Workshop #3: Company Culture and Diverse Workforce

​Educate our teams on the importance of a strong workplace culture and its association with startup organizational growth and financial outperformance. Teams should foster an intrinsic motivation to prioritize increased diversity within early-stage companies. Help teams identify and develop concrete strategies for recruitment and retention of diverse candidates.

​Learn core principles of how and why you should build diverse teams. Key learnings teams should take away:

• ​Articulate & refine startup’s core values, ensuring they align with principles of diversity and inclusion.

• ​Analyze the impact of culture on performance with case studies - An introduction to the diversity-innovation paradox in science.

• ​Develop strategies to foster an inclusive environment, creating safe places for dialogue.

• ​Concrete strategies for recruitment & retention of a diverse team in early-stage biotech startups.

• ​Evaluate the progress and the effectiveness of your diversity and inclusion initiatives, setting measurable goals.