Central Ohio Belonging Consortium

Fostering Inclusive Leadership through Cultural Awareness
2025-09-25 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Halifax)
Join us for our September Virtual Coffee Chat!
Leadership is not just about decision-making—it’s about creating an environment where diverse cultural identities feel seen, heard, and valued. In this session, we’ll explore how inclusive leadership embraces cultural awareness to foster a true sense of belonging. We’ll discuss strategies leaders can use to support employees from different backgrounds and empower them to show up authentically in the workplace.

Navigating Workplace Stress and Burnout Through the Lens of Identity
2025-11-13 12:00 - 13:00
Join us online for our November Virtual Coffee Chat!
Stress and burnout can affect employees differently depending on their cultural backgrounds, personal identities, and lived experiences. Some may feel additional pressures to assimilate, while others may struggle with finding balance in environments that don’t fully embrace their identity. In this conversation, we’ll discuss how understanding these layers can help organizations create supportive and inclusive mental health strategies.

The Belonging Blueprint: Culture as a Strategic Advantage
2026-02-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Kick off the year by reframing belonging as a strategic advantage. This session offers a practical blueprint for embedding belonging into talent strategy, leadership development, and organizational growth—helping leaders translate values into measurable business outcomes.
You’ll learn to:

Define belonging through a strategic lens for HR, talent, and executive leadership.
Identify drivers of culture that boost retention, engagement, and innovation.
Use belonging initiatives to strengthen employer brands and attract top talent.

Generational Intelligence: Leading Across Life Stages
2026-05-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Lead across generations with empathy and adaptability. This session helps leaders understand generational differences and design inclusive programs that support career resilience and mentorship.
You’ll learn to:

Understand generational expectations and belonging.
Apply leadership strategies that resonate across life stages.
Design intergenerational mentorship and development programs.

Metrics That Matter: Measuring Culture & Connection Without Controversy
2026-07-22 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
Culture is measurable—this session shows you how to track belonging and connection in ways that inform decisions without sparking defensiveness. Leave with practical tools to present culture data to stakeholders.
You’ll learn to:

Identify metrics that signal strong belonging and inclusion.
Use frameworks and tools to measure employee experience.
Communicate culture data to executives with impact.

Agency & Mutual Responsibility: The Belonging Equation
2026-09-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Belonging is co-created. This session explores how organizations can balance institutional responsibility with individual agency, and how to build feedback loops that reinforce shared ownership of culture.
You’ll learn to:

Define the balance between organizational responsibility and individual agency.
Activate employee voice and leadership accountability.
Build feedback loops that sustain mutual commitment to culture.
