Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Strategies for Energy Leaders
February 17, 2022 | Online :: Central Time
The energy sector has charged forward to address issues of diversity, equity and inclusion, but there is still much work to be done. Fewer than half of surveyed energy workers across race and ethnicity were optimistic about their company’s diversity and inclusion in recruitment, hiring, promotion, and leadership roles. (Diversity in the U.S. Energy Workforce, 2021, NASEO)
Current energy leaders must show an understanding of DEI work. Companies have realized that issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion are just as important as corporate finance and governance. Benefits of a diverse workforce include higher productivity, improved performance, increased creativity, and better decision-making. Leaders committed to serving diverse communities effectively should prepare themselves to address three critical challenges: creating a culture of inclusion, setting an expectation for inclusive leadership behavior, and aligning their company with equity issues faced by the communities they serve.
This course brings together thought leaders and energy industry experts for an immersive experience with self-assessment tools, activities, and case studies.
Topics addressed include:
- Creating a Culture of Diversity & Inclusion
- Key Behaviors for Inclusive Leadership
- Equity in the Workplace
- Investing in Employee Growth
- Mapping Out the Evolution of a DEI Initiative
Register now to attend the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion: Best Practices for Energy Leaders course to gain actionable strategies to drive change and innovation for your company.
Learning Outcomes
This course will provide attendees an opportunity to:
- Discuss the intersection of culture and communication
- Explore best practices to make diversity and inclusion a priority
- Discover how your own leadership behavior is perceived through assessment tools
- Describe how to overcome challenges of unconscious bias and exclusionary behavior
- Map out the evolution of inclusion and equity in your company
- Acquire ways to measure success of diversity initiatives
- Demonstrate how to design and implement DEI initiatives, based on case studies and energy sector experience
- Assess the status of diversity in the energy sector and how we can move forward
Thursday, February 17, 2022 : Central Time
8:45 – 9:00 a.m.
Log In and Welcome
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch Break
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Course Timing
9:00 – 9:10 a.m. :: Welcome, Opening Remarks & Introductions
9:10 – 10:45 a.m. :: Creating a Culture of Diversity & Inclusion
While the energy sector has made progress in diversity and inclusion, much more work is needed. The energy industry needs to adopt Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs with action items and measurable results. Sustained diversity is the product of effective inclusion, and this requires not just highlighting principles in marketing campaigns, but systematically creating an internal company culture that supports and values them.
10:45 – 11:00 a.m. :: Short Break
11:00 – 12:30 p.m. :: Culture & Communication
It is important for leaders to use a developmental approach to cultivate cultural competence. During this session, instructors will utilize activities and tools to give insight into cross-cultural skills. Each attendee will participate in a 360-degree leadership development assessment that will reveal how their behavior as a leader is viewed in the workplace.
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. :: Lunch Break
1:30 – 2:45 p.m. :: Key Behaviors for Inclusive Leadership
Leadership from the top is imperative when driving culture change in a large enterprise. Company leaders must establish direction and accountability, and most importantly, must lead by example. Instructors will reveal data from the earlier assessment and give best practices for development of cross-cultural and inclusive skills. This session is focused on removing barriers that impede increased diversity and inclusion of talent.
2:45 – 3:00 p.m. :: Short Break
3:00 – 3:45 p.m. :: Case Studies: An Overview of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives and Implementation Strategies
Sara Oliver-Carter, Chief Diversity Officer, Duquesne City Light
3:45 – 4:45 p.m. :: Developing Your DEI Toolkit
Instructors will share best practices and usable tools and strategies to map out the evolution of your diversity, equity, and inclusion plan. Topics covered include:
- Aligning Initiatives with Strategic Goals
- Diversity Hiring Strategies
- Creating Employee Resource Groups Employee resource groups ERGs) give employees an opportunity to meet like-minded people and share their culture and values.
- Investing in Employee Growth Maintaining diversity at the leadership and management levels can be a challenge. Providing growth opportunities to employees is an excellent strategy to increase leadership diversity and retention of key workers.
- Auditing Your Internal Policies Actionable steps to ensure polices, company handbooks, and job descriptions are inclusive to everyone, regardless of race, gender, or ability.
- How to Measure Success
4:45 – 5:00 p.m. :: Open Q&A and Review
5:00 p.m. :: Course adjourns
Trecia TK McLennon, CEO & Founder, Culturiousity
Trecia TK McLennon (she/her) is an educator, twice published author, communicator, coach and facilitator with a commitment to equity and to leaving the world better for future generations. With a background in corporate communications, knowledge management and learning, she has delivered results to organizations of all sizes and myriad industries.
TK has a BA in Communications (Windsor), an MBA (Aston UK), and certificates in Adult Training and Development (OISE), Intercultural Practice (ICI) and Human Rights Theory and Practice (Osgoode Hall Law). She’s a qualified IDI administrator and a certified training and development professional (CTDP). TK is also CEO and founder of Culturiousity, which delivers cultural competence development for healthy relationships, respect and results.
Operationalizing your DEI Efforts: Practical Approaches & Promising Practices
Friday, February 18, 2022 : Central Time
Overview
Attend this workshop to get an overview of industry-centered to company-centered diversity, equity & inclusion efforts. You’ll come away with an understanding of the fundamentals for success and recommended approaches for driving improvements. The instructor will share tools and resources across all topics.
Workshop Agenda
8:45 – 9:00 a.m.
Log In
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Workshop Timing
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. :: Context/Landscape
- Industry benchmarks
- What does good look like?
9:30 – 9:50 a.m. :: Determining Your Starting Point (How Big is the Gap?)
9:50 – 10:30 a.m. :: Building Blocks
- Setting program aspirations
- Translating aspirations into targets and metrics – considerations for tailoring to your org
- Implementation – incorporating promising practices and avoiding common pitfalls
- Program governance (roles, accountabilities)
- Management review process (how to use effectively and align disclosures)
10:30 – 10:45 a.m. :: Short Break
10:45 – 11:45 a.m. :: A Systems-based Approach Toward DEI – and What It Can Do For Your Program
- Leveraging force multipliers for driving program success
- Anticipating, identifying, and managing barriers that work against program improvement
- Integration – effective program management across complex and varied organizational settings
- Continual improvement
11:45 – 12:00 p.m. :: Open Discussion
12:00 p.m. :: Workshop adjourns
Instructor
Judy Analco, RIMS-CRMP, Consulting Director, Global Lead, Management Systems & Compliance Community, ERM
Ms. Analco is a Consulting Director for ERM, a global sustainability consultancy. A RIMS-certified enterprise risk manager, she has 25+ years of broad, interdisciplinary expertise in integrating business and ESG risks, with a deep interest in organizational resilience. Judy leverages practical, systems-based approaches to help clients anticipate, manage, or exploit known and emerging risks to strategy, brand, operations, reputation, and human capital.
Prior to joining ERM, Judy served as a first-in-the-industry environmental health executive for a major cruise line, and a section head in the public sector responsible for ESG and OHS across 60+ agencies, including an international airport. She is based currently in Durham, NC.
We will be using Microsoft Teams to facilitate your participation in the upcoming event. You do not need to have an existing Teams account in order to participate in the broadcast – the course will play in your browser and you will have the option of using a microphone to speak with the room and ask questions, or type any questions in via the chat window and our on-site representative will relay your question to the instructor.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: After November 30 you will not be able to join a Teams meeting using Internet Explorer 11. Microsoft recommends downloading and installing the Teams app if possible. You may also use the Edge browser or Chrome.
- You will receive a meeting invitation will include a link to join the meeting.
- Separate meeting invitations will be sent for the morning and afternoon sessions of the course.
- You will need to join the appropriate meeting at the appropriate time.
- If you are using a microphone, please ensure that it is muted until such time as you need to ask a question.
- The remote meeting connection will be open approximately 30 minutes before the start of the course. We encourage you to connect as early as possible in case you experience any unforeseen problems.
Please Note: This event is being conducted entirely online. All attendees will connect and attend from their computer, one connection per purchase. For details please see our FAQ
If you are unable to attend at the scheduled date and time, we make recordings available to all registrants for three business days after the event
| Event | Standard Rate | Attendees | |
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| Single Connection - Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Strategies for Energy Leaders | US $ 795.00 | ||
| Pack of 5 connections | US $ 3,180.00 | ||
| Pack of 10 Connections | US $ 5,565.00 | ||
| Pack of 20 Connections | US $ 9,540.00 | ||
| Call us at 303.770.8800 if you have any specific questions on the volume discounts | |||
| * all other discounts do not apply to license packs | |||
This event has the following workshops: | |||
| Operationalizing your DEI Efforts: Practical Approaches & Promising Practices | US $ 495.00 |
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| Pack of 5 Connections | US $ 1980.00 |
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| Pack of 10 Connections | US $ 3465.00 |
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| Pack of 20 Connections | US $ 5940.00 |
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Your registration may be transferred to a member of your organization up to 24 hours in advance of the event. Cancellations must be received on or before January 17, 2022 in order to be refunded and will be subject to a US $195.00 processing fee per registrant. No refunds will be made after this date. Cancellations received after this date will create a credit of the tuition (less processing fee) good toward any other EUCI event. This credit will be good for six months from the cancellation date. In the event of non-attendance, all registration fees will be forfeited. In case of conference cancellation, EUCIs liability is limited to refund of the event registration fee only. For more information regarding administrative policies, such as complaints and refunds, please contact our offices at 303-770-8800
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