Workshops

We all want to feel valued, recognized, empowered and to feel that we belong at work, that is why diversity and inclusion is so important for winning the top talents today. It is no longer a good to have, but a need to have. But how do you ensure that our talent processes is free from bias and discrimination? How can we identify and mitigate bias in recruitment? How can we empower and develop diverse talents? And how can we create inclusion and belonging so that top talents want to stay? In this workshop, we discuss solutions for debiasing our organizations.

Research shows that many diversity programs fail because leaders are rarely pushed to become truly proximate to the people and issues they discuss during mandatory training. This workshop will outline how leaders and their organizations can develop authentic relationships with marginalized communities. We'll demonstrate common organizational barriers to proximity and approaches to establishing deep community partnership.

In this workshop, you’ll learn how to provide a space to understand one another in times of disagreement and discover creative ways, on a limited budget, to boost engagement and build happier teams. You’ll leave with a clear understanding of why vulnerability and boldness are essential to fostering a culture of empathy—and a few ideas to spark change in your organization.

Are you authentically curious about your teammates?

Have you expanded your diversity checklist beyond race and gender?

Do your teammates bring their “whole selves” to work?

Too often organizations attempt to create a DEI action plan without understanding what was inherited and what no longer serves the organizational mission. It’s rare that what came before was the best of what’s possible when it comes to the work of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.

If we can acknowledge that fact, we are able to move forward with renewed values and objectives. Together we’ll explore how who we’ve been impacts who we are and where we want to go so that your organization’s EDI roadmap has a clear and aspirational true north.

Participants at this workshop will experience how to use gaming and storytelling
techniques to explore and overcome teams' members generational differences.
They will learn about training methods that can be used to activate employees’
intergenerational dialogue and comprehension and how to develop team managers’ D&I
skills thus they can better manage gens’ differences and, consequently, improve teams and organizational performance.

Further, participants will learn about an XY integration project case history: project’s

process, tools, outcomes and elements of transferability.

Join Genesys Global DE&I Director and Professor, Tandalea Mercer for an examination of culturally insensitive language in the workplace, as well as a look back at how the power of words have shaped many of the developments of the past year. From the historical origins of the divisive language dating back to colonialism to a discussion about how we can move away from it, this talk will cover a lot of ground from how words can disrupt inclusion in the workplace to how they may even incite violence. You will also take away practical examples of how to choose intentionality around language as a force for empathy and positive communication, as well as hear a call to action and how Genesys’ core values tie into this.

Have you heard of intersectionality and the helpful framework it provides for all DEI practitioners? But you’re not exactly sure about it in-depth? Let’s take a deep dive in this highly informative workshop! Intersectionality is a term coined in the US, by leading critical race theory scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw. It describes the study of overlapping identities and the interaction of different power structures, such as race, class and gender. Intersectionality helps us to analyze how systemic, institutional and historical oppression affects groups differently and enriches the understanding of how norms are constructed.

This workshop will be helpful for Business Leaders, Head HRs and DEI leads who have been struggling with assessing their organization's D&I strategy and not knowing what steps to take, or how to implement it locally. Being a Global D&I Practitioner for several years, I intend to share global best practices, case-studies and practical advice to elevate one's understanding of DEI. It would be an interactive session and I would touch upon various initiatives that ensure that one's work environment is inclusive for all employees.

Delivered by an ex LinkedIn and Airbnb global recruiter with 11+ years of international HR and recruitment experience in multiple industries and working with cross-cultural teams.

The key of the problem lies in the system of “salary+annual bonus” most commonly used in nowadays corporate world, which:

• Does not take into account an employee performance and results month by month;

• Does not create stimulus for most employees to go an extra mile when it is needed, with no clear and transparent formula to link those extra efforts with the financial compensation

• Does not create an inclusive team spirit between the top management and the rest of the employees