Luncheon Keynote Presentation

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The “How” of Inclusive Leadership: Transforming Organizational Cultures Through Allyship

We’re hearing more than ever about the critical importance of allyship, in workplaces and in society at large, and many of us want to become an ally, but we don’t know how to make this happen. This keynote digs deep into the concept of allyship and how effective allyship can allow both leaders and team members to interrupt bias, develop their cultural lens, and create environments that are authentic, empowering, and innovative. Main takeaways include:

The critical importance of allyship in workplaces and society at large
The “how” for creating inclusive cultures through allyship — the must dos of allyship
Practical tools, skills, and language both leaders and individuals need to boldly transform themselves into allies

Ritu Bhasin

CEO and Founder, bhasin consulting inc.

Ritu Bhasin, LL.B., MBA is the CEO and Founder of bhasin consulting inc. (bci) and an award-winning speaker, author and internationally recognized expert in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), authentic leadership, anti-racism and personal empowerment for people from equity-seeking communities.

Since 2010, Ritu has worked with hundreds of top organizations and senior leadership teams around the world, and as a professional speaker, she has presented to hundreds of thousands of people globally. Ritu is also a certified cultural competence coach and a certified neuro-strategies coach who has personally coached over a thousand people, and very shortly she will complete a trauma professional certification program. As a passionate advocate for authenticity, inclusion and empowerment, Ritu has won numerous awards for her work, including SUCCESS Magazine’s Women of Influence Award, The Women’s Center Leadership Award, the South Asian Bar Association (SABA) Diversity Award and the City of Toronto’s William P. Hubbard Award for Race Relations. She regularly appears on national television and radio in the U.S. and Canada as an expert on leadership, inclusion, personal empowerment, authenticity and antiracism.

Ritu’s Amazon-bestselling book, The Authenticity Principle, was released in the fall of 2017. She is also the co-author of the ground-breaking research study, Sponsor Effect: Canada, with the Center for Talent Innovation (now Coqual), which examines the experiences that People of Color, Indigenous peoples, and women have with advocacy and sponsorship in the workplace. She is currently writing her second book, which is slated to be released in 2023.

Before founding bci, Ritu spent ten years in the legal profession, first as a civil litigator and then as the director of legal talent for the preeminent Canadian law firm, Stikeman Elliott LLP.

Ritu, who is also a yoga and mindfulness teacher and practitioner, lives in Toronto, Canada, but travels all over the world to eat, swim, hike, dance and work.