Workshop #4 2026
Leading without Bias:
Unleashing Creativity and Innovation Inclusively
Thursday, Sept. 23, 2026
9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Pacific / 12:00-2:00 p.m. Eastern
Presenter: Shari Dunn
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This workshop focuses on the everyday leadership choices that shape inclusion in teams spanning remote and in-person work, multiple generations, and diverse life experiences.
How would you say leaders are doing in unleashing innovation and inclusion across the following groups—generational differences, hybrid work differences, ethnic and cultural differences, gender differences, ability differences, work style differences, communication style differences, nationality differences?
How do generational differences in communication styles show up on your team—and when do they help or hinder collaboration? Where do you notice differences in access to information, influence, or visibility between remote and in-person team members?
What leadership habits unintentionally favor those who are most present, most vocal, or most familiar with existing norms? When expectations are unclear, who tends to adapt—and who tends to get left behind?
What everyday leadership choices could make participation, feedback, and opportunity feel more equitable across work styles? What would “fairness” actually look like for a hybrid, multigenerational team in practice?
This workshop focuses on the everyday leadership choices that shape inclusion in teams spanning remote and in-person work, multiple generations, and diverse life experiences.
Participants explore how decisions about communication, meetings, feedback, and access to opportunity can unintentionally advantage some while excluding others.
The session emphasizes practical leadership habits—reducing proximity bias, improving clarity, and creating consistent expectations—that help teams function with trust and fairness.
Presenter:
Shari Dunn is the Founder and CEO of ITBOM LLC, where she advises Fortune 100 companies, foundations, nonprofits, and government agencies across Applied Equity, strategic planning, and executive communication.
She is the author of Qualified: How Competency Checking and Race Collide at Work (HarperCollins), shortlisted for SABEW’s Best Business Book of the Year, and is currently writing Shamed: How Our Hatred of Victims Fuels a Culture of Harm.
A former practicing attorney representing victims of domestic violence, television journalist, educator, funder, and nonprofit executive, she is an international keynote speaker who has addressed congressional leaders at the Library of Congress, the British Library, and conferences across the United Kingdom.
An American Leadership Forum Fellow whose honors include Executive of the Year and Portland Business Journal’s Women of Influence Award, her work has been featured in TIME, Fast Company, Fortune, Bloomberg, and The Wall Street Journal.
She holds a BA in Philosophy from Marquette University and a JD from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
HR Continuing Education Credit:
Our two-hour Learning Series workshops provide 2.0 HR (general) recertification credit hours through the HR Certification Institute® (HRCI) or Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)®, toward aPHR™, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™, SHRM and SPHRi™.
Live Virtual Sessions and Recordings:
ALL Sessions are conducted live virtually on the dates listed above. If granted permission by the Session presenter(s), we will share the webinar recording with registered attendees for four weeks after each Session.
Accessibility:
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation, by certified interpreters, is available upon request. If you need an accommodation, please contact Series Project Manager, Abi Depositar, at isdi.admin@i4sdi.org. Requests MUST be made at least TWO weeks prior to the session.
