Trust - A Business and Cultural Imperative
8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast/ General Registration
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome
Fay Linn Lee
Operational Portfolio Manager
Team Coach for North America
Shell Oil Company
9:15 - 9:30 Opening Remarks
Carol Evans, Founder & CEO
Working Mother Media
9:30 - 10:00 Opening Keynote: Why Trust Matters
Marilyn Johnson
Vice President, Market Development
IBM Corporation
10:00 - 10:30 Instant Polling
Sponsored by Deloitte & Touche USA, LLP
Redia Anderson Banks
National Principal
Chief Diversity Officer
Deloitte
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 12:00 Same Race Breakout Discussion Groups
Attendees self-select into same-race groups and discuss issues including:
How race/ethnicity influences the ability to trust others or be trusted in the workplace; workplace experiences involving a lack
of trust due to race/ethnicity, and the top 3 things each racial/ethnic group needs to do to establish trust with other groups.
12:15 - 1:30 Legacy Award Luncheon
12:30 - 1:00 Same Race Report Backs
1:00 - 1:30 Legacy Keynote
M. Helen Cavasos
Vice President, Human Resources & Diversity
METRO
1:30 - 1:45 Break
1:45 - 2:45 Trailblazers Panel
Panel of corporate executives share strategies for success including revelations about how they overcame barriers,
created strong support systems, navigated office politics, balance work/life issues and more!
Moderator:
Beverly Denver
Publisher
Houston Woman Magazine
Panel:
Betty Marshall
Regional General Manager-VP
Sam's Club
Sandra Oliver
Partner
Ernst & Young
Sushma Bhan
Geosciences Information Manager
Shell International E&P Inc
Rosi Hernandez
Vice President, Market Development
Houston Astros
2:45 - 4:15 Trust Workshop
Trust is a relationship of reliance. The key to trust is in action, and in particular in commitment. This workshop will help
participants with how we understand trust, build, retain and restore trust to overcome loss of creativity, cooperation and
freedom in competitive workplace cultures.
At mix-race tables they will identify:
- Ways to building trust and trusting strangers in a global economy to open new worlds and possibilities.
- Why and when to trust strangers in a multicultural world.
- Ways to trust our own impulses, emotions and moods to create possibilities of future that allow for a good
life and a fulfilling career.
Deepika Bajaj
Founder & CEO
Invincibelle
4:15 - 4:30 Closing Remarks/Raffle
4:30 - 5:00 Networking Reception
**Agenda subject to change
