Workplace Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity and Inclusion

A diverse and dynamic world.
Diversity executives have to build their staffs while maintaining a sense of cohesion and inclusion in their companies. As they work to break down outdated norms and help their companies prepare for the future, these executives seek innovations to help them respond to new and difficult challenges. The Conference Board Diversity and Inclusion Program helps corporations through performance-strengthening practices and comparative analysis.

Events/Forums

Conferences

Women’s Leadership Conference
The Face of Business Today

Diversity in Higher Education Conference
Reframing the Diversity Imperative in Academe: Challenges & Opportunities in the 21st Century

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Councils

Council of Global Diversity & Inclusion Executives
Recognizes the growing importance of diversity in the workplace.

Asia-Pacific Diversity and Work-Life Strategy Council
The mission of the Council is to help organizations improve their corporate culture, fostering innovation and thinking long-term sustainability through the development and implementation of diversity and work-life strategy initiatives.

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Research Working Group

Knowledge Transfer in a Digital World: Using New Media Across Multiple Generations and Geographies
The group will also explore the specific topics of what is truly unique about Millennials, reverse mentoring, collaborative learning methods, and the cultural aspects of cross-generational knowledge transfer.

Managing an Aging Workforce in the Nonprofit Sector
This working group will address challenges related to aging and a multigenerational workforce that may have a tremendous impact on the stability, growth, and potential of the nonprofit sector in coming years.

Webcasts

Business Ethics

Webcast

Conference KeyNotes: Senior HR Executive
Driving HR Business Partnerships

The Changing Productivity Story: Trends in Productivity, Employment, and Growth

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Publications

Executive Action Reports
Clearing Paths for Critical Foreign Talent to Work in the United States The future growth of many smaller businesses may depend upon recruiting highly skilled foreign workers for key jobs. That means becoming better acquainted with the complexities of the immigration code.		Huddled Masses? Why Helping Immigrants Helps Companies Immigration is a hot-button issue. When it comes to corporate philanthropy, the target should be immigrant integration. The payoff to both business and society can be handsome.
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Research Reports
Meeting the Challenges of a Dispersed Workforce: Managing Across Language, Culture, Time and Location This Working Group Report discusses issues like payoff from effective distance management, and selecting and developing employees for distance work.		Leadership, Governance, and Accountability: A Pathway to a Diverse and Inclusive Organization This report has profiled organizations that have strategically aligned diversity and inclusion practices with general business goals.
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