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Creating Inclusion to Unleash Potential

How can you unleash the full potential of your organization's talent to succeed today and tomorrow? Research shows that building a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusion and belonging is one of the most effective strategies to drive performance and success. In this discussion, we'll explore what it takes to shape and sustain an inclusive culture and where HR can play an integral role. We'll raise awareness about the impact of our individual mindsets and behaviors on inclusion and identify practical ways to boost belonging and tap each person's full potential. We’ll close by helping you chart your organization’s progress on its DE&I journey and by highlighting some practical next steps to accelerate progress.

Learning outcomes are as follows:

• Understand 5 pillars that are key for creating inclusive culture
• Build awareness of mindsets and behaviors that foster inclusion
• Understand your natural leadership style, its impact on others, and practical ways you can build inclusion and belonging
• Pinpoint the evolution of your organization's DE&I journey and where you and HR can make a difference

Speaker Bio: Tori Morgan

Tori Morgan is a Consultant with Heidrick & Struggles, a global leadership advisory firm. She works with organizations and leaders across industries on diversity equity & inclusion, leadership development, simplicity, digital, and innovation. In 2020, Tori moved from Chicago to Kenai, Alaska and is eager to serve Alaskan communities and organizations.

Tori’s passion is to help people learn, grow, and take action to achieve victories. She has led workshops that develop leaders, organizations, and cultures around the world in locations from Chicago to upstate New York to Johannesburg, South Africa.

In DE&I, Tori leads diagnostics and presents findings to executives, providing a rich understanding of the org’s current-state. She equips top teams to build inclusive cultures by designing and facilitating experiential learning sessions. Tori leads assessment and development engagements that empower leaders to build self-awareness around strengths and opportunity areas to accelerate their growth and success. Working in simplicity, digital, and innovation, Tori helps leaders and organizations break current paradigms. She expands the horizon by sharing market insights and new ways of thinking/working that enable action and drive change. 

Prior, Tori worked in Heidrick & Struggles’ Executive Search business. She focused on assessing and placing top candidates in executive roles in the consumer and industrial markets and across the finance function.

Tori’s other great passions are the outdoors and service. Before joining Heidrick, she worked at REI as a customer service specialist and led multi-day backpacking and camping trips in Arizona and the mid-Atlantic. Since moving to Kenai, she volunteers with Alaska Christian College, whose mission is to empower Alaska Natives through higher education.

Tori earned a B.A. in government from Georgetown University. She graduated Summa Cum Laude and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa as well as Alpha Sigma Nu, the Jesuit honor society for academic excellence and outstanding service to others.

Tori is conversational in Spanish and French and enjoys opportunities to connect with others in both languages.

This program is pending approval for 1 SHRM Professional Development Credit (PDC) and 1 HRCI recertification credit.  The use of this official seal confirms that this Activity has met HR Certification Institute’s® (HRCI®)  criteria for recertification credit pre-approval.