This week, our panel includes VP of Research, Practices, and Consulting Khalil Smith, DE&I Practice Lead Ester Neznanova, and Senior Consultant Camille Inge. Together, these NLI experts explore the nuances between racism and bias, discuss strategies used to detect and mitigate bias, and explain how you can build an anti-biased organization where better systems enable smarter decision-making.
Right now many leaders are asking how they can turn their companies anti-racist—that is, supporting an anti-racist policy through their actions, or expressing an anti-racist idea. It’s an important question, and we should all embrace the intent behind the inquiry.
Instances of outright racism in mature corporations are, fortunately, relatively few compared to the largely accidental bias that influences so many hiring processes, promotion decisions, performance reviews, compensation decisions, succession planning discussions, feedback conversations, and every other aspect of the employee lifecycle.
So which problem should companies prioritize? Racism or bias?
Join Khalil Smith (VP Consulting & Research), Camille Inge (Consultant), and Ester Neznanova (DE&I Practice Lead) as they help us understand what organizations should address now to create an environment that is truly diverse, fair and equitable.
In this week’s episode, NLI Co-founder and CEO Dr. David Rock is joined by Diversity & Inclusion Practice Lead Ester Neznanova, and Senior Researcher Michaela Simpson to discuss how science can inform strategy in DE&I. Together, they explore strategies used to engage leaders and spark change. They share NLI’s latest thinking and best practices, including how to activate emotional buy-in, the importance of accentuating benefits, and the role of explaining the mechanisms of change.
Tune in as we tackle the necessary behaviors, tools and leadership actions to effect real, long term change in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
A panel of NLI experts, including CEO and Co-Founder Dr. David Rock, VP of Consulting and Research Khalil Smith, and Head of D&I Ester Neznanova, walk us through the science and importance of listening deeply, uniting widely, and acting boldly. Along the way they address challenges leaders have been facing and offer science-based solutions to keep teams feeling heard, included, and empowered to effect change.
This “Your Brain at Work LIVE” session will address how organizations and leaders can respond to the extreme tension and pain brought on by the latest string of racial tragedies in America.
Like you, we are watching hourly as events unfold and devastating conflict continues. As a company, NLI will be sharing ways to bring about positive change.
Every leader has to be mindful of how they show up in organizational, political, communal and familial settings. In Friday’s conversation, participants will learn what science can teach us about why we’re feeling, thinking, and behaving the way we are right now, and how leaders can make a difference with empathy and humanity.
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In this episode of Your Brain at Work LIVE, we synthesize our insights from hundreds of conversations with HR leaders in tech, utilities, the pharmaceutical industry, and more.
Join our host and CEO, Dr. David Rock and NLI’s subject matter experts, Khalil Smith (Culture and Leadership), Ester Neznanova (Diversity and Inclusion), and Barbara Steel (Performance) as they share relevant data and science-backed ways to stay engaged and “build a better normal.”
Our experts discuss:
-Keeping yourself and your teams not only okay, but engaged
-How to make new practices sustainable (e.g. meetings, working from home)
-Leveraging this moment to re-imagine learning and re-frame organizational culture
Discover how companies like yours are using empathy and brain-based strategies to make the best out of our current situation.
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In the midst of this new and chaotic workplace normal, our members are seeking brain-based tips to reduce feelings of threat around a perceived lack of certainty and autonomy. We also know you are seeking strategies to strengthen your company’s culture, performance and learning initiatives.
Join Gabriel Berezin and Chris Weller as they host a candid conversation featuring a member of our research and consulting team that will discuss essential research to support you during the crisis.
In this month’s briefing, we will be joined by our Head of D&I, Ester Neznanova. Ester will tackle these challenges through the lens of diversity and inclusion.
Take advantage of this unique opportunity to ask questions and learn from a community of NLI members.