The Forum on Workplace Inclusion Podcast

In this podcast you will hear from Travelers and Augsburg University about the benefits of Employer Pipeline Programs. These two partner organizations will take you through the history and structure of Travelers premiere employer pipeline program, Travelers EDGE.

Learn how EDGE is transformational in the lives of its participants and why more employer pipeline programs like this are needed in our society.

Equitable Dinners at Work are custom programs supporting your workplace commitment to advancing equity and belonging through meaningful opportunities for empathy, understanding, and a safe space to practice talking about race and other difficult topics. Based on Out of Hand Theater’s model of Art + Information + Conversation = Culture Shift ©, Equitable Dinners at Work is our solution to a common problem of embedding diversity, equity and inclusion principles in daily organizational practice and gives you skills to enact it in your context. You will leave this session with:

In this podcast you will hear from The Travelers Companies and Augsburg University about the benefits of Employer Pipeline Programs. These two partner organizations will take you through the history and structure of The Travelers Companies premiere employer pipeline program, Travelers EDGE.

There is a compelling body of data that shows how limited access to reproductive health services will harm America's workforce and negatively impact US companies. Limits on reproductive health access also disproportionately harms marginalized communities and is therefore a worker equity issue.

Join us for a deep-dive workshop on how employers can best protect the reproductive health access of their workforce with seven key benefits. Using Gender IDEAL's Pro Repro Playbook, we'll dig into the why and how to provide these benefits, reviewing a cost/benefit calculator, the process for adding benefits, and specific platforms that have developed products to support employers' ability to safely and confidentially provide these benefits.

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Are your Employee Resource Groups losing steam? Research shows mentoring is a proven solution for the advancement and retention of top talent. Many organizations do not have enough mentors to meet the requests. More hybrid and remote work environments make it more difficult for employees to find mentors and find the time to connect.

Join us to learn how group mentoring circles can allow you to scale your mentoring efforts, maximize your reach, excite your mentors, ignite peer mentoring, and save your mentors time.

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In this podcast this human will share his story as an openly transgender man who came out at 15—one of the first to do so in his entire town. Despite being a rapidly-growing group of over 3 million individuals, trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming people are often left out of DEI efforts and conversations. After reviewing what it means to be transgender and all of the language that comes up in these conversations, we'll discuss issues facing the transgender community in the workforce and the world at large, why it matters to be proactive about your company, and what your organization can do to create a safe, supportive environment for all people.

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In this podcast you’ll learn about the United States’ diverse histories and how they impact work culture while expanding perspective regarding whose history is relevant/important.

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- New data from WorkStep about the #1 reason for supply chain worker turnover.

- Companies awareness of the issues.

- What companies can do to overcome the workforce shortage.

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New research from WorkStep – a hiring and retention platform for supply chain – found that 77% of frontline employees are considering new roles in the next three months.

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1. Taking steps to increase 4 core feelings (at work, home, school or community) to eliminate shame and increase healthy belonging and significance.

2. Steps to redirect power struggles (one of 5 patterns) when people believe "might makes right" and "win/lose" is how life works.

3. Forgiving self by knowing 4 steps of change: Unconsciously unhelpful, CONSCIOUSLY UNHELPFUL (get kind), consciously helpful, unconsciously helpful.

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Challenged by poor behavior in others? Tired of harshness AND permissiveness in reaction to it? What do you do, think, and say when people annoy you, anger you, hurt you, worry you or insult you? Are you looking for ways to gain cooperation with adults and children and effect change without diminishing yourself or others? Want effective alternatives to harshness or permissiveness when facing poor behavior? This presentation is for anyone challenged with poor behavior, who wants an effective resolution that preserves the dignity of all involved and improves relationships and a positive sense of community in all.

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- The earlier the knowledge the better the outcome

- Become more selfless than selfish

- It's never to late

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Inspiring The future Leaders with Guest Joseph Ballard jr & Jacory Whitley aka YB-CEO