Schiff Hardin LLP Diversity Committee welcomes

Dr. Freada Kapor Klein

from the
Level Playing Field Institute

presenting

The Road to Retention:
Dismantling the Biases and Barriers that Block Success

DATE: June 24, 2008

TIME: 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. (Program)
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. (Reception)

PLACE: Schiff Hardin 66th Floor Conference Center

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EVENT DETAILS:

The 2007 Corporate Leaders Survey, conducted by the Level Playing Field Institute, reveals that each year 2 million professionals and managers leave their jobs, pushed out by the cumulative effect of small comments, mistaken identity, bullying and not-so-funny emails. These hidden biases become barriers to retention and replacement of professionals, at an estimated cost of $64 billion annually - a price tag exceeding the cumulative settlements for all sex- and race-based lawsuits reported by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 1997 to 2006.

Dr. Freada Kapor Klein's presentation includes:

• An overview of hidden bias and how it leads to barriers in professional services firms, especially law firms,
• The percentage of women, people of color and gays and lesbians that leave solely due to unfairness,
• The specific behaviors most closely correlated with one's decision to leave,
• The effects of unfairness upon reputation costs both from the client and recruitment standpoint, and
• Specific actions employers could have taken to reduce turnover.