dimensions Lindy Williams Senior Consultant, Talent Dimensions
3:00pm	Closing/ Wrap Up	Cile Johnson Chief Business Officer, Talent Dimensions

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About the Presenters

Chicago native Michael Fosberg has been working to create a national dialogue on race and identity since 2001 when he launched his one-man autobiographical play Incognito. The author-activist has used the unique presentation, along with engaging interactive training sessions and speeches, to embrace diversity in an effort to change corporate and organization cultures.

He has been a frequent guest in the media speaking as an expert on race and identity issues. His travels have taken him across the country facilitating meaningful conversations at educational institutions, corporations, government agencies and military bases. His highly praised memoir; Incognito: An American Odyssey of Race and Self Discovery, was published in 2011 and he is currently working on a second book about his efforts to provoke conversations about race over the past ten years. In addition he is crafting his revelatory life story into a screenplay as well as a dynamic E-Learning platform.

Darrell Butler specializes in work environment productivity through personal empowerment and inclusion. He is recognized as a leading resource in the field of leveraging diversity and professional development. For more than 10 years he has assisted major companies, non-profit organizations, and government and academic institutions with innovative strategies to transform relationships to high-performance results. Darrell has facilitated diversity, empowerment, and work-life balance training courses to all levels of organizations across many industries. He has also motivated audiences through keynote speeches, leadership seminars, and individual coaching.

Darrell’s work experience includes 10 years with Merck & Co, Inc. where he was Director of Work Environment and led the diversity and work-life initiatives for the sales and marketing division in the U.S., Latin America and Canada. In this role he designed and implemented diversity training programs, a comprehensive strategic diversity process, and numerous work environment assessment and productivity tools. In addition, his Merck experience extends beyond the area of human resources to include positions in sales, market research, and sales management where he managed business teams responsible for over $30 million in sales and achieved up to 800% product sales growth.

Darrell earned a Bachelor’s degree in Animal Physiology and Anatomy from Cornell University and a Masters in Business Administration from the John M. Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis.

Prism President Ancella Livers is a skilled diversity and leadership development professional. She is the co-author of the book, Leading in Black and White and the HBR classic “Dear White Boss.” She has also written numerous articles, chapters, and reports on equity, diversity, and inclusion. In addition, for several years, she has written a blog focused on women of color in corporate America. In her TEDx talk, she discussed mutuality, which offered a new view of diversity and begins to chart an original way forward.

Prior to her work in the diversity and leadership development field, Ancella was an assistant professor at the West Virginia University School of Journalism. She also spent a decade as a newspaper journalist and held roles as acting business editor and Capitol Hill reporter for Gannett News Service.

Ancella holds a B.S. in Mass Communications from Hampton University, a M.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University, and a M.A. and PH.D. in History from Carnegie Mellon University. She is also an executive coach and has served on several boards.

Lynn Cowart is the Chief Operating Officer for Talent Dimensions. Lynn’s career spans multiple industries working with senior leaders in support of their long term strategic goals in talent management and learning and development. Through the lens of retention, engagement and career development, her corporate experience with GE, Martin Marietta and Lockheed Martin has helped propel her clients to consistently achieve operational success through value creation.

In her role as Chief Operations Officer, Lynn is responsible for global delivery and solutions development, along with ensuring organizational excellence for Talent Dimensions and its clients.

Lynn recently co-authored the book, ‘Up is Not the Only Way – Rethinking Career Mobility’ with Bev Kaye and Lindy Williams, challenging leaders and employees to re-imagine what it takes to achieve ultimate career success through a true mobility mindset.