Connecting the Northwestern Mutual workforce with the Milwaukee community is critical to our diversity and inclusion efforts and employee engagement initiatives.
Our Community Conversations provides an in-person forum for our workforce to hear from thought leaders in our region about important and challenging issues facing our community. Goals of Community Conversations include: bring in external speakers to build awareness about community topics, elevate dialogue, show how our company is working to make a difference, and invite employee involvement.
Our Employee Resource Groups have been instrumental in identifying and shaping ranging from public education and inner-city issues to economic development and timely political matters.
The conversational approach typically features a dialogue with two to three outside experts and audience Q & A. Employees join the conversation, ask questions, and are encouraged to get involved – through volunteerism or other ways. All Community Conversations are recorded and available for replay for employees.
A sampling of hard-hitting topics includes:
Outcomes for this forum include:
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