Jane Thomas
Co-Founder
Apple Specialty Advertising
Disability Awareness - Challenges and Opportunities in the Workplace
Session Description:Ms. Trisha Cantu and Ms. Jane Thomas will discuss how to attract a diverse workforce in addition to looking beyond the stereotypes to see the potential in people. Unlike other traditionally underrepresented
groups, this disability population is one of the most undervalued and misunderstood.
Micro-inequities: Subtle
Discrimination
Workplace Application: You will walk away armed with a clear understanding of
how powerful subtle and seemingly insignificant words and actions can be to the
future of one’s career and ones organization. You will also learn specific tools
that leaders need to spearhead improvements in workplace leadership,
relationships, diversity, and performance.
Session Description: Dr. Pam Johnson will discuss how
the many "subtle" forms of communication, behavior and discrimination
can impact an employee, and either hurt the organization or help make the
organization prosper. The impact of these messages can be in all areas of
leadership, including, hiring, promotion, selection for special projects, daily
behavior, performance feedback, and even social interaction between
supervisors, peers, and other employees. The program will also explore where
these subtle yet powerful messages come from, the power of the "inner
circle", manager expectations and decision making, and effective feedback.
This interactive program is based on the groundbreaking research and readings from Dr. Mary P. Rowe and Stephen Young exploring how daily subtle messages often affect employment, management, and leadership decision making.
