Stanford-Vistage webinar: Creating inclusive workplaces to drive innovation

Most leaders understand the link between diversity and innovation and are actively trying to increase the diversity of their workforce, boards, and leadership teams.  While some organizations have made strides toward achieving their diversity goals, others are still grappling with how to reduce unconscious biases that can undermine these goals. Additionally, many organizations are discovering that diversity efforts will continue to be an uphill battle if they are not able to build an inclusive culture, where everyone feels like they belong. 

In this session, Stanford Professor Sarah A. Soule discusses the biases and barriers that members of underrepresented groups often face as they enter and advance in organizations, and organizational strategies for getting beyond these biases. She also describes how and why culture matters to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and describe proven ways to build a culture of inclusion and belonging in your organization.

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(Available through March 3)

As a complement to this session, please read this short article written by Dr. Katherine Phillips, which describes the research on why diversity is so important to organizations.

About the presenter

Sarah A. Soule is The Morgridge Professor of Organizational Behavior. Her research examines state and organizational-level policy change and diffusion, and the role social movements have on these processes. She has published papers on how protest impacts firm decisions, how advocacy organizations learn new strategies and tactics from those with which they collaborate, and on the process of emergence and diffusion of new protest tactics. She has published a book with Cambridge University Press, entitled Contention and Corporate Social Responsibility. Prof. Soule teaches Designing Organizations for Creativity and Innovation in the Vistage Executive Leadership Program.

About the Stanford-Vistage webinar series

In collaboration with Stanford Graduate School of Business, we bring you exclusive webinars designed to help you drive innovation, growth and change in your organization. These one-hour sessions leverage the very best tools, techniques and thinking offered by Stanford  faculty who challenge you to think differently when it comes to running your business.

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