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What truly drives fair compensation? Nicole Armstrong, CEO of Ellequate, explores the toughest questions around pay equity, revealing real challenges faced by today’s workforce — from the gender pay gap to “occupational segregation.” Get practical tips for tackling difficult compensation conversations, plus actual pay equity ROI success stories and expert HR insight through an audience Q&A.
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Nicole Armstrong
Nicole Armstrong is the Founder and CEO of Ellequate, an award-winning SaaS platform that helps employers create fair, inclusive, and high-performing workplaces. With more than 15 years of experience in design thinking and social innovation, she launched the nation’s first employer certification for workplace equity and has partnered with over 40 organizations across industries to strengthen employee experience and retention through better systems and strategies.
Ellequate leverages behavioral science, real-time data, and AI to help HR leaders make smarter decisions on pay, policies, and culture. Nicole also spearheaded the development of Ellequate’s compensation intelligence tool, which enables employers to move beyond market benchmarks and align pay with internal value, skills, organizational priorities, and sustainability. A frequent national speaker at SHRM, WELCOA, and DisruptHR, Nicole is a Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses graduate and has been recognized with honors including the CLIMB Award, Best in Tech: Woman/Minority to Watch, and the Cincinnati Business Courier’s Forty Under 40.
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