When it comes to career advancement for women, people of color and other diverse groups, the saying goes “if you can see it, you can be it”. Yet when people with disabilities look to the senior ranks of most organizations, they seldom find aspirational leaders who share a common disability experience. Persistent unconscious biases – particularly competency biases – and a tyranny of low expectations perpetuate protracted entry-level positioning and stunted career progression for people with disabilities. This session will seek to disrupt the biases that constrain career growth for people with disabilities and examine proven development strategies that support advancement.
Learning Objectives:
- Unpack the unconscious bias scripts that hinder career progression for people with disabilities, including tips on how to spot them in yourself and others and strategies for how to disrupt them.
- Understand how to differentiate true barriers to advancement from false preconceptions and identify accommodations and solutions that enable and empower qualified individuals to progress past real barriers.
- Examine global development programming and processes which have proven successful in supporting career advancement for people with disabilities.
Moderator:
Mia Eckhaus, Associate Director of Workplace Strategy at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Panelists:
- Kayley Petersen, Senior Manager, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Discover
- Robert Barea, Vice President, Culture, Diversity & Engagement at Prudential
- Doug McCullough, Senior Manager, Global Supply Chain Reliability at Johnson & Johnson
- Carlos Terrazas, Global Disability Inclusion Manager at McDonalds