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The 2022 SHRM Body of Applied Skills and Knowledge (BASK) defines culture as the basic beliefs, attitudes, values, behaviors and customs shared and followed by members of a group, which give rise to the group’s sense of identity.

Having an inclusive work culture provides the context for everything we do in HR and how employees experience their work. In this session we will discuss ways that the HR leader can work with management to foster a more inclusive culture. 

The session will deal with these key learning points:

• HR's responsibility to ensure an inclusive work culture exists in the organization; 
• How to gain top leader support for creating and maintaining an inclusive culture;
• How to work with managers who are not as inclusive (as they need to be); 
• How to know when change is needed; 
• How to protect the culture.

Join us for this interesting and interactive information session.

Studying for the SHRM Certification exam? This session relates to just about every functional area and should be helpful in your prep work.

Get to know our speaker:

Mary Cheddie, SHRM-SCP, a recognized expert in the topic, is Divisional Director, East for SHRM. In her role, she is responsible for member acquisition and retention, leadership development for volunteer leaders, chapters, and state councils, and creating the value-added proposition for SHRM. Cheddie has more than 30 years of domestic and international experience in all aspects of human resources and training. She has extensive experience with strategic planning, M&As, and in starting and turning around businesses.

Prior to joining SHRM, she served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources for the publicly-traded global 14,000- employee Interval Leisure Group, Inc. and its affiliated companies.

Mary also served as Senior Vice President, People with PRC, as well as Vice President, Human Resources, Strategic Planning, Office Services, and Facilities for The Orvis Company, Inc. in Manchester, VT.

She earned her MBA from Upper Iowa University, a bachelor’s degree from Thomas Edison State College in Trenton, New Jersey, and is certified as a SHRM-Senior Certified Professional.

She was a member of the Board of Directors for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) from 2003-2008. In 2000 she served as President of the Dallas HR Association, one of the largest affiliated SHRM chapters. She resides in South Florida.

“The use of this official seal confirms that this Activity has met HR Certification Institute’s® (HRCI®)  criteria for recertification credit pre-approval.”

Please note, this meeting may be converted to online only at any time due to current COVID cases in the area.  Registrants will be notified of any changes before the meeting.