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At this month’s virtual chapter meeting, NCSA Central Florida members engaged in a discussion about Diversity in the workplace. Federica Di Sansebastiano, a Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Practitioner, was our guest presenter and facilitator. She shared with us her experience and expertise both from her native Italy, while working as a Diversity Manager at IBM, as well as in her current role as Advisor to the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association from her new home (since 2016) in South Florida. Her message—Tap into the diversity of your workforce to gain competitive advantage through increased creativity/ideation, problem-solving efficiency, workforce retention and the list goes on. But how? Here are just a few tips for leaders:
Federica then posed a series of questions about inclusive leadership, belonging and vulnerability during a pandemic which opened up the discussion.
Grazie mille, Federica! Molto piacere! (Many thanks, Federica! Nice to meet you!)