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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

 

Keynote Speaker: Barb Giamanco, CEO, Talent Builders

Program Title:  Diversity in the Workplace

Description:

Re:Focus on Careers – October 2007 Presentation - Diversity Does Matter!

In celebration of National Diversity Month in October, we are pleased to welcome Barbara Giamanco, CEO of Talent Builders, as our next guest speaker. As the dramatic shift to a highly diverse workplace continues, organizations know they must help employees understand, accept, and capitalize on differences, because a discussion of diversity is bigger than just a focus on gender or the color of our skin. More and more, companies know that cultural backgrounds and the unique experiences of diverse employees and customers can enrich the organization, making it more innovative and globally competitive.

Too often when considering the issue of diversity, the focus on “what separates us” defines the discussion. Instead, Barb believes that it is time to shift the dialog to a discussion of what unities us. It is time to appreciate and respect the differences and the similarities that we all share. Diversity is as much about the diversity of thought and perspective, as it is our gender, religious beliefs or the color of our skin. Each of us brings a unique perspective of the world into the workplace through our cultural backgrounds and experiences.  Now is the time to realize that we each have the power to create a better world by reaching out and building connections with people we usually don’t have the opportunity to know. Now is the time to include everyone, remembering that in work and in life – Diversity Does Matter!

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To learn more about your own view of diversity, Talent Builders is offering a discounted price on their popular Discovering Diversity Profile to everyone who attends the October meeting. Normally $31.00 each, Re:Focus on Careers attendees can purchase the profile in the week following the event for $26.00.

An important tool for career development, the Discovering Diversity Profile helps people (confidentially) explore their own viewpoints on workforce diversity in four key areas:

• Examine what they know about differences and learn where the information comes from.
• Learn how willing they are to put themselves in a position to feel what others may be feeling.
• Assess how patient and respectful they are of diverse behaviors and backgrounds.
• Gain insight into how they act out their attitudes toward others.

Once people identify their current attitudes about workforce diversity, the Discovering Diversity Profile helps them understand how their viewpoints and behaviors affect others.

Biography:   With a mission to IGNITE passion, purpose and profits in the workplace by providing companies with world-class employee development products and programs, Talent Builders, Inc. offers a range of assessment tools, facilitation programs, and e-learning to fit a variety of needs. Through train-the-trainer programs, program facilitation, individual assessment and coaching, Talent Builders assists clients in building strong, vibrant retention cultures.

Founder and CEO, Barbara Giamanco, spent more than 20 years in sales, customer service, marketing and management with such industry-leading technology providers as Ingram Micro, Egghead Software, Aldus Corporation and Microsoft Corporation before starting Talent Builders in 2002. She is also the Co-Founder of the Women’s Mentor Network, a worldwide, online community of women sharing their experience, knowledge, talent and resources with other women to help them succeed personally and professionally.

As a professional with over 25 years of business experience, Barbara is a graduate of The Coaches Training Institute – accredited by the International Coach Federation. She is an Inscape Certified DiSC® Trainer and maintains her people expertise through memberships in the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), American Society of Training & Development, Technology Association of Georgia, Women in Technology, Microsoft Alumni Network, International Coach Federation, and the Georgia Coach Association.

Barbara resides in Metro Atlanta, and enjoys hiking with her dogs, Shorty (a Retriever-Shepard mix) and Murphy (a black lab).  She is an active member of her community where she served as the 2006-2007 Chairman for the Advisory Council of Congressman Tom Price, M.D. In 2005, Barb served as Business and Economy Committee Chair for Congressman Price. Barb is an alumni member of Leadership Sandy Springs. She has served as Chairman of the Board for Keep Sandy Springs North Fulton Beautiful, Board Member of the Sandy Springs Business Association, member of the Sandy Springs Civic Roundtable and Co-Founder of the Vintage Affair, an annual charity event benefiting the Community Action Center .

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Questions:  email Debbie Rodkin at debbie@ReFocusOnCareers.com