{"id":4840,"date":"2021-11-18T12:17:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T17:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/?p=4840"},"modified":"2024-08-30T14:20:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T18:20:06","slug":"beyond-the-conference-room-dei-for-frontline-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/beyond-the-conference-room-dei-for-frontline-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the Conference Room: DEI for Frontline Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As corporate investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has soared, there is one group still being left behind: frontline professionals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and global movements for racial equity, organizations across the world are building momentum toward more inclusive, employee-centered workplace cultures. Yet even now, the importance of DEI for flight attendants, maintenance workers, machinists, truck drivers, firefighters, line cooks, healthcare workers, retail professionals, the service industry and more, has been scantly discussed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This panel discussion aims to change that dynamic \u2013 to ignite the conversation around DEI for frontline professionals: its unique challenges, perspectives, strategies, and opportunities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watch our one-hour webinar on DEI for essential workers, moderated by The Diversity Movement\u2019s senior content strategist and former service industry manager, <a href=\"https:\/\/thediversitymovement.com\/team\/roxanne-bellamy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roxanne Bellamy<\/a>. We\u2019ll dive into:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the business case for frontline DEI<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">best practices for organization-wide education<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and, how to create a culture of curiosity, trust, transparency, and accountability within your frontline teams<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Roxanne is joined by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/philip-kowalczyk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phil Kowalcywk<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/andolinak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kerry Andolina<\/a>, and <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mariela-perez-pennock-fcls-a6277a7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mariela Perez-Pennock<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gotostage.com\/channel\/22238eff15284e69847a9bb5243d7217\/recording\/58aa8b39979740d187eb97b79585e999\/watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Now On Demand<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As corporate investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has soared, there is one group still being left behind: frontline professionals.\u00a0 In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and global15<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,27,10],"tags":[],"tdm_type":[93],"class_list":["post-4840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trends-industry-insights","category-videos","category-webinars","tdm_type-videos"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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