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Education Session

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging (DEIB)

I Have a Diverse Team, Now What?

Friday, October 25, 2024
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM CT
Location: MPCCW - 192 ABC

    Moderator(s)

  • Nicole Zea, n/a

    Senior Plant Manager
    CertainTeed Roofing
    Bolton, Massachusetts, United States

    • Speaker(s)

  • Kristin Breder

    Senior Principal Scientist
    Saint-Gobain
    Northborough, Massachusetts, United States

  • Fred Drake

    Plant Manager
    Saint-Gobain
    Russellville, Alabama, United States

  • Morgan Duke

    Global Quality and Regulatory Director
    Saint-Gobain
    Solon, Ohio, United States

How often have you looked around a room and felt like the “only”? In that moment, how were you made to feel included or worse, excluded? What were the actions taken by the team to make you feel that way? We have been told that hiring a diverse team is meant to bring diversity of thought and ultimately bring more profitability to an organization. The part that is not as readily shared is that diverse teams don’t generate any of those things if they aren’t cultivated and if the membership doesn’t feel safe to share their unique perspectives with the rest of the organization. Our panel, representing ranges of genders, ages, races, and identities, aims to share tools that all managers and peers can use to help navigate relationships within a diverse team to assure inclusivity and belonging are emphasized within teams to effectively drive employee well-being and organizational success.

Learning Objectives:

  • Explore the different ways diversity can present in a team beyond gender and race.
  • Explain why diverse teams are worth the effort and describe the value of intentional inclusion.
  • Utilize tools and techniques to use inclusion to build a culture that embraces and leverages the diversity of a team.