8:00 am Conference Registration & Networking
9:00 am Chair’s Welcome & Recap of Day One
Evolving Your DEI&B Strategy
9:10 am Discover: Enabling Your Managers to Weave Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging into the Fabric of the Institution
Synopsis
- How can institutions diversify their business strategy to foster inclusivity from search right through to hire?
- Embed diversity, equity, and inclusion into your culture for increased workforce morale, empowerment and belonging
- How the University of California, Irvine pioneered an interactive and engaging DEI&B program centered around four pillars of inclusive excellence, involving identifying and leveraging stakeholders, identifying a DEI&B Council, and recognizing its successes and lessons learned along the way
9:30 am Discover: Adopt a Multidimensional Collaborative Approach to Accomplishing Meaningful DE&I Change in your Institution
Synopsis
- Assess and evaluate current DE&I-related challenges to better understand where to direct focus
- Encourage broad diversity, equity and inclusion efforts that support students, faculty, and staff
- How leaders of diversity and inclusion at Washington & Lee University have collaborated to expand on its performance development program, empowering employees to actively engage in DE&I
9:50 am Develop: What is Key to Infusing DEI&B Into the Culture of a Higher Ed Institution?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair
10:10 am Action: What Are You Going to Do Now to Update Your Institution’s DEI&B Approach?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
10:30 am Networking & Refreshment Break
Reimagining Your Organizational Transformation Strategy
11:00 am Discover: Building a Case for the Agile Transformation of HR Functions in Higher Education Institutions
Synopsis
- Demonstrate to staff and faculty the benefits of fostering a consultative approach to human resources
- Engage stakeholders in an agile transformation journey to drive continuous improvement and consistently attract, develop, and retain top talent
- How one university embarked on an agile transformation journey, utilising various sprints, ultimately positioning them as one of the states’ leading employers
11:20 am Discover: How to Implement Meaningful Organizational Change to Realize the Future Goals of Your Institution
Synopsis
- Recognizing why the wrong culture can be the very thing keeping you from becoming a strategic HR organization
- How transforming your culture enables you to align your teams better and meet the needs of the university
- How the University of Virginia has engaged with a new way of thinking that puts the human at the center of its organization transformation
11:40 am Develop: What Else Can We Learn About Sustainable Organizational Transformation?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Chair
12:00 pm Action: How Are You Going to Apply Lessons Learnt about the Impact of Effective Organizational Transformation in Your Own Institution?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
12:20 pm Networking Lunch
Speed Learning
Synopsis
In this quick-fire session, each table will be hosted by a Higher Education HR leader who will lead the conversation on one of these topics before moving on to the next table: