Podcast appearances and mentions of sharon orlopp

The pandemic provided businesses unexpected opportunities for impactful change and there's no time like the present to implement strategic diversity and inclusion plans that foster growth. Lane Powell's Labor and Employment Team welcomes Sharon Orlopp, recently retired Global Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Vice President, Corporate HR at a national retailer, where she was responsible for advancing a diverse and inclusive workforce of 2.2 million associates worldwide. Sharon shares her success in building diversity and inclusion programs for some of the largest companies in the world and how those programs directly impacted company culture and employee retention. Join us as Sharon shares insightful tips on integrating a strategic diversity & inclusion plan that can help all of us drive real change in our workplaces. This presentation was originally shared on December 17, 2020 as part of the 'Best Practices for Best Employers™' Series. -=-=-=-=-=- Meet Sharon: www.sharonorlopp.com 

This week our guest is Sharon Orlopp - formerly the SVP of Human Resources and Global Chief Diversity Officer for WalMart.  Today, she is an author and continues her work as a leader in human resources for Core Scientific and Orangetheory Fitness.  We cover a range of issues from mentoring, to the role of diversity in innovation, to proactive goal setting, to the lessons she learned from her parents and how her experiences as a child set her on a path to leadership within one of the largest retailers in the world. She recently released "Standing Up After Saigon" which she co-wrote with Thuhang Tran.  The book tells Tran's story of resilience, courage and survival as she faced polio and life in Saigon after its fall in the Vietnam War...and Sharon shares more detail about the book and how it came about in our conversation. SELECT LINKS FROM THE PODCAST Standing Up After Saigon Granite Mountain Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park Blockchain Revolution The Story of Blockchain Truth Machine

Sharon Orlopp had risen to the pinnacle of her corporate career and, by the time she retired, she was Global Chief Diversity Officer at Walmart, responsible for a workforce of 2.2 million people.  Upon leaving the company, however, Sharon found herself pulled in another direction, one in which she helps tell powerful stories of overcoming struggle, particularly stories that come from immigrant or minority populations. In her first book Sharon shares the true story of Thuhang Tran, from her beginnings in Vietnam, struggles with polio, losing her family, then finding them again, and much more. We hope you enjoyed this podcast. Find out more about Sharon and get links to her book and social media pages at elinbarton.com/podcast. Also please subscribe to our podcast. We have new episodes being released every single Friday!!

In "Standing Up After Saigon", Sharon Orlopp documents the story of a young Vietnamese girl born during the Vietnam War, afflicted with polio at a young age, and there was no medical help available because of the communist takeover of the south. Thuhang Tran still had an amazing and hopeful outlook, spent her youth scooting across floors, but yet was determined to go to school. The family was finally able to emigrate to the US, to reunite with a father they thought had died at the end of the war. It's a powerful story of family, will, hope, and inspiration. www.standingupaftersaigon.com

Even though we’ve made a lot of strides during the last several years, particularly in the last decade, when it comes to creating a more diverse workplace, there’s been huge interest of late in enabling and leveraging diversity and inclusion as key business drivers―whether to spark innovation, improve operating profit or enhance a company’s reputation, for example. There’s a talent tsunami coming our way that includes more women, minorities, multiculturalism, and millennials in the workplace―as well as the retirement of Baby Boomers. Is your company ready? This week in In Process (Trusted Counsel's bi-weekly podcast show), Jeffery Tobias Halter, gender strategist and author of “WHY WOMEN – The Leadership Imperative to Advancing Women and Engaging Men”; and Sharon Orlopp, retired global chief diversity officer and senior vice president of corporate people at Walmart, discuss: Today’s definitions of diversity and inclusion and how they differ The tangible and intangible benefits of diversity and inclusion Current barriers to diversity and inclusion in the workplace Strategies and tactics for implementing diversity and inclusion into business How to create an environment of support Stream the conversation with Jeffery and Sharon in the player below to learn how a workforce built on diversity, inclusion and differences can help your business seize the competitive advantage. You can also subscribe to In Process on iTunes to receive this episode as well as future updates from the show on your smartphone.

Host Helene Lerner speaks with special guest Sharon Orlopp, the Global Chief Diversity Officer for Walmart, about how to invigorate your personal brand. Listen in for advice on turning your strengths into superpowers, moving through fear and stopping self-sabotage.