Joan C. Williams
Professor of Law | Managing Organizational Change
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Joan C. Williams is a distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where she directs the Center for WorkLife Law.
A leading expert on gender, race, and class, Williams has authored numerous award-winning books including 'Unbending Gender' and 'White Working Class. ' Her insights on management, work-life balance, and diversity have been featured in The Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, and The Atlantic.
Williams' engaging keynotes provide a research-backed framework for navigating complex organizational challenges and building more equitable, high-performing teams.
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Why corporate diversity programs fail -- and how small tweaks can have big impact
Companies in the US spend billions of dollars each year on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, but subtle (and not so subtle) workplace biases often cost these initiatives -- and the people they're meant to help -- big time by undermining their goals. DEI expert Joan C. Williams identifies five common patterns of bias that cause these programs to fail -- and offers a data-driven approach to pinpoint where things go wrong and how to make progress instead.
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