Talent Rules
The ROI of Disability Inclusion
Agenda
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What do “we” know?
Understanding the business
model
Building consensus
Who’s on first?
Engaging senior management
Sustaining support
What’s your experience?
What Do “We” Know?
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Workforce shortage
Aging workforce
Returning Veterans
Marketplace opportunity
Economic connections
Workforce/Marketplace Retention
ADA Amendments Act
People with disabilities are
underrepresented…and capable...
Its “US” not “THEM”
Understanding the Business
Model
“Return on Investment” drives
business:
 Leveraging diversity- ROI
 Need for talent- ROI
 Market driven goods and
services- ROI
 Don’t know what they don’t
know- how to impact ROI
Building Consensus
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WIIFM- Corporate view
Champions
Diversity leaders
Corporate sponsors
Hiring Managers
Human Resources
External business community
leaders
Who’s on First?
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Walgreen’s
JP Morgan Chase
Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans
Ernst & Young
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Tec Access
SunTrust Bank
Engaging Senior Management
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Use business to business model
(BLN)
Bring key executives together
Use the champions
Understand and speak to the
ROI
Share best/promising practices
from other employers
Sustaining Support
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Define Leader
Expand outreach (beyond HR)
Highlight results
Showcase success
Build disability into diversity
process
Integrate corporate culture
What’s Your Experience?
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Successes
Barriers
Lessons Learned
Key engagement
Sustaining support
Continue the Dialog
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Quarterly conversations
Exchange of ideas
Contact [email protected] to
enroll.