Strategies For Combating Microaggressions In The Workplace
With companies experiencing higher attrition rates, it's important for leaders to re-examine their workplace culture and whether or not it promotes and fosters a culture of inclusion and belonging.
Agenda: Panel Discussion + Audience Q&A
Time: 9:00am - 10:00am PT
“High attrition rates are often linked to an incompatible or toxic workplace, and one-third of workers who left a job in the first 90 days said it was due to poor company culture,” stated by Employ Inc. Additionally, almost one-third of BIPOC employees have left their jobs due to a lack of diversity and inclusion at their companies, according to Savanta’s report.
Addressing microaggressions is a powerful and effective way to create more inclusive teams and reduce attrition rates, particularly from employees who are from historically marginalized groups. Microaggressions are defined as “the everyday, subtle, intentional — and oftentimes unintentional — interactions or behaviors that communicate some sort of bias toward historically marginalized groups.” Instances of microaggressions happen in everyday life, and can sometimes be overlooked or brushed aside. However, experiencing microaggressions in the workplace can have a significantly negative impact on an individual’s psychological safety and performance.
Join our panel as they have an open dialogue on:
Ways to combat microaggressions in the workplace and facilitate respectful dialogue
Strategies on how to respond when you experience a microaggression at work
How to be an ally and speak up when you hear someone making a microaggression
How to look out for microaggressions as a leader
More about the speakers:
Paige Maisonet | Vice President, People Operations | Newfront
Paige Maisonet is currently the Vice President of People Operations for Newfront. Paige founded ABD’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion council and continues to support the belonging and inclusion efforts for Newfront and within the insurance industry. Over the past seven years, Paige has led a variety of People Operations functions including recruiting, retention, perks and rewards, wellness, performance management and employee engagement, ultimately helping the company to grow double in size. Prior to ABD, Paige worked for Procter & Gamble for six years where she served as a Marketing Specialist in San Ramon, CA and Recruiting Specialist in her hometown, Cincinnati, OH.
Hady Mendez | Director of Equality | Slack
Hady Mendez is Director of Equality at Slack where she is responsible for shaping and advancing Slack’s near and long-term focus on inclusion and belonging, while simultaneously supporting Slack’s work of attracting, growing, and retaining underrepresented talent at all levels. With a diverse career spanning over 25 years, Hady has held multiple customer-facing roles in high tech and financial services, served as a leader across various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), volunteered as an international champion for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women, and served as Community School Director at an elementary school in the South Bronx. Hady is an amateur street art photographer and an avid podcast listener.
Querida Xie | Diversity Program Manager | Autodesk
Querida, goes by Q, currently a Diversity Program Manager at Autodesk. Q’s Diversity Recruiting career journey began in 6 years ago working on University Recruiting team at a big tech company. Through working with students and community organizations, she finds her passion in creating more opportunities for those who are underprivileged and underrepresented in the tech industry
Rohini Duvvuri | DEI Consultant and Facilitator | ModelExpand
Rohini is a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Consultant and Facilitator at ModelExpand, a DEI talent solutions firm, leading strategy and training for growing organizations. Rohini has 15+ years of Global HR Business Partner experience in Silicon Valley. She was an integral member of the People Leadership teams at RMS and Guidewire during hyper-growth stages, integrating inclusion as the organizations scaled rapidly
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ModelExpand is a diversity and inclusion strategy firm that works with employers to build a more inclusive hiring process and ultimately hire and retain talent from underrepresented backgrounds.
