Name: Beyond the Letters – The Real Impact of DEI
Start: 2022-03-31T15:00:00Z
End: 2022-03-31T15:01:01.000Z
Location: BrightTALK

We help companies develop the world’s most productive and admired workforces.

Whether you lead Learning and Development or head up Human Resources, OpenSesame provides the courses, technology and helpful services you need to achieve your goals.

It’s not easy to manage a team in a hybrid work environment. When leaders recognize the impact of hybrid work on team dynamics, they are more equipped to support the psychological safety of all employees. IBIS’s Instructor Lead Training serves as an insightful and powerful modality to help leaders practice key skills needed to create an inclusive culture in a hybrid environment. The authentic DEI stories will enable learners to embrace differing realities and perspectives. Participants will start to recognize how their behavior affects others –and learn to develop actions that impact their spheres of influence.

In this unique and dynamic session, IBIS Consulting Group will share and unpack a video scenario that helps participants find answers to these questions through the portrayal of workplace interactions that regularly occur within hybrid organizations. The scenarios serve as starting points for interactive discussion on inclusive leadership as we navigate a new way of working. The real-life scenarios illustrate the responsibility of leaders to address hybrid workplace challenge

You will learn how to: 
Define Inclusive Leadership and outline your role & responsibilities as a leader in a hybrid environment

Reflect on and identify challenges to being an Inclusive Leader in a hybrid environment and strategies to overcome them

Learn tools, strategies, and practices for creating an inclusive environment in a hybrid workplace

Inclusive Leadership in a Hybrid Environment

Embrace change and challenge the status quo to drive real transformation.

Winning innovators embrace change - do you? What holds you and your organization back from better innovating, every day? Too often we’re stuck in the land of the status quo. We’ve forgotten how to think differently, and lack the simple tools to solve problems creatively. The very structures put in place inside organizations to help them grow, all too often hold them back. This keynote is an inspirational call to arms: to start a revolution in how we think and work. If you want people to approach change differently, you have to help them change their approach.

Unleashing Innovation - Shape the Future from a Position of Strength

Employers everywhere are scrambling. Some of them are hiring as quickly as ever. Others are freezing hiring or laying off portions of their workforce. But all of them are concerned about keeping their high-performing staff.

In this session led by Ben Eubanks, the Chief Research Officer for Lighthouse Research & Advisory, attendees will learn what the latest data show about how work and learning are changing. Based on extensive inputs from both employers and learners, we'll examine:
● the key focus areas and priorities for learning teams today
● how wellbeing intersects with learning objectives 
● what metric most demonstrates the value of a modern learning function
● a powerful link between employee belonging and employee skill development
Don't miss this opportunity to hear the newest insights and have your questions answered by one of the industry's most sought-after experts on workplace trends.

Are You Ready? 3 Key Trends Shaping Learning in the Coming Year

Going micro is more than just delivering bite-sized content. There are many different use cases and they meet learner needs in different ways. This creates a challenge for us to identify the best design practices and implementation methods. When we understand HOW we are meeting the learner’s needs, we deliver microlearning that has value for the learner and the organization.

Is Your Microlearning Strategy Learner-centric? (And Why it Should Be!)

Women are leaving organizations at alarming levels, there are several reasons for the departure one of which is the lack of inclusion.  They are rethinking going back to an environment in which wasn’t meeting their needs.

During this webinar, Dr. Myra Hubbard - author of the book, W.I.S.E. UP Women, Inclusion and Self-Empowerment “Strategies for Blooming in the Midst” - will share action steps Women, Leaders, and Organizations can take to move the inclusion needle.

W.I.S.E. Up: Women, Inclusion, and Self-Empowerment

OH YES! I hear and answer these questions almost every day. Some questions are basic, others are difficult. But most come from the same root causes. As the saying goes, “The ship has sailed without them”. A lot has changed in Learning and Development philosophy and principles, but many continue to ask old questions.  More often,  the cause is that many who asked these questions have not changed their assumptions. However, the consequences of not finding answers to the thorniest questions and applying the solutions impede learners’ ability to learn, contribute, and have passion in what they do. Unanswered questions damage our capacity to design, develop, and implement training and learning. 
 
In the webinar, I will share with you some foundational answers to these questions. I will also share with you the “Perpetual Tinkerer Model” which helped me aid clients and learners find new answers to challenging questions. 
 
We will discuss and share insights into the following thorniest questions.  
“What if they don’t know what they don’t know?”
“I have to spoon feed my learners.”
“My SME (subject matter expert) wants ALL content to be covered.”
“My LMS is as old as my grandmother.”
“Learners don’t want to do pre and post-work?”
“They don’t answer chat questions.”
“They are silent, shy, not participating, and really dud learners.”
“We must always test people.”
“I don’t know if my learners are learning.”
“Our technology is so behind. We still use Excel to report tracking, telephone conference calls for training, and paper and pencil in our exercises. No ZOOM, no LMS, etc., etc.”

Answers to 10 Thorniest Questions in Learning and Training

The Great Resignation isn’t slowing down. In fact, a record 4.5 million employees left their jobs in March alone and cited burnout as the leading cause*. As a result, job seekers are choosing to engage with organizations that prioritize their people—those who have invested in programs that prevent burnout, build resilience, and improve work-life balance. Organizations that search for short-term solutions and prioritize revenue-driving objectives will continue to experience high turnover.

In this upcoming webinar, Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist, Mike Veny, will explore the benefits of workplace wellness initiatives and how to effectively measure the results. Mike has conducted numerous interviews with wellness professionals who have successfully implemented programs to scale and will share their best practices to drive a healthier work-life balance for employees. 

In this webinar, learn how to:
Leverage your wellness program to attract top talent during the Great Resignation
Get leadership on board with wellness initiatives
Measure and report the effects of your wellness efforts
Utilize elearning to customize wellness offerings for employees

Onboarding the Wellness Revolution

Safety training has evolved significantly since its inception in the 1970s—from industry experts in a classroom to the emergence of online and individual learning. What can we learn from these changes? Which methods were the most effective for reducing incidents, keeping employees engaged, and increasing overall efficiency and what should we be doing right now?

Join Daniel Wilder, Founder and President of Safety Instruct, as he explores how and why training has evolved and which methods have been the most successful. He’ll advise how you can quickly implement solutions into your current training program to be more effective, while focusing on increasing the comprehension and retention of your employees. 

In this webinar, you will learn: 
How has training evolved over the years?
Which training methods are the most effective?
What role does microlearning have in the process?
How does frequency impact your training?
How can you implement immediate improvements in your training?

Safety Training: What Works, What Doesn’t, and What You Need to Know

The news today is full of fearful stories of people quitting their jobs, leaving employers, and talent leaders across the country in the lurch. But the real story is something more. In a new study of 2,000 American workers, the data paints an intriguing picture of what’s actually happening, and it’s not the same thing we’re hearing in the news. 

Are some people likely to quit? Yes. 
Is everyone equally likely to leave their job? No. 
Is there any hope for those of us tasked with attracting, retaining, and developing a high-quality workforce? Absolutely. 
Join the Chief Research Officer for Lighthouse Research & Advisory, Ben Eubanks, in this webinar to learn about this research and how you can put it into practice, giving your company an edge in the current struggle for talent.

The Great Resignation? More Like the Great Reprioritization

Unproductive meetings, endless emails, and reports-for-the-sake-of-reporting aren’t the definition of meaningful work—they’re the result of complexity. Complexity is killing companies’ ability to innovate and adapt, and simplicity is fast becoming the competitive advantage of our time. 

With the rise of remote and hybrid roles, employees are turning to meetings and emails to feel connected and ensure clear communication. Now is the time to eliminate this complexity so your organization can become more productive, efficient, and innovative and gain competitive advantage in the marketplace. 

In this webinar, CEO and TED-talk veteran Lisa Bodell will discuss techniques to eradicate complexity and get back to meaningful work that drives innovative change. Lisa will share how leaders can create a culture where valuable, essential, meaningful work is the norm. Get the techniques used by the nimblest of companies to save time, kill rules, and boost productivity on the work that matters. By killing complexity, you’ll increase customer trust, staff retention, and innovate faster.

In this webinar, Lisa will discuss:
- Why simplification is the competitive advantage of our time
- How to recognize which activities are time-sucks and which create lasting value
- Practical and effective tools that enable employees to make simplification a habit
- 6 steps leaders can take to “set the tone” for simplicity

Killing Complexity – Why Simple Wins

As the world continues to accelerate and change in the face of huge environmental, technological and cultural shifts, the need for upskilling and reskilling has grown in importance. No one can stand still in their existing roles, and changes in the world of work and how we work mean that we all need to be learning if we want to survive.

So what should L&D teams be thinking about as they look to support the growth of skills in their organisation? What works and what are the implications of upskilling and reskilling for learning strategy, learning solutions and content choices? And what really helps people to succeed as they forge new careers or take advantage of emerging roles at work?

In this webinar, David Perring, Director of Research at Fosway Group and Mehdi Tounsi, Senior Regional Director EMEA at OpenSesame, will explore: 
- Why upskilling and reskilling is so important in today’s economy
- Where organisations are today and what’s changing in how organisations upskill and reskill their people
- How innovative approaches to upskilling and reskilling are impacting organisations’ ability to energise, retain and attract great people
- How L&D can optimise ‘learning through work’ to deliver more agile upskilling and reskilling

Learning for Upskilling and Reskilling: A Survival Guide

Employers are fighting to keep their employees happy and healthy, but are they doing the same for themselves? 
Managing the day-to-day challenges of a remote workforce, while watching your best employees leave, is a recipe for stress and anxiety. As a leader, you feel the responsibility to serve, support with positivity, and have answers to all uncertainties. Contrary to popular belief, the stress in leadership is often highly addictive, so much so that leaders fail to understand they’re even experiencing it. But even if your mind refuses to acknowledge it, your body at some point does. 

In this webinar, Amplify Voices Award-Winning Chief Content Officer Audrey Cavenecia will talk about experiencing high levels of unidentified stress herself, how it changed her perspective of work and life, and how it taught her to feel her inner self more. She will walk you through various examples and experiments to teach you the good and bad aspects of stress and how to train your mind to handle it the way it should.

Burnout In Leadership: What It Does and How To Avoid It

Join this masterclass webinar with L&D expert, Chairman of the Learning and Performance Institute Donald H. Taylor, for a deep dive into the results of this year’s Global Sentiment Survey.

The 2022 L&D Global Sentiment Survey asked the global HR and L&D community – “What will be hot in workplace learning in 2022?”

During this webinar, Donald will identify this year’s digital learning trends and what they mean for the future of workplace learning. Donald explains how these trends differ from region to region, which “hot topics” from the previous year are cooling down, and how the pandemic has impacted the trends we see within the L&D industry.

3 Key L&D Trends of 2022 and the 1 Pitfall to Avoid

Employee onboarding may have changed locations, now occurring at home or in a remote environment, but the core purpose - to set employees up for success by driving employee engagement, productivity and feeling connected - has not changed.

This webinar will explore current and future onboarding practices and their impact on talent and organizational development. Join Cliff Stevenson, Principal Analyst, Talent Acquisition of Brandon Hall Group and Ashley Brown, Senior Customer Success Manager of OpenSesame, as they discuss the importance of leveraging a strategic onboarding plan, including supporting technology. A few of the benefits of such an onboarding plan include:
 
• Aligning employee thinking with a company’s mission and vision so they feel connected to each other and to the organization regardless of location
• Preparing employees with the right skills for their current role, and equip them to grow within the organization
• Delivering advanced analytics and more robust employee experience

Brandon Hall Group research has shown that the highest-performing organizations have onboarding strategies that are streamlined, uniform in process but specific to their role, include learning solutions that allow audiences to engage in many different formats, and have clear operational goals attached to best practices. More than that, these organizations understand the social, collaborative, and empathetic nature of people, who want to feel connected and not simply counted as productivity units. 
 
• Learn best practices from your peers, as we spotlight real-life enterprise onboarding case studies                 
• Understand how to develop an optimized onboarding process (not just technology or “programs”)
• Explain the reasoning behind better processes, how to create communities, and how to define and measure success in onboarding
• Create onboarding activities that are relevant to new hires in 2022 and beyond

Onboarding in 2022: What has Changed, and What Remains Critically Important

Further your diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) journey with an illuminating panel discussion led by Liza Wisner, OpenSesame Senior DEI Curation Specialist. Joined by Abby Miles, Bradford C. Lerman, Tara Cooper, and April Allen, this group of HR, learning and DEI experts comes together to pool their perspectives and share practical tips to facilitate your organization’s DEI progress. In this session, you’ll learn who to involve in the process, how to navigate difficult conversations, and move beyond one-off training sessions to ensure the sustainability of a well-rounded team.

Beyond the Letters – The Real Impact of DEI

Diversity

Training Investment

Elearning

Inclusion

online training

learning and development

Workplace culture

compliance training

Equity training

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