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Stephen Frost
Globally recognized, diversity and inclusion expert Stephen Frost helps organizations understand, lead and deliver inclusion systemically, adding measurable value to their bottom line. Stephen has worked with hundreds of clients to embed inclusive leadership into their decision-making. In his keynote talks and workshops, Stephen delivers and facilitates honest and fresh conversations to build an essential foundation for the important work of diversity and inclusion to occur. He helps attendees to understand diversity and inclusion, and provides solutions for organizations to lead inclusively.
Inclusive Leadership
How to Develop an Inclusive Mindset and Behavior for Business and Personal Success
There’s a simple contradiction in the way leaders manage their people and run their organizations that is too often overlooked; they are addicted to sameness in an age of diversity. That is fundamentally an unsustainable position to be in. Understanding and being adept at inclusive leadership will help leaders thrive in their increasingly diverse environment.
Inclusion is not just about accepting people’s differences – it’s about leveraging colleagues’ and employees’ unique experiences and backgrounds, as well as understanding your customers’ needs, to drive innovation and results.
Reframe inclusion for leaders to benefit them and the wider organization. Learn from real-world examples and understand what being an inclusive leader looks like.
By attending this session, you will learn how to:
Learn what inclusive leadership practices are in practice
Be inspired to find your personal ‘why’ and become an inclusive leader
Benefit your organization at large by embedding inclusivity from the top
PROGRAM FORMAT: From a 45-75 minute keynote with Q & A to a half-day workshop
PERFECT AUDIENCE: Chief Diversity Officers and Human Resource department leaders.
Creating Inclusive Cultures
A diverse workforce doesn’t mean your organization is a safe and inclusive place to work. It doesn’t mean that your employees are able to perform to their full potential. In order to leverage the true power of a diverse workforce, your organizational culture must be inclusive. Learn how to make this a reality.
By attending this session, you will learn how to:
Practical insights and ‘nudges’ needed to create and maintain an inclusive workplace culture
Learn how to engage your organization in this culture, from top to bottom
See how organizations are doing this successfully
PROGRAM FORMAT: From a 45-75 minute keynote with Q & A to a half-day workshop
PERFECT AUDIENCE: Chief Diversity Officers and Human Resource department leaders.
Embedding Inclusion into Strategy
Without inclusion, diversity can fail. Stephen offers a powerful, humorous and compelling argument for inclusion, based on empirical evidence from around the world combined with the latest Harvard research. It is a thought provoking, challenging and informative opportunity to refresh the believers and convert the currently unconvinced that inclusion enhances.
In order to be successful and make a real impact, inclusion needs to be central to organizational strategy. It must be fully supported by the CEO and have buy-in from key stakeholders and be central to how your organization operates day to day. Learn how to make this a reality and why inclusion will benefit your organization as a whole.
By attending this session, you will learn how to:
Position D&I to support the core purpose and impact of the organization.
Ensure D&I is part of organizational strategy.
Design diversity and inclusion strategies tailored to the business goals of an organization
PROGRAM FORMAT: From a 45-75 minute keynote with Q & A to a half-day workshop
PERFECT AUDIENCE: Chief Diversity Officers and Human Resource department leaders.
Inclusion 4.0
What does Inclusion of the Future Look Like
Many organizations have talented Diversity Officers and operate Diversity 101 programs; however, they may find a way to get the most out of their program they need to upgrade to inclusion 4.0. Diversity is great, but so is bringing differences together in one team, and often this second imperative is forgotten in the pursuit of the former.
The next phase of inclusion needs to address the realities of living in a digitally equipped world. Inclusion 4.0 looks at where organizations must now develop. It looks at how to embed inclusion into overall strategy and operations, as well as how to attract, recruit, retain, and upskill a diverse team that gains competitive advantage and is greater than its parts.
By attending this session, you will learn how to:
Prepare for the future of work by facing new inclusion challenges head on
Move your organization beyond inclusion compliance, debiasing systems, and marketing messages
Learn how to embed inclusion into overall organizational strategy
PROGRAM FORMAT: From a 45-75 minute keynote with Q & A to a half-day workshop
PERFECT AUDIENCE: Chief Diversity Officers and Human Resource department leaders.