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CREATING AN INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE FOR ALL Creating
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CREATING AN INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE FOR ALL
Creating inclusive workplaces for everyone and meeting ambitious diversity, equity, and inclusion benchmarks have become strategic priorities for organizations. Only when we identify and address the juxtaposing views and acceptance of the DIFFERENCE of each employee demographic can we begin to narrow the inclusion gap in the workplace.
The voices of individuals most underrepresented in the workforce and those disproportionately affected by the pandemic and economic disruption need to be heard. We will be discussing the forgotten voice of those with seen/unseen disabilities during Connections 4 Success’s Executive Roundtable.
Systems and strategies to acknowledge, hear, and best represent individuals with seen/unseen disabilities also need to be prioritized for all organizations’ DEI strategic initiatives.
Why is it important?
- Only 19% of individuals with a disability are employed – Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2022 TED Report
- 15% of the World’s Population lives with some form of disability – World Health Organization
- The New Hampshire University Institute on Disability reports approximately 1 million U.S. workers with disabilities have lost their jobs since the World Health Organization proclaimed the outbreak a pandemic in March 2020.
- Employed working-age people with disabilities fell by 20% (950,000 people) vs. a decrease of 14% people without a disability from March-April 2020 – Kessler Foundation, Special Report: Workers with Disabilities in the COVID-19 Economy
- 4.5 million people resigning from their jobs in January 2022 – U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics May 2022 JOLTS Report
Join the movement to create systemic change in diversity, equity, and inclusion mindset shifts, understanding, and acceptance during this Executive Roundtable.
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Discussion Topics:
- How are your company’s DEI employee resource groups safeguarding the voice and inclusion of individuals with disabilities?
- What systems does your organization have to identify needs and ensure professional upward mobility for individuals with disabilities?
- What systems does your organization have to ensure the continued support and access to assistive technology equipment for employees with disabilities while working under remote and alternative work policies?
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Executive Roundtable Takeaways:
- An awareness of the importance of including the voice of those with seen/unseen disabilities
- How-to Steps to begin evaluating the effectiveness of including individuals with disabilities in employee resource groups
- An understanding of how to balance a disabled employee’s privacy while having their voice and needs represented in DEI reforms and strategic objectives
- Ability to create a genuinely inclusive workplace
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3:00pm - 4:30pm EST
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Being Comfortable with the Uncomfortable: Re-envisioning & Navigating Business Models During Uncertainty
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3:00pm - 4:30pm EST
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Gaps & “Hidden opportunities” in Your Supplier Diversity Strategy: Why now is time
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Gaps & “Hidden opportunities” in Your Supplier Diversity Strategy: Why now is time to unmask these elements!
Lingering supply chain challenges, widening talent shortages, and the increasing need to improve corporate diversity are why Supplier Diversity is at the forefront to bridge the gaps and decrease the challenges experienced in business today. Therefore, all businesses must assess their gaps and hidden opportunities to improve how minority, women-owned, disability-owned, and diverse business enterprises can begin to engage and do business with your organizations.
An established framework, measurable supplier diversity allocations and metrics, vendor technical assistance, and means for engagement and recruitment of minority, woman-owned, and diverse business firms will be vital in driving an increase of approximately 4 million jobs for minority populations and women1.
Is your organization structured and prepared to meet all the growing supplier diversity requirements and responsibilities of leading corporation ESG parameters, government funding allocations, increased consumer scrutiny regarding real diversity pivots, and increasing demands of top talent to see the needle moved on corporate social responsibility?
Why is it important?
- True Diversity across all business operations (internal & external engagements) sets top-performing businesses apart from competitors
- 64% of millennials say they won’t work for companies that perform poorly on corporate social responsibility1
- MWDBE spending, if doubled, to $2 trillion, from the current estimate of $1 trillion, could generate $280 billion in additional income and four million jobs for minority populations and women1
- COVID-19 caused companies to need to buy products and services they have not purchased before & companies will begin to bring sourcing back to the US to reduce supply risk. Diverse Suppliers can fill in the gap2
- Diverse companies created 72% of all new jobs in the five years after the Great Recession. They are critical to helping bring back the US economy.2
- Two in three small businesses (67%) are run by an underrepresented group: women (35%), racial and ethnic minorities (20%), veterans (19%), LGBTQ (14%), and those with disabilities (12%) — highlighting the role diversity plays in the small business world.3
- 78% of CEOs reported experiencing changes in buyer behaviors – Q3 2021 CEO Confidence Index Survey
Join the discussion on realistic supplier diversity structures that are necessary right now. This forum is a monthly convening that is invite-only for leading companies and corporations ready to pivot their supplier diversity strategy to meet today’s industry and consumer demands.
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Discussion Topics:
How is your company reframing its supplier diversity priorities for:
- Expansion into minority, woman-owned, disability-owned, diverse vendor markets and professional services,
- Being purposeful in establishing new diverse business set-aside frameworks for disability-owned and LGBTQIA+ vendors,
- Tracking supplier diversity goals vs. actual spends,
- Offering technical assistance to vendors to create sustainable/viable partners long-term,
- Getting creative in diversifying to remediate supply-chain challenges?
What needs to change in our supplier diversity strategy?
Are there hidden gaps with our suppliers that could endanger the business?
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As a change management and organizational development agency at Connection 4 Success, we challenge the status quo of business models, operations, and workforce development. Our firm provides customized solutions based on proven best-practice strategies and our proprietary systems to build resilient, perseverant, and strong organizations, processes, and teams. We utilize our proprietary business model and techniques: Connections 360⸰ Methodology, Business Accelerator, RPS Modality: Resiliency, Perseverance & Strength, and DE&I for Disability and Difference frameworks to elevate our clients’ ability to achieve and sustain business opportunities and success.
Our team has over 100,000 hours of expertise in offering best-in-class business strategies to ensure our clients’ organizations are profitable, sustainable, and meeting the needs of their clientele, communities, and workforce populations. The Connections 4 Success team has over 40 years of research and evaluation experience, with over 41,000 hours of quantitative and qualitative evaluation techniques. We have experience managing projects with a net worth of over $5,000,000.
Here at Connections 4 Success, we become that pivotal business partner to evaluate the need for change, devise the appropriate pivots and modifications required for sustainable success, and provide support to ensure the seamless implementation of all professional services.

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