University at Buffalo (UB)
2019 Lead Together Conference
Conference Highlights
Lead Together: Inclusive Leadership for a Better World
More than 360 leaders from the business, nonprofit and academic worlds attended our annual conference focused on the power of people-oriented leadership — how thinking of others can help you lead and succeed.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Registration, Coffee and Networking |
| 9:15 a.m. |
The Link Between Diversity and Global Competitiveness Ted Childs Strategic Diversity Advisor
As a leading corporate diversity expert, Ted Childs understands the importance of embracing diversity and the advantage it provides in the war for talent and an increasingly competitive global marketplace. To achieve maximum potential, we must pay attention to changing demographics and emerging issues, and embrace them as opportunities for growth. Childs will clarify the definitions associated with diversity and inclusion, explore the global environment, including the marketplace, look at external recognition as a subject matter influence, share his diversity and inclusion “global mega-trends,” and close with commentary about leadership as a tool for integrating diversity and inclusion into the DNA of today’s business leader.
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| 10:00 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15 a.m. |
Learning Tracks - Part One (Attend One)
Building Inclusive Cultures Paul Tesluk, PhD
Negotiating Success for Women Maura Belliveau, PhD
Unconscious Bias in the Workplace Katerina Bezrukova, PhD
Achieving Everyday Excellence: Using Personal Policies to Lead with Greater Impact Vanessa Patrick, PhD
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| 11:30 a.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Becoming a Better “Us”: Inclusiveness in the Age of Tribalism Geoffrey Leonardelli, PhD Associate Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Can we gain the benefits of an “us” without being threatened by a “them?” Geoff’s research shows how focusing on self-insight can increase human effectiveness and uses a psychological lens to analyze whether and how the psychology of “us” can lead to a better us.
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| 1:45 p.m. |
Learning Tracks - Part Two (Attend One)
Gender-Based Power Dynamics in the #MeToo Era Maura Belliveau, PhD
Confidence and Career Success: The Conundrum of “Failure” in Career Growth Experiences Stephanie Argentine, JD/MBA
Unleashing Your Potential While Recognizing Differences in Ability, Behavior and Culture Dorothy Siaw Asamoah, PhD
Networks, Leaders and Teams Prasad Balkundi, PhD
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| 2:45 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Doing Well by Doing Good Barb Stegemann CEO and Founder, 7 Virtues
Learn how Stegemann launched her company, The 7 Virtues Peace Perfumes, out of her garage and on her Visa card—and built a brand that is now not only competing with other luxury perfumes, but has created a new movement of clean and conscious beauty at Sephora, the fastest-growing beauty retailer in the world.
Stegemann will shine light on her approach to business and explain how social enterprise can be used to help reverse global issues such as war and poverty. She will show that the return on investment and the return on love are not mutually exclusive—we can (and must) have both together.
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| 4:00 p.m. | Conference Wrap Up and Networking Reception |
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Hosted by the University at Buffalo School of Management’s Center for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness (CLOE)
Sponsored by KeyBank, UB School of Management Alumni Association, The Martin Group and Hodgson Russ
Thank you to Ted Childs, Geoffrey Leonardelli, Barb Stegemann, the University at Buffalo Center for Diversity Innovation, the UB School of Management Alumni Association, Key Bank, The Martin Group, GEICO Careers, and more than 200 speakers and participants who joined us for our inclusive leadership conference, which took place in May 2019.