All organizations have a workplace culture, which either naturally developed on the basis of the people and traditions of the organization, or it has been purposefully built. In this panel discussion, we will explore best practices for building diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) into your workplace culture.
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast” is a famous quote typically attributed to Peter Drucker. Since 2020, many organizations have been particularly intentional in developing strategies for addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) in their workforce, customers, clients, and other stakeholders. Some are doing it because they choose to, others because they have no choice. However, developing a DE&I strategy is just the beginning. Remember, culture eats strategy for breakfast. All organizations have a workplace culture, which either naturally developed on the basis of the people and traditions of the organization, or it has been purposefully built.
In this panel discussion, we will explore best practices for building DE&I into your workplace culture. For instance, safety has been intentionally built into the culture of many organizations in the water industry with safety moments, safety goals, safety education, and the list goes on.
The silver tsunami has already started hitting the water industry. We need to find the best way to ensure that our industry recruits and retains the best talent available. Problems related to DE&I work against these efforts, causing rifts between staff and sometimes resulting in increased turnover. At the same time, our customers and clients are becoming more sensitive to how we manage DE&I in our organizations, since they are keenly aware of what is going on. Because these workforce challenges are systemic, it would behoove us to work together to share solutions.
DE&I is one of the most important workforce issues of our time. It’s important for recruitment, retention, customer satisfaction, and developing a positive experience for staff. In this webinar, we will learn from industry leaders who have been on the forefront of DE&I both in their organizations and nationally.
Learning Objectives:
- Improve their workforce DE&I strategy
- Take DE&I beyond a strategy to a culture
- Adopt DE&I best practices
Learn from this webinar's esteemed presenters:
- Donnell Duncan; Associate Vice President, Arcadis, US, Inc.
- Lisa Stone; Chief People and Inclusion Officer, DC Water
- Erich Pacheco; Equity and Policy Manager, Portland Water Bureau
- Valoria Armstrong; Chief Inclusion Officer & Vice President - External Affairs, American Water
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