HR Training 2020 - Corporate Response to the Black Lives Matter Movement

Overview
Join us to learn best practices for responding to the Black Lives Matter movement, how to take action as an organization and become an ally that can to make a difference.
We will include terminology to become familiar with, such as allyship and white fragility, while providing actionable steps your organization could take to support the movement, which will also ultimately result in your ability to engage and attract current and future talent and customers, while having a positive impact on equality, fairness and inclusion.
While many organizations have put out a public statement regarding their stance, some organizations aren’t realizing that there are institutionalized systems in place in their own organization that contradict the message. Join us to hear more about how to steer clear of this embarrassing situation and aviod losing your best employees and customers and damaging your brand.
Why should you Attend
The Black community has suffered from systemic racism for too long. Don't become complicit in your silence. Support your employees and support Black people in this movement. Don’t lose top talent or deter them from applying due to inaction or lack of support. Learn what steps you can take and how to educate your employees as well!
Areas Covered in the Session
Why be an ally?
What "allyship" in the Black Lives Matter movement really means
How employment branding and corporate social responsibility can impact your talent pool
Authentic actions of an ally and how to "walk the talk'
What to include in your public statement about the movement
How to take action as an organization and equip your employees to become educated in the movement
Innovative case examples
Your questions
Who Will Benefit
Corporate Social Responsibility
HR
Diversity
Marketing
Speaker Profile
Dr. B. Lynn Ware, Ph.D. , President and CEO As CEO of Integral Talent Systems, Inc. (ITS) based in Silicon Valley, California, Dr. Ware is an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist who has practiced for over 25 years in the talent management field with a strong focus on how to increase employee productivity for the benefit of achieving business goals.
Dr. Ware has created a process to build, measure, and improve an organization’s employee engagement program. This process has helped to increase engagement, productivity, and organizational commitment.
Dr. Ware has consulted on the creation of employee engagement surveys for several of the top Fortune 500 corporations. She has frequently been quoted on trends in talent management strategies in numerous publications such as the Associated Press, Computer World magazine, Network World and the San Francisco Chronicle, and has been featured several times on CNN as a national talent management expert.