Breakout Sessions
The Sociometry of Diversity Fatigue
Session Track: Surge with Savvy
Male leaders are typically expected to initiate change as influential leaders in their organizations. Women, however, are typically judged on how they direct and delegate change before they are trusted to initiate change. What is this phenomenon and how does it impact organizations with diversity and inclusion (D&I) fatigue? This highly interactive session will explore the role women have in inspiring, directing, delegating, and initiating change while empowering their sociometric superpowers to affect lasting change. Explore how body language, internal dialogue, and non-verbal communication can inspire and promote D&I work, helping prepare you to step in, not just lean in, to D&I work.
Session Speaker
Femina Ajayi-Hackworth
D&I Consultant - Securian Financial Group
Femina Ajayi-Hackworth has been in the diversity and inclusion field for the past 10 years. Her passion is working beyond increasing the diversity of an organization’s staff to reflect state workforce demographics. Rather, she works to enhance diversity and inclusion work so that diversity is no longer viewed as a separate and distinct entity, but a cohesive and necessary factor of today’s work. She carries a dual masters in African American and African diaspora studies, and a masters of public affairs from Indiana University.