02 April, 2013

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Hosted by Pacific Gas & Electric Headquarters

For a workplace to be inclusive, it must also be culturally competent, sensitive, & responsive to all the challenges shifting demographics brings, leaders & managers require development about their own diverse & inclusive cultural norms & practices. Multicultural competency requires that all members of any workplace community learn how to become competent to realize full engagement and sustainable performance management.

These unique and targeted seminars will enable you to: 

• Redefine your own and your organization's cultural development needs & organizational competence
• Review your current approach to mining & using cultural competency data about the culture, strategy and workforce needs to revise your D&I strategic planning for supporting the business
• Enable culturally competent leadership using tools to identify and address disparities among underrepresented groups 
• Examine cultural communication similarities and differences, styles and their impact on self development, risk taking, & advancement
• Analyze gaps between current and future capital needs for closing such gaps among evidence based emerging majority populations
• Identify intra- and inter-cultural, multicultural differences and perceptions across emerging majorities
• Successfully link D&I’s impact to such factors as engagement and other relevant factors for assessing relationships and effectiveness among all stakeholders

Who should attend

Diversity practitioners, CDOs, HR professionals, EEO leaders, Workforce planning professionals, operational managers, organization development specialists, and all interested in inclusive practices & cultural competency

Tuesday, April 2, 2013 – Day Two

REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST 8–9 AM

GENERAL SESSION A 9:15–10:30 AM

Intra-Cultural Dimensions within Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Cultures

Daphne Kwok, Executive Director, Asians & Pacific Islanders with Disabilities of California

GENERAL SESSION B 10:45 AM–NOON

Leveraging Latinas in the Workplace: Understanding Latinas Unique Cultural Identity and Attributes and its Impact on Professional Mobility

Rose Guilbault, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, AAA Northern CA, Nevada & Utah, and Author, The Latina’s Guide to Success in the Workplace

NETWORKING LUNCHEON NOON–1:30 PM

GENERAL SESSION C 1:30–2:45 PM

A Heritage for Diversity and Engagement, ERGs, and Accountability

Joyce Ibardolasa, Director, Performance and Inclusion, PG&E
Sue Mallah, Senior Diversity Consultant, PG&E

GENERAL SESSION D 3–4:15 PM

Relationship Building Across Your Workplace

Elaine Martyn, Vice President of Development, Global Fund for Women

GENERAL SESSION E 4:30–5 PM

Applied Learning

Day One Agenda (click here)

For speaking and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Denise Sinuk at denise.sinuk@conferenceboard.org.