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DE&I Series 1

Tom Salmon, Chairman & CEO, Berry Global, Lori Sutton, Director Corporate Human Resources/Director of Diversity & Inclusion, Berry Global, and Holly Sanders, HR Director, AstraZeneca gave us a look at how their organizations are advancing equity, both within and outside the workplace. This E-REP DEI Series is in partnership with the YMCA of Southwestern Indiana, Inc., Welborn Baptist Foundation, Inc. and BRIDGE: Building Respect & Integrity in Diverse Greater Evansville.

A Few Key Takeaways:

Diverse teams make 87% better business decisions
Businesses with Gender Balance are 50% more profitable
DEI makes business sense
DEI is the human thing to do
Equity = Giving people what they need
Start with a conversation
Awareness training
Start meetings with a ‘DEI moment’

Resources:

Book ‘We can’t talk about that at work‘ – By Mary Francis Winters
TedTalks
Harvard Business Review
McKinsey Reports

DEI Series 2

Thank you to all our guests that attended this morning for the DEI Series 2 Event. We hope you found the panelists Karrah Herring and Danyelle Granger informative and engaging with practical ways to start or accelerate your organization’s DEI journey. Please find a few key takeaways and resources below. Don’t forget to mark your calendar for November to attend the 3rd event in the series. Where you will be provided with a Toolkit to help you along the way.

Thank you to our sponsors CenterPoint Energy and Old National Bank, Technology Sponsor Concept Sound & Light, and Tropicana Evansville for helping make this a successful event.

A Few Key Takeaways:

Survey employees for feedback on feelings of belonging
Talk about culture – conduct small group conversations
Listen
Develop a Growth Mindset – think differently
Learn – seek out mentors to enlighten and keep in check
Values held by others are just as valid as your own
You cannot lead beyond your exposure
Diversify governance/organization at all levels – who is missing from the table?
Immediate impacts can affect the long-term outcomes of community and economic development, workforce
We need to close the wealth, education, and health gap
Diverse-owned businesses need access to capital, consumers, contracts, and the ability to be bonded

Resources:

Survey Monkey – Resources for employee feedback
Center for Global Inclusion
Human Rights Campaign
Disibility:IN

DEI Equality v. Equity HandoutDownload

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