Last week, I had the pleasure to attend (and present!) at the ACT-W Achieving Equity conference in Portland, OR. The conference was designed to give Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) professionals, HR managers and line of business managers best practices in making their workplaces more diverse, more welcoming and more empowering for all. There were some truly wonderful talks, ranging from creating allyship in computer and
My talk was on the power of mentoring and the best advice on how to construct and implement formal programs in corporate settings. I feel that mentoring can be a great tool for cultivating diverse talent – one of the things I mentioned in my talk was the ability for mentees to be able
It also marked my first “public”,