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• March SHRM Luncheon: "Doing Inclusion When You Are the Whole HR Department"

  • When
    Thursday, March 12, 2026
  •  
    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Holiday Inn & Suites (Airport), Bellingham, WA
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  Join us for March's SHRM Luncheon

  "Doing Inclusion When You Are the Whole HR Department"

  Date/Time: Thursday March, 12th  | 11:30am - 1:00pm

  Location: Holiday Inn & Suites (Airport) | 4260 Mitchell Way

  Tickets on Sale Until March 5th for Lunch

  Tickets on Sale Until March 10th for Program-Only

  In many organisations, “HR” is one person or a very small team. You are hiring, firefighting, running payroll, handling complaints and trying to build an inclusive organisation at the same time. You care about inclusion, but you do not have a team of subject matter experts, a big budget or endless hours to design the perfect program.

  
  

  In this practical session, Dr Jonathan Ashong‑Lamptey will focus on what inclusion looks like when you are the whole HR department. He will share a simple way to choose where to start, how to talk about inclusion with leaders who are focused on “just making the numbers”, and how to design small, low‑risk experiments that fit real‑world constraints. The emphasis is on clarity, practicality and actions HR can take in the next 90 days without burning out.

  Learning Objectives:

  By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Identify the two or three inclusion roles that only HR can realistically play in a small or mid sized organisation.
  • Reframe inclusion conversations with skeptical or purely financial leaders using language of risk, performance and culture.
  • Outline a simple 90 day inclusion experiment that fits their capacity and gives leaders something concrete to see and respond to.

  
  

  About Our Presenter:  Dr Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey (Joining us virtually)

  
  

  Dr Jonathan Ashong‑Lamptey is the founder of The Element of Inclusion and host of the Element of Inclusion podcast, the longest running inclusion podcast in the world, with over 425 episodes trusted by leaders in 166 countries.

  
  

  He helps senior HR and People leaders in small and mid sized organisations turn inclusion from a vague aspiration into an operational capability that leaders can see and measure.

  
  

  Dr Jonathan focuses on building credible business cases, defining indicators leaders trust, and designing minimum viable inclusion systems that fit how organisations actually work.

  
  

  He has advised large organisations such as Meta, Conde Nast, Sony Pictures and NatWest, as well as smaller firms with global reach like The Blair Partnership, who carry global brands without the luxury of dedicated Diversity and Inclusion teams; but still face real pressure to show progress.

  
  

  His approach is evidence based, practical and designed to give busy HR teams simple decisions and actions they can take in the next 90 days.

  
  

  Proudly Sponsored By:

  

  Dish Foundation's mission is grounded in Dignity, Independence, Sense of purpose, and Hope — the four pillars that define DISH: To employ persons with intellectual & developmental disabilities (IDD). We believe that every person deserves a chance to grow, thrive, and contribute meaningfully to their community.

  General admission tickets may be purchased at the door (lunch not included).

  This program is approved for general credit for HRCI and 1.0 SHRM credit.

    
  

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