Join us for a powerful fireside chat with Dawn Tiura, CEO SIG and Dr. Bernard Banks, Associate Dean for Leadership Development and Inclusion, Northwestern University, who will speak open and candidly about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Dawn Tiura and Dr. Banks will tackle some of the most important topics of our time – how can people become truly educated about DE&I, how can we successfully lead through DE&I and how to figure out the solutions needed to fix the misalignment of rhetoric and deed when it comes to DE&I in our organizations? DE&I must be more than a check box, and this discussion will be educational and impactful.
Dr. Bernard Banks, a former Brigadier General in the U.S. Army, worked extensively with organizations across all sectors concerning their leadership development efforts and he will challenge you to figure out what is needed to thrive and foster change when it comes to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
This session will include both our Keynote and our Summit prizes and closing remarks.
Associate Dean for Leadership Development and Inclusion & Clinical Professor of Management
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
Bernard (Bernie) Banks is a noted expert on the subjects of leadership and organizational change. Currently, he is the Associate Dean for Leadership Development and Inclusion and a Clinical Professor of Management at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. As an Associate Dean, Bernie is accountable for leader development integration across the school's global portfolio of programs. He is also accountable for the generation, integration and implementation of Diversity/Equity/Inclusion initiatives for the institution.
Bernie retired from the United States Army as a Brigadier General in 2016 after having successfully led West Point's Department of Behavioral Sciences & Leadership from 2012-2016. In addition to having studied leadership extensively, he has led multiple military units ranging in size from 10 to 3000+ people. In 1995, Bernie was selected from over 40,000 officers to receive the Army's top award for entry-level managers (General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award). In 2006, the Apache Helicopter unit he was leading in South Korea was designated as the top Apache Helicopter unit globally in the U.S. Army's annual best aviation unit competition.
A West Point graduate, Bernie is broadly educated. He holds graduates degrees from Northwestern, Columbia, and Harvard Universities. Additionally, he earned his Ph.D. in social-organizational psychology from Columbia University. Bernie's work has been published in a variety of outlets (e.g., Harvard Business Review, Military Psychology, New York Times). Furthermore, he has worked extensively with organizations across all sectors concerning their leader development efforts (e.g., Procter and Gamble, Mercedes Benz, General Electric, IBM, 7-Eleven, The US Forest Service, International Chiefs of Police).
Join us for a powerful fireside chat with Dawn Tiura, CEO SIG and Dr. Bernard Banks, Associate Dean for Leadership Development and Inclusion, Northwestern University, who will speak open and candidly about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Dawn Tiura and Dr. Banks will tackle some of the most important topics of our time – how can people become truly educated about DE&I, how can we successfully lead through DE&I and how to figure out the solutions needed to fix the misalignment of rhetoric and deed when it comes to DE&I in our organizations? DE&I must be more than a check box, and this discussion will be educational and impactful.
Dr. Bernard Banks, a former Brigadier General in the U.S. Army, worked extensively with organizations across all sectors concerning their leadership development efforts and he will challenge you to figure out what is needed to thrive and foster change when it comes to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
This session will include both our Keynote and our Summit prizes and closing remarks.
Bernard (Bernie) Banks
Bernard (Bernie) Banks is a noted expert on the subjects of leadership and organizational change. Currently, he is the Associate Dean for Leadership Development and Inclusion and a Clinical Professor of Management at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. As an Associate Dean, Bernie is accountable for leader development integration across the school's global portfolio of programs. He is also accountable for the generation, integration and implementation of Diversity/Equity/Inclusion initiatives for the institution.
Bernie retired from the United States Army as a Brigadier General in 2016 after having successfully led West Point's Department of Behavioral Sciences & Leadership from 2012-2016. In addition to having studied leadership extensively, he has led multiple military units ranging in size from 10 to 3000+ people. In 1995, Bernie was selected from over 40,000 officers to receive the Army's top award for entry-level managers (General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award). In 2006, the Apache Helicopter unit he was leading in South Korea was designated as the top Apache Helicopter unit globally in the U.S. Army's annual best aviation unit competition.
A West Point graduate, Bernie is broadly educated. He holds graduates degrees from Northwestern, Columbia, and Harvard Universities. Additionally, he earned his Ph.D. in social-organizational psychology from Columbia University. Bernie's work has been published in a variety of outlets (e.g., Harvard Business Review, Military Psychology, New York Times). Furthermore, he has worked extensively with organizations across all sectors concerning their leader development efforts (e.g., Procter and Gamble, Mercedes Benz, General Electric, IBM, 7-Eleven, The US Forest Service, International Chiefs of Police).
Read more at https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/directory/banks_bernie.aspx