Past event

Getting Leadership Buy-In For Diversity Efforts

Dionna Smith Strategic Global D&I Executive at PowerToFly
March 5, 2019 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET Virtual Free to attend
Getting Leadership Buy-In For Diversity Efforts

About this session

In a perfect world, we shouldn’t need leadership’s buy-in to diversify our pipelines - but no company is perfect (and budgets are tight!). Learn what you can do as an employee, recruiter or hiring manager to get leadership on board with diversity initiatives, and where you should be spending budget, in this live Q&A!

You asked, she’s answering:

  • How can I make the case for diversity to hiring managers and encourage them to assign real value to diversity?
  • What's the ROI for the business long term?
  • What are Diversity Hiring Strategies I can use on a low to no budget?
  • & More!


Meet the speaker

Dionna Smith

Dionna Smith

Strategic Global D&I Executive at PowerToFly

Global Director of D&I, Learning & Development at PowerToFly I Former head of Global Diversity Talent Strategies & Recruitment Programs @ Delta Air lines l Atlanta Business Chronicle's 40 under 40

About PowerToFly

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