WORKPLACE DIVERSITY
UQ Business School
Thought Leadership Series
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Workplace diversity embraces the unique blend of knowledge, skills and perspectives that people bring to a workplace. Diversity can be broken down into culture, ethnicity, gender and gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion, language and education, all of which aid in harnessing the benefits of an effective workplace.
This event aims to better understand the importance of tearing down the walls of division, when it comes to diversity.
Facilitated by Kristin Devitt, Managing Director, KDPR
Startup Exhibitors:
• Equal Reality
• The Change Agenda
• Cahlia
• Ngiyani
• ThoughtPlace
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Jade Collins, Co-Founder, Femeconomy
Jade Collins is the Co-Founder of Femeconomy, where women shop brands with female leaders to create gender equality. Jade has over 19 years’ global experience in corporate executive Human Resources and management consulting roles in the Mining, Energy and Aerospace industries, leading large scale, complex change management programs. The combination of Jade’s HR, Psychology and MBA qualifications and her leadership experience is invaluable for creating networks and engaging others to increase gender equality in leadership across industries. Jade is a member of the Queensland Government's Strategic Advisory Group for the Toward Gender Parity: Women on Boards Initiative.
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Libby Lyons, Director, The Workplace Gender Equality Agency
Libby Lyons was appointed Director of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency in October 2015. She oversees a statutory reporting process which gathers gender equality data from over 12,000 employers and covers more than 4 million Australian employees. Libby, in leading the Agency, is focused on working closely with employers to create workplaces in which the skills, experience and ambitions of employees are equally recognised and rewarded, regardless of their gender.
Prior to joining the Agency Libby had a distinguished career in corporate affairs and government relations, most recently heading BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam corporate affairs division. Before this Libby was General Manager of External Relations at Atlas Iron, and held senior roles at CITIC Pacific Mining, Alcoa Australia, the Western Power Corporation and Telstra.
Libby has always had a strong personal commitment to public service. She started her career as a primary school teacher in the outer-suburbs of Melbourne, has sat on the boards of the non-profit organisations SIDS and Kids WA, and was Executive Chairman for Kalparrin – a charity which supports the carers of children with disabilities.
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Dr Tyler Okimoto, Associate Professor in Management, UQ Business School
Dr Tyler Okimoto is an Associate Professor in Management in the UQ Business School where he teaches courses on leadership, human resources, negotiation, and decision-making in the Undergraduate, MBA, and Executive levels. Prior to joining UQ, he received his Ph.D. in Social and Organisational Psychology from New York University in 2005, and worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Psychology at Flinders University in Australia, and in the School of Management at Yale University.
Dr Okimoto's research tackles issues of social justice in organizations, politics, and society more broadly, particularly how biases in organisational and ethical decision-making contribute to discrimination, unethical practices, injustice, and conflict within and between groups. In 2012 he was awarded the Early Career Researcher Award from the International Society for Justice Research for his contributions to the understanding of conflict and justice repair. He currently holds two major research grants studying the barriers preventing effective reconciliation and reintegration in the aftermath of workplace transgressions (SSHRC Grant, Canada), as well as following major socio-political disputes (ARC Discovery).
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Dean Foley, Founder, Barayamal
Dean served five years in the Royal Australian Air Force before founding Australia’s Indigenous business accelerator, Barayamal – now known as a world leader in Indigenous Entrepreneurship. Dean is an action-oriented entrepreneur, Microsoft RAP Advisory Board Member, winner of the Indigenous Digital Excellence (IDX) Entrepreneurship Award, and proud Kamilaroi Man from Gunnedah, NSW.
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For more information, contact the AmCham QLD office on 07 3220 2478 or email [email protected]
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