HR and People Operations roles at companies were evolving well before the events of last year. High growth coupled with competition for talent drove companies to care more about building a great culture and creating workplaces where people felt they could do their best work, grow, and belong. And that put Chief People Officers and similar roles in huge demand. And the last year has only heightened HR’s importance with new needs and new roles within organizations.
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Our panel will explore what HR leaders need to know as they develop strategies and grow their teams to meet the coming challenges employees and companies will face.

Companies want to build a culture that leads with empathy but also cultivates high performance. While that decision needs to start at the top, carrying out that strategy often falls to managers. So how do you cultivate and empower self-aware, emotionally intelligent managers? In this session, our panel will talk over how to make empathy a holistic part of your culture from the top down, show how performance and empathy aren’t at odds, and give practical advice on how to build an empathetic manager practice.

Building workplaces that value and drive diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging has become a major priority for many companies. However, for companies with employees, vendors, or customers across different parts of the world, building a cohesive DEIB strategy can be a challenge. Our panel of People and DEIB leaders will talk over establishing values as well as their best practices for helping make DEIB work across very different teams.

Working sustainably isn’t about chasing a perfect (and unrealistic) state of equilibrium between your personal and professional life. In this session, Chloe Sesta Jacobs, Global Director of Inclusion and Engagement at Deputy, will share how the pandemic profoundly changed her understanding of what “balance” really means as a People leader. She’ll walk through what she’s discovered and will share actionable advice on how to transform your relationship with work and yourself.