Workplace DEI Action Plan | On-Demand Webinar

Agenda:

Kathleen Nalty, DEI Expert & Consultant
Kathleen Nalty Consulting, LLC

• Understanding the Benefits of DEI: An Overview

• • Talent Imperative

• • • 75% of millennial lawyers surveyed expect their organizations to make DEI a priority
    • 74% of US workers say DEI is important when job hunting

• • Client Imperative

• • • Increasing numbers of clients expect outside counsel to provide diverse teams, which make better decisions compared to homogenous teams

• • Business Benefits

• • • Organizations more advanced in DEI enjoy higher rates of employee engagement, discretionary effort, retention, innovation, ability to change, and more.

• Common Challenges Organizations Face

• • Traditional diversity efforts focused on recruiting and programs have not worked and never will
  • Lack of awareness of how to establish a modern-day DEI initiative; most law firm leaders do not know how to lead their organizations in these areas
  • Transformational DEI requires changes to structures, behaviors and culture, and these deeper level changes are hard to make

• Practical Steps in Developing Actionable DEI Objectives

• • Auditing firm practices regarding 10 hidden barriers and creating action plans
  • Implementing 10 key strategies to advance DEI

• Best Practices for Setting Measurable Goals and Tracking Progress
  • Benchmark progress using a DEI Maturity Model

Ann Thomas, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
Stinson LLP

• Systemic Adjustments
• Policies
• Practices/Procedures
  • De-bias Practices & Procedures
    • Norms
• Common Areas for Systemic Bias
• How to ID Systemic Barriers
• Changes to DEI Post SCOTUS Affirmative Action Decisions
  • DE&I Efforts Post-SFFA Decision
  • Best Practice Guidelines

Edward E. Hubbard, Ph.D. , President & CEO
Hubbard & Hubbard, Inc.
Importance of DEI Metrics & Analytics

• Three Types of Metrics for Measuring DEIBA Impact on the Bottom-line
• Strategies and Tools to Report Your Diversity Initiative’s Impact
• Building Inclusion ROI Metrics
• A Brief Introduction to the Hubbard Diversity ROI Methodology and Associated Sciences

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