Racial conflicts between employees can sometimes occur in the workplace and if mishandled, these situations can become explosive. Learn more about the undercurrents of racial tensions and methods for productively resolving these challenges.

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and similar networks are growing, but member engagement is often limited to occasional social gatherings. Here, we will emphasize how companies can better support ERGs and more fully realize the value they can add to companies. ​

Many companies proudly articulate their commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and spend time developing EDI goals. In this session, we’ll share tactics to empower managers and evaluate their contributions to the advancement of these goals.

Executives and managers often play influential roles in facilitating the advancement of team members to higher-level positions in organizations. Learn equitable approaches to investing in the career ascension of employees of color.

Reliance on the same recruitment strategies year after year often yields the same outcome: stagnation. Strategic, innovative methods for attracting more diverse candidate pools and ultimately hiring greater numbers of professionals of color will be presented.

Most professionals avoid talking about racial issues with their colleagues. The consequences of avoidance will be explained and strategies for engaging in productive conversations about race in the workplace will be provided.

Learn how encounters with various forms of racism—both inside and outside of the workplace—affects employee wellness, experiences, productivity, and turnover. Several examples, ranging from racial microaggressions to overt forms of racism, will be explored.