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Hiring and Retaining Diverse Talent in 2022

Featuring Nick Araco, Jr., CEO AchieveNEXT

WHEN: April 22, 2022, 8:30 am – 10:00 am

You set your strategic business goals and we help your people achieve them.

Whether pursuing organic growth, M&A, or an exit strategy, AchieveNEXT provides emerging and mid-market enterprises with Benchmark Data, trusted Peer Networks, and Talent Solutions to achieve the next level of financial and people performance. 

Nick Araco is the co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of AchieveNEXT, a provider of specialized Human Capital Performance Solutions and developer of the Alliance Peer Advisory Networks, including The CFO Alliance and The CHRO Alliance — the professional Peer Networks responsible for introducing disruptive knowledge-sharing to Finance & HR Leaders throughout North America. For more than two decades, Nick has had the opportunity to empower growth in Finance, HR, Sales, and other C-Suite middle market executives, and prides himself on his selfless approach, his passions for learning, and personal mission to impact the success of each person he meets.

About DEI: Connecting People with Purpose.  Recent studies show that enterprises that have diverse workforces are 35% more likely  to see greater financial results than industry averages, and those with diverse management teams have 19% higher revenue.  Given the complexities in today’s world, it is clear to all business leaders that substantial growth requires a strategic and integrated approach to talent and a data-driven Culture and DEI framework will positively impact people, process and enterprise financial performance.  During this interactive discussion, Nick will talk through AchieveNEXT’s Culture-Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Talent Solutions, share details about their three-step data-driven process (Assess, Analyze, Adopt) to help enterprises of all shapes and sizes hire and retain a more diverse talent pool. To learn more in advance of the meeting, visit achievenext.com.

Nick will conduct a fireside chat format to discuss: 

  • Practical efforts being made to hire, engage, develop, and retain more diverse and (dis)-connected talent in 2022
  • Specific talent acquisition and retention strategies being used by companies across the region and globe.
  • Share key insights from AchieveNEXT’s 2022 Global Mid-Market CFO-CHRO Sentiment Report

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