Collaborative Leadership: Transforming the Future of Workforce Management

Monday, March 22, 2020

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Dessalen Wood

Chief People Officer Thoughtexchange

Dessalen Wood, CHRP, is an innovative HR executive, seasoned speaker, and coach. She specializes in passionately leading Learning and Development and Human Resources teams at some of North America’s most-respected organizations. Dessalen has over 20 years of experience in national corporations such as Reitman’s Canada, Hudson’s Bay Company, The Children’s Place and The Disney Stores. In 2019 she left her role as Vice President, Talent Development at Cineplex Entertainment to join Thoughtexchange in the newly created role of Chief People Officer. Thoughtexchange’s community intelligence software empowers leaders to find common ground, inspire trust and use data to make decisions that get genuine support.

Throughout her career, Dessalen has coached senior leaders and built teams from the ground up, in addition to designing and delivering multiple original programs. The results have been engaging corporate cultures and high performing leaders at all levels.

Agenda Day One, Sunday, March 22nd, 2020

4:00 PM Executing your Diversity & Inclusion Strategy: Creating a Roadmap for Success

It's more important than ever to execute a D&I strategy that that not only highlights the diverse perspectives within your organization, but also reflects a highly engaged employee culture that fosters a spirit of innovation. Join us on this inspiring journey, as panelists, build a roadmap for success and share lessons learned on executing a successful and sustainable D&I strategy.

Panelists will discuss:

Engaging your workforce in building your strategy
Creating a roadmap with measurable results
Gaining global alignment within your organization
Results of initiatives and lessons learned

Agenda Day Two, Monday, March 23rd, 2020

8:50 AM “Let’s Give ‘em Something to Talk About” – The Power of Engaging the Employee Voice

Companies today face the challenge of engaging their employees in meaningful dialogue - whether it be due to geography, flex work - or simply that many people feel that speaking up has a cost associated with it. In this talk we will examine:

How technology can humanize the employee experience
The power of allowing all voices to be heard which results in organizations benefiting from higher engagement
The value of gathering ideas and solutions from a broader, more diverse population

4:30 PM #MeToo – The impact it has had on the Workplace

From disgraced Hollywood moguls to underhanded politicians, the past 2 years have been awash with workplace scandal.

While many organizations updated their policies, training and investigation methods, we are left wondering what impact has the #MeToo movement really had?

In this talk we will:

Review research on how the public views the post #MeToo workplace
Discuss changes to the investigation process
Examine how companies are tackling the "old world" mentality
Share how we are integrating #MeToo into training programs

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Dessalen.

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