Houston DiverseCity Summit
Join the Greater Houston Partnership for the fourth annual Houston DiverseCity Summit, an inspiring gathering dedicated to advancing talent as a key driver of the business success and future growth of the Houston region. This event underscores the importance of human capital as the cornerstone of ensuring a vibrant, inclusive and competitive workforce.
Inclusive leadership and workplace culture are essential for companies that aspire to excel, yet many organizations find inclusion challenging to achieve. The Summit will offer insights to help you get practical in your approach to advancing inclusion, driving change and delivering better results.
2024 Key Summit Themes Include:
- Navigating changing contexts and discovering ways to evolve your approach
- Activating middle management to improve culture and results
- Developing talent strategy to recruit, retain, and advance underrepresented talent pools
- Creating a more human-centric workplace culture
- Discovering how inclusion acts as a driver for innovation and enhanced performance
Who Should Attend:
DiverseCity Summit brings together a dynamic group focused on our individual and collective efforts to advance inclusion and foster leadership excellence across the Houston region.
Attendees include C-level executives, Vice Presidents, and Directors of Talent Management, Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion, as well as professionals and practitioners responsible for Talent Acquisition, Organizational Culture, Leadership Development, Employee Engagement, Diversity & Inclusion, Learning and Development, and Employee Relations.
Summit Overview:
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Working Together: Increasing Inclusivity in the Workplace
Renowned industrial-organizational psychologists Mikki Hebl and Eden King will offer a timely, science-based roadmap to empower companies and leaders to champion inclusion with confidence and clarity. They will describe the demographic shifts projected in the U.S. and the evidenced-based practices across the employment cycle for attracting, selecting, and retaining employees. Hebl and King will share cutting-edge research from their recent book and offer scientific evidence that leads to fairer treatment, better business results and actionable strategies.
Fireside Chat, Moderated by:
- Mikki Hebl, Professor of Psychology and Management – Organizational Behavior, Rice University
- Eden King, Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Rice University
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Unleashing Innovation and Breakthrough Business Results through Inclusive Teams
While innovation continues to be the top priority in the face of accelerating disruption, organizations have yet to fully crack the code on how to make it happen.
CEOs across all industries declare that a key ingredient for greater innovation is collaboration across cross functional teams with a diverse set of skills, backgrounds, and expertise. Yet companies are falling short of effective implementation as leaders, managers, and employees admit they are not collaborating well across their differences.
In this keynote and live Q&A, Korn Ferry’s Global DE&I and ESG Strategist Andrés Tapia will explain how diverse and inclusive teams enable businesses to profitably ride the waves of disruption.
Keynote Speaker:
- Andrés T. Tapia, Senior Partner – Global DE&I and ESG Strategist, Korn Ferry
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Engage in two dynamic sessions designed to foster innovation and collaboration.
Announcing Breakout Session Speakers:
- Alveda Williams, Ph.D, Dow
- Anita Martin, Houston Texans
- Jessica Britton, Deloitte
- Holly Price, McKinsey
- Kelly Kleinkort Montes, CATALYST
- Lori Knowles, Memorial Hermann
- Marian Cabanillas, Health Plan CEO, South Texas UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Texas
- Tammi Wallace, Greater Houston LGBTQ Chamber
- Jamila M. Brinson, Chair, Diversity & Inclusion Counseling Practice, Jackson Walker LLP
- with many more to be announced in the coming weeks!