{"id":36151,"date":"2024-06-28T13:42:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T13:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/?p=36151"},"modified":"2024-06-28T13:42:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T13:42:02","slug":"how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can Leaders Impact<\/ br> a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Current State<\/b><\/h3>\n

The importance of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) has been growing for several years. The increased focus following the movement for racial justice and global pandemic has given way to a more measured response. Recent Brandon Hall Group\u2122 study results show that nearly 70% of organizations are prioritizing helping their leaders to manage more inclusively in 2024 and 71% are planning moderate to heavy investment in efforts designed to embed the values of DEI in the organization. (Source: Brandon Hall Group\u2122 Study, HCM<\/i> <\/i>Outlook<\/i> <\/i>2024<\/i>)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Complexities<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

DEI is unique as a business driver because it often involves significant culture change. In many cases, increasing diversity, equity and inclusion requires behavior change across the organization, starting with leaders. Most organizations have seen a slip in leader behaviors around DEI in the last year, most showing only average results. It\u2019s important to encourage leaders to lead by example and enable and encourage them to do so.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Consequences<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

A lack of leadership and strategic planning for DEI has created a disconnect between the high level of importance and the impact of DEI on the business. For example, only 25% of companies lay out an organization-wide approach to DEI and fewer than one-third (30%) have a well-developed approach to change management when it comes to DEI. There is clear opportunity to improve.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Critical Questions<\/b><\/h3>\n
    \n
  • How can organizations do a better job creating awareness of unconscious bias and building a culture of self-awareness that empowers \u201cunconscious inclusion?\u201d<\/li>\n
  • How can organizations embed the values of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in all levels of the organization?<\/li>\n
  • How can organizations motivate leaders and eventually all employees to make themselves accountable for creating and sustaining a truly inclusive organization?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Brandon Hall Group\u2122<\/sup> POV<\/b><\/h3>\n

    Inclusive leadership is intrinsic to a culture of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Leaders must demonstrate the values and behaviors they want everyone to adopt. For many organizations, becoming more inclusive requires significant change, which requires leaders who are agile, creative and emotionally centered.<\/p>\n

    Here are a few examples of applying inclusive leadership behaviors:<\/p>\n

    \u2726<\/span> Be<\/b> <\/b>willing<\/b> <\/b>to<\/b> <\/b>have<\/b> <\/b>meaningful,<\/b> <\/b>authentic<\/b> <\/b>conversations<\/b> <\/b>about<\/b> <\/b>workplace<\/b> <\/b>issues<\/b> <\/b>or<\/b> <\/b>social<\/b> <\/b>issues,<\/b> <\/b>including<\/b><\/span> <\/b>diversity.<\/b><\/span> <\/b>Discussing issues that employees deal with or are involved in \u2014 handled sensitively and with mutual respect \u2014 can help build a culture of transparency and bring work teams together. If this is new to you, consult your HR or DEI professional for help and guidance and always follow organizational guidelines and protocols.<\/p>\n

    \u2726<\/span> Collaborate inclusively. <\/b>Do you rely on the same subgroup to make decisions or provide input? Each person has unique strengths. People who might appear to not be the best fit for a discussion may have a different experience or viewpoint that can make a difference.<\/p>\n

    \u2726<\/span> Be comfortable <\/b>\u2014 and make your team comfortable \u2014 with conflict or disagreement, as long as it is expressed constructively and professionally.<\/p>\n

    \u2726<\/span> Actively show empathy and support <\/b>when employees express a different viewpoint from yours or the majority opinion.<\/p>\n

    \u2726<\/span> Advocate the importance of employees <\/b>being allies, coaches and mentors for each other.<\/p>\n

    \u2726<\/span> Support<\/b> <\/b>flexibility.<\/b> <\/b>Provide support for employees\u2019 varying family responsibilities and structures. For example, primary caregivers may benefit from flexibility around pickup and drop-off times for school or need flexible work schedules. Whenever possible, focus on the quality of work and not on how or when it gets done.<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    To encourage and enable leaders to display these behaviors, consider the following approaches:<\/span><\/p>\n

    Ensure leaders understand the expectations<\/b><\/p>\n

    Leaders cannot meet expectations they don\u2019t know are there. Be clear from onboarding through every development interaction that there is an expectation of inclusive behavior on their part and hold them accountable for that behavior.<\/p>\n

    Reinforce understanding of inclusive behaviors<\/b><\/p>\n

    Build refresher content into your ongoing leader development and communication plans, potentially highlighting a single behavior or competency as part of broader communications like newsletters, landing pages, etc.<\/p>\n

    Highlight success stories<\/b><\/p>\n

    Make sure that you are telling stories that reinforce the value of inclusive leadership behaviors. When a leader does what they can to accommodate what employees need, hold them out as an example.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Explore how leaders can impact and foster a culture of diversity and inclusion through inclusive leadership behaviors, strategic planning, and organizational change management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":35467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2778,3162],"tags":[4244,4241,1009,271,4243,4245,3153,4160,158,4242,705,1845,4149],"class_list":["post-36151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diversity-inclusion","category-learning-and-development-2","tag-dei-competencies","tag-dei-strategies","tag-diversity-and-inclusion","tag-employee-engagement","tag-inclusive-behaviors","tag-inclusive-decision-making","tag-inclusive-leadership","tag-leadership-accountability","tag-leadership-development","tag-organizational-change","tag-unconscious-bias","tag-workplace-culture","tag-workplace-flexibility"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow Can Leaders Impact a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion? - Brandon Hall Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explore how leaders can impact and foster a culture of diversity and inclusion through inclusive leadership behaviors, strategic planning, and organizational change management.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Can Leaders Impact a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion? - Brandon Hall Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Explore how leaders can impact and foster a culture of diversity and inclusion through inclusive leadership behaviors, strategic planning, and organizational change management.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Brandon Hall Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-28T13:42:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BHG-Thumbnails-Strategy-Brief.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"13892\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"9230\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claude Werder\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claude Werder\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Claude Werder\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d72013e524cff77f5fbf8ed2669c8ce6\"},\"headline\":\"How Can Leaders Impact a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion?\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-28T13:42:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":681,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ex6jpoo4khr.exactdn.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/BHG-Thumbnails-Strategy-Brief.png?strip=all\",\"keywords\":[\"DEI competencies\",\"DEI strategies\",\"diversity and inclusion\",\"Employee Engagement\",\"inclusive behaviors\",\"inclusive decision-making\",\"Inclusive Leadership\",\"leadership accountability\",\"Leadership Development\",\"organizational change\",\"unconscious bias\",\"Workplace Culture\",\"workplace flexibility\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Diversity & Inclusion\",\"Learning and Development\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\\\/\",\"name\":\"How Can Leaders Impact a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion? - Brandon Hall Group\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ex6jpoo4khr.exactdn.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/BHG-Thumbnails-Strategy-Brief.png?strip=all\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-28T13:42:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d72013e524cff77f5fbf8ed2669c8ce6\"},\"description\":\"Explore how leaders can impact and foster a culture of diversity and inclusion through inclusive leadership behaviors, strategic planning, and organizational change management.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ex6jpoo4khr.exactdn.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/BHG-Thumbnails-Strategy-Brief.png?strip=all\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ex6jpoo4khr.exactdn.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/BHG-Thumbnails-Strategy-Brief.png?strip=all\",\"width\":13892,\"height\":9230},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How Can Leaders Impact a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Brandon Hall Group\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d72013e524cff77f5fbf8ed2669c8ce6\",\"name\":\"Claude Werder\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/claude-werder_avatar_1-96x96.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/claude-werder_avatar_1-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/claude-werder_avatar_1-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Claude Werder\"},\"description\":\"Claude J. Werder Senior Vice President and Principal Analyst, Brandon Hall Group Claude Werder runs Brandon Hall Group's Talent Management, Leadership Development and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) practices. His specific areas of focus include how organizations must transform culturally and strategically to meet the needs of the emerging workforce and workplace. Claude develops insights and solutions on employee experience, leadership, coaching, talent development, assessments, culture, DE&I, and other topics to help members and clients make talent development a competitive business advantage now and in the evolving future of work. Before joining Brandon Hall Group in 2012, Claude was an HR consultant and also spent more than 25 years as an executive and people leader for media and news organizations. This included a decade as the producer of the HR Technology Conference and Expo. He helped transform it from a small event to the world's largest HR technology conference. Claude is a judge for the global Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards and Excellence in Technology Awards, contributes to the company\u2019s HCM certification programs, and produces the firm\u2019s annual HCM Excellence Conference. He is also a certified executive and leadership coach. He lives in Boynton Beach, FL.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/brandonhall.com\\\/author\\\/claude-werder-2\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How Can Leaders Impact a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion? - Brandon Hall Group","description":"Explore how leaders can impact and foster a culture of diversity and inclusion through inclusive leadership behaviors, strategic planning, and organizational change management.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How Can Leaders Impact a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion? - Brandon Hall Group","og_description":"Explore how leaders can impact and foster a culture of diversity and inclusion through inclusive leadership behaviors, strategic planning, and organizational change management.","og_url":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\/","og_site_name":"Brandon Hall Group","article_published_time":"2024-06-28T13:42:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":13892,"height":9230,"url":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BHG-Thumbnails-Strategy-Brief.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Claude Werder","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Claude Werder","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\/"},"author":{"name":"Claude Werder","@id":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d72013e524cff77f5fbf8ed2669c8ce6"},"headline":"How Can Leaders Impact a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion?","datePublished":"2024-06-28T13:42:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\/"},"wordCount":681,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ex6jpoo4khr.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BHG-Thumbnails-Strategy-Brief.png?strip=all","keywords":["DEI competencies","DEI strategies","diversity and inclusion","Employee Engagement","inclusive behaviors","inclusive decision-making","Inclusive Leadership","leadership accountability","Leadership Development","organizational change","unconscious bias","Workplace Culture","workplace flexibility"],"articleSection":["Diversity & Inclusion","Learning and Development"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\/","url":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\/","name":"How Can Leaders Impact a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion? - Brandon Hall Group","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ex6jpoo4khr.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BHG-Thumbnails-Strategy-Brief.png?strip=all","datePublished":"2024-06-28T13:42:02+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d72013e524cff77f5fbf8ed2669c8ce6"},"description":"Explore how leaders can impact and foster a culture of diversity and inclusion through inclusive leadership behaviors, strategic planning, and organizational change management.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ex6jpoo4khr.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BHG-Thumbnails-Strategy-Brief.png?strip=all","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ex6jpoo4khr.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BHG-Thumbnails-Strategy-Brief.png?strip=all","width":13892,"height":9230},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/how-can-leaders-impact-a-culture-of-diversity-and-inclusion\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How Can Leaders Impact a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/","name":"Brandon Hall Group","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d72013e524cff77f5fbf8ed2669c8ce6","name":"Claude Werder","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/claude-werder_avatar_1-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/claude-werder_avatar_1-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/claude-werder_avatar_1-96x96.jpg","caption":"Claude Werder"},"description":"Claude J. Werder Senior Vice President and Principal Analyst, Brandon Hall Group Claude Werder runs Brandon Hall Group's Talent Management, Leadership Development and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) practices. His specific areas of focus include how organizations must transform culturally and strategically to meet the needs of the emerging workforce and workplace. Claude develops insights and solutions on employee experience, leadership, coaching, talent development, assessments, culture, DE&I, and other topics to help members and clients make talent development a competitive business advantage now and in the evolving future of work. Before joining Brandon Hall Group in 2012, Claude was an HR consultant and also spent more than 25 years as an executive and people leader for media and news organizations. This included a decade as the producer of the HR Technology Conference and Expo. He helped transform it from a small event to the world's largest HR technology conference. Claude is a judge for the global Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards and Excellence in Technology Awards, contributes to the company\u2019s HCM certification programs, and produces the firm\u2019s annual HCM Excellence Conference. He is also a certified executive and leadership coach. He lives in Boynton Beach, FL.","url":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/author\/claude-werder-2\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ex6jpoo4khr.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BHG-Thumbnails-Strategy-Brief.png?strip=all","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandonhall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}