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Transform your corporate culture with Howard Ross, a leader in unconscious bias and diversity, renowned for guiding companies to excellence in inclusion.

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“I left your event enlightened, energized, and moved to action” – this is the overwhelming response I’ve received after having Howard Ross come to Christiana Care Health System to deliver a keynote on “Creating Conscious Inclusion”. Howard has a way of addressing very real issues in a manner that touches the heart and engages the head which leads to calls to action!

Dana Beckton

Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Sutter Health System

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Why you should book Howard Ross for your next event

Leverage Howard Ross’s groundbreaking books and consulting expertise, which have shaped diversity strategies for Fortune 500 companies across the globe.
Transform your organizational culture and build a deep sense of belonging with Howard Ross’s proven techniques for lasting change.
Experience the impact of Ross’s award-winning approach to diversity and inclusion, which has consistently enhanced organizational effectiveness and unity.

Unlock transformative insights with Howard Ross, a renowned expert in diversity and unconscious bias. With over 40 years of experience and bestselling books, he delivers actionable strategies to enhance corporate culture, bridge divides, and foster belonging. As a global consultant and acclaimed speaker, Ross empowers organizations to achieve profound, lasting change. Book him now to elevate your team’s performance and inclusivity.

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Keynote by Howard Ross: Overcoming Unconscious Bias: The Journey to Inclusion

Over the past 20 years, the study of unconscious bias has exploded into the diversity and inclusion field, built on breakthroughs in the neurocognitive sciences and hundreds of new studies. What insights do they provide into how we think and how that thinking shapes our workplace behavior? Are these insights being misunderstood or misused? And how can we examine the data—and our own biases—to prosper in an increasingly diverse and global workplace, society and competitive landscape?

In this game-changing presentation, based on his best selling book,
Everyday Bias: Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments inour Daily Lives,
unconscious bias expert Howard Ross shares proven strategies that both individuals and organizations can use to create more culturally competent and inclusive organizations. Revealing new research, case studies and practical applications that have diversity practitioners re-thinking old strategies, Ross shows how we can overcome unconscious bias to truly transform the way we work on both a personal and organizational level. This highly reflective and often inspiring presentation gives participants the opportunity to explore their own relationship with bias and its presence in their own organizations—beginning the journey toward self-discovery that is at the heart of inclusion.

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Keynote by Howard Ross: Creating a Culture of Belonging

We are living in a world of almost unparalleled division, separation and tribalism. People are no longer disagreeing, but disavowing each other’s rights to an opinion. What is driving this polarization and how can we overcome it in our daily lives? In his new book,
Our Search for Belonging: How our Need to Connect is Tearing Us Apart,
Howard Ross examines this fractured landscape and finds a beacon of hope: the modern workplace. After all, we don’t choose who we work with. These relationships cut across race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, education levels and political perspectives—the very impetus needed for community and belonging to exist.

Building upon a foundation of cutting edge research, Ross shares best practices from some of America’s most successful and admired companies. He also guides audiences through the eight pathways to creating a culture of belonging, including the specific behaviors that people in organizations can embrace in order to make them happen. As one CEO said about
Our Search for Belonging
, “Howard Ross offers actionable steps on how we can begin to dismantle the walls between us for the benefit of our workplaces and our society. An insightful read for all leaders.”

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Keynote by Howard Ross: The Six Elements of Inclusive Leadership

The growing relevance of diversity and the increasingly diverse demographics of our culture call for a new kind of leader. Diversity and unconscious bias expert Howard Ross walks audiences through the essential traits, outlining the six elements of inclusive leadership:

Commitment. How can leaders find their own “why” about diversity and inclusion, one that can inspire them to inspire others?

Team Focus. How does diversity impact team performance and what can you do as a leader to create effective inclusion on your teams?

Mindful Decision-making. What is unconscious bias and how does it impact leadership decision-making?

Innovation. How can you leverage diversity and inclusion to inspire and expand innovation?

Cultural Competency. In a new age of globalism and diversity, leaders have to develop an understanding of how culture impacts employee values, beliefs and behaviors. It can also be an important element in understanding the needs of customers or clients.

Courage. How do we move forward in the face of criticism, challenges or people who resist the message of diversity and inclusion?

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Keynote by Howard Ross: Reinventing Diversity for the 21st Century

Almost 40% of US residents are now people of color. Percentages of women and “out” LGBT people continue to grow. As more people with disabilities enter the workforce, accessibility issues loom. As always, generational dynamics create challenges. Yet most interventions and solutions that we are using have not changed in decades.

This conversation is vityslly important now as the conversation about DEI has become more and more controversial.

Based on his book,
Reinventing Diversity: T
ransforming Organizational Community to Strengthen People, Purpose, and Performanc
e, Howard Ross focuses on three major paradigm shifts that are needed to create a 21
st
century approach:

Moving from a U.S.-based, reparative framework to an understanding of cultural competency and global diversity. Are your diversity programs trying to “fix” problems of the past rather than addressing the emerging realities of globalism?

Moving from “blame and shame” to a deeper understanding of the unconscious mind and how that impacts people’s behavior. Are your diversity programs dividing people and using guilt to motivate them? Or, do you acknowledge that bias is driven by unconscious beliefs that we are not aware of?

Moving from “diversity events” to transforming organizational culture. Are your programs focused on events and training programs vs. activities proven to create long-term strategic change?

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Keynote by Howard Ross: The Evolution of the Diversity Conversation – with Dr. Johnnetta Cole

Workplaces have always mirrored our larger society, facing the same issues, challenges and divisions. In this thought-provoking presentation, Howard Ross and his colleague, Dr. Johnnetta Cole, President Emerita of Spelman and Bennett Colleges, examine the evolution of the racial and diversity conversation in America and its workplaces. What does it take to create real and lasting change? How have diversity and inclusion efforts advanced social justice and equality?

With sights set on a future that will be increasingly diverse and global, these two diversity and inclusion veterans from very different personal backgrounds guide us through the challenges to come. At a time when the level of racial tension and polarization is so high, these two long-time colleagues present a hopeful example of how people can bridge across race, gender, and religion to create true ally-ship and organizational environments of inclusion, trust, and collaboration

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Keynote by Howard Ross: The Power of Nice: How Basic Civility and Respect Can Be Tools to Create Organizational Community

We have seen a general pattern of decay in our public discourse over the past generation. In a world in which our most senior leaders resort to name calling and pettiness, common decency and civility seem to now be seen by many as “soft” or “weak.” In fact, the greatest leaders do not have to be mean or rude to get things done.
This talk will focus on a deep understanding of human motivation, uncovering decades of research as to why and how people respond to each other. We will talk about the neuro-science research and on strategies to build more civil relationships and cultures.

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Keynote by Howard Ross: Mindfulness: Clearing Out the Distractions to Be Able to Be Here Now

Over the past decades, the practice of mindfulness has moved from the domain of wellness and health to the mainstream of our society. Corporations offer yoga and meditation for employees; even world leaders have been known to develop some of these practices. This session will focus on the science and practice of mindfulness. Participants will leave understanding why it works, and how to use it in their daily lives.

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Keynote by Howard Ross: Rewiring Our Lives: Moving into Aging With Vitality and Purpose

Most people have bought into the notion that the “senior” years of life are a period of steady decline…but it doesn’t have to be that way. New breakthroughs in understanding the physical, emotional and psychological aspects of aging have given us the ability to stay vital and productive for longer than ever before. This talk will focus on how we let go of the conditioning that makes aging so frightening to so many, and move into this period of life with consciousness and optimism. We explore mindset, physical and mental health, and longevity medicine among other related topics.

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Customer Reviews

Dana Beckton Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Sutter Health System

Howard Ross is a consummate presenter, able to connect with an audience of any size from 10 to a thousand. His sincerity, commitment to the cause and simple humanity come across in every presentation. He not only knows the details of his topics, but clearly lives them, too.

Steve Humerickhouse Executive Director, The Forum on Workplace Inclusion

Howard Ross transformed our understanding of both bias and unconscious bias with his wonderful work on Everyday Bias. Now he is transforming our understanding of why we have people in America both tribalizing and too often fighting each other in damaging and dysfunctional tribal ways. This work is a must for anyone who wants to understand the mess we are in today and what we need to do now to give us a better future for our organizations, our communities, and even our nation.

George Halvorson Retired CEO, Kaiser Permanente

Our field has an abundance of talkers, folks who have an opinion they feel obligated to share. We don’t need more of either. We need more thinkers, more analysts of substance. In a world where national and tribal boundaries impose a defensive obsession with our differences, Howard has stepped in to fill that void. Legendary IBM CEO Thomas J. Watson, Jr., said, ‘We serve our interests best when we serve the public interest.’ In my own work I have focused on the thought, ‘We talk to one another, not about one another.’ Howard is connecting those dots at a time when our societal survival is threatened. Global, national, local, or tribal—connect and respect are challenges we seem unable to execute. Howard is providing a mirror that makes us confront that picture and frames how we can navigate a treacherous road to higher, safer ground—a place where your place is not a bad place, and my place is not the only place for me.

J. T. Childs Former Chief Diversity Officer, IBM

The increasing polarization that exists in our society today can be a real impediment to producing the results we need and want in business and in politics. Howard Ross helps us understand the importance of breaking down those barriers and provides powerful tools for how to do it.

Manny Chirico Chairman & CEO, PVH Corp.

Howard Ross

Mastering Diversity: From Bias to Belonging

Keynote Speaker Howard Ross is a renowned authority in the fields of diversity, inclusion, and organizational culture, celebrated for his profound impact on addressing unconscious bias and fostering workplace transformation. With over 40 years of experience, Ross has established himself as a leading motivational speaker, offering invaluable insights into navigating the complexities of modern workplace dynamics.

Howard Ross’s expertise is encapsulated in his bestselling books, such as
Everyday Bias
and
ReInventing Diversity
, which have become essential resources for understanding and overcoming unconscious judgments. His latest publication,
Our Search for Belonging
, delves into the pressing issues of polarization and tribalism, providing practical tools for bridging divides and cultivating inclusive environments.

When you book Howard Ross for your event, you’re securing a speaker who not only captivates audiences but also delivers actionable strategies that drive real change. Ross’s presentations are designed to inspire and equip organizations to build cohesive teams and foster a culture of belonging, ultimately enhancing performance and unity.

For a keynote that will transform your organizational culture and inspire lasting impact, book Howard Ross today. His motivational speaking and deep expertise offer a unique opportunity to elevate your team and drive forward-thinking solutions in diversity and inclusion. Don’t miss the chance to engage with a leader who can truly make a difference.