Meeting/Event Information

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People frequently interact with others who have different abilities and challenges they are working through.  Too many times, incorrect generalizations and stereotypes cause people to have far too low of expectations for what people can accomplish.   

This session leans into the SHRM Body of Competency & Knowledge’s interpersonal side of Global & Cultural Effectiveness by teaching managers and HR professionals how and why it is important to see potential in people.  Matt teaches how to build bridges between diverse groups within company culture, all the while supporting high performance work environments, focusing on team awareness and cohesion through inclusion. 

Learning Objectives: 

• Your Attendees Will learn how to see past stereotypes, while explaining how their contributions to the larger team matter.   
• Your Attendees Will learn how to incorporate civility and inclusion to their workplace. 
• Your Attendees Will learn how to recognize how their own challenges shape their day-to-day perception of people. 
• Your Attendees Will learn how to engage with someone who is different than themselves in a new and non-threatening manner. 

Bio

     Matt Glowacki was born in 1973 in Janesville, Wisconsin. His birth drew attention because even though he was healthy, he was born without legs. In his professional career as a disability speaker and advocate, he has delivered his messages to over a million people at hundreds of regional and national conventions along with two sitting presidents of the United States.   

       In addition to presenting at a variety of SHRM events, Matt serves as the DE&I Workflex Director for Wisconsin SHRM. He is also a member of the State of Wisconsin’s Partners in Policy Making for People with Disabilities Council and has been selected for and served on the State of Wisconsin on the Governor’s Rehabilitation Council over the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, the Wisconsin Easter Seal’s State Board, and the University of Wisconsin- Whitewater’s College of Arts and Communication Dean’s Advisory Board.   

       Matt was a member of the US Paralympic Sitting Volleyball Team for eight years.  While playing matches in 26 countries, he competed in the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney, Australia, and in the World Championships in Cairo, Egypt in 2002. 

      In 2017, he published his first book, Able-Bodied Like Me.  Reviewed by Kirkus as a “Perceptive discussion of disability and bias.”