Many companies today have drastically improved workforce diversity compared to 10 or 20 years ago, however most are not as inclusive as they should be.

Jim will walk us through the difference between Diversity, Inclusion, and Compliance and show us how these three concepts mix and mingle in the modern US workplace.

We’ll define terms, walk through scenarios and examine common errors and misconceptions. Together we’ll explore some of the best practices and learn how weaving diversity and inclusion into employee onboarding can help us all move forward.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how properly implemented D&I initiatives impact business results
• Understand what many companies do wrong
• Explore current best practice

About the Speaker

Jim Brown, Jr., DTM, a 1997 graduate of North Carolina A&T State University with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He currently works as a Product Safety engineer for John Deere commercial mowing. For most of the last 15 years Jim has been directly engaged in workplace inclusiveness, including recruiting and mentoring of minority engineers. Jim recently completed his MBA at East Carolina University and is looking forward to pursing Doctoral studies in business. In his free time Jim enjoys photography, motorsports, STEM outreach, non-profit governance, the occasional round of golf and a properly prepared steak.