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Change Confessionals: RTO, Rollbacks, Activism and the Skills to Adjust

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41 minutes October 15, 2025

RTO mandates, DEI rollbacks, tariff ripples, CEO shakeups, AI job fears and employee activism continue to put internal and external stakeholders on edge. And when internal, external and policy messages around these issues diverge, trust (and share price) wobbles. Join four senior comms pros who will unpack the strategies their orgs and others are using to address these issues, gauge employee activism, align stakeholders and steady the ship. What you’ll learn:

  • Top Issues Today: The most pressing disruptive topics today—from RTO mandates and DEI rollbacks to employee activism—and strategies for addressing each in real time.
  • Rapid-Response Lessons: Candid pivots, success stories and practical fixes that helped keep teams onside and on-message during critical flashpoints this past year.
  • Beyond Checklists: Why ADKAR and other step-by-step models stall at social-media speed—plus cross-departmental suggestions that can close the gap.
  • Stakeholder Alignment Map: Best practices and new ideas to brief execs, managers, staff, investors and the press from one single source of truth—and why a “true north” matters.
  • C-Suite Credibility: Ideas for turning workforce sentiment and risk intel into metrics and recommendations that execs respect and the board trusts.
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