Posts Tagged ‘male champions’
How To Engage Men In Women’s Leadership Issues – Part 2
What can men do in the short term and long term to champion women? (Part 1 in this series can be read here). According to Mercer’s When Women Thrive report, only 39 percent of middle management and 38 percent of male employees are engaged in company diversity and inclusion initiatives. While some people will say nearly 40 percent…
Read MoreAtlanta and Company Interview
In advance of my ‘Why Women: The Leadership Imperative to Advance Women and Engage Men’ keynote at the Greater Women’s Business Council (GWBC) POP Marketplace Conference, Roz Lewis, President and CEO of GWBC and I were interviewed on Atlanta & Company about the upcoming conference, gender equity at work and male allies and advocates. Here’s a link…
Read MoreListen – Tips to Create Male Allies, Champions and Advocates
Men, it’s time to listen up in order to understand the evolving workplace In my experience, when men are ready to become advocates for women, they want to start by “Leading.” This is what they do. In reality, this is the third step to success. The first step is to “Listen.” – Recent Fortune 500 Keynote,…
Read MoreA Father’s Day Gift To Our Daughters – Making The Connection
Dad’s is the workplace ready for your daughter? Most men today never make the connection that if we as men, as fathers of daughters, aren’t advocating for women’s advancement and workplace equity we are betraying our daughters of a better future. You see most men still lead very compartmental lives. For the most part, we…
Read MoreEllevate: Manning Up: Including Men to Accelerate Gender Equality
Manning Up: Including Men to Accelerate Gender Equality We must engage men – who still wield so much power – thus need to be invested in equality. Many of us ask: “How do we include men in the conversation?” or “How do I get my senior leadership team invested and on the same page as…
Read MoreWhat You Don’t Know About Gender Inequality (And What To Do About It)
Periodically, I blog for MARC (Men Advocating Real Change). Here is my piece for Women’s History Monday and International Women’s Day. Male engagement is critical to driving long-term advancement for women. I actually believe that upwards of 30% of leaders want to support women’s advancement. The challenge is giving them tangible actions they can take…
Read MoreThe Atlantic: Who Should be Responsible for Pushing Gender Diversity at Work?
Maybe men. Even though research has shown that there are concrete benefits to hiring and promoting more women (gender diversity) into leadership positions, progress remains stilted in corporate America, especially at the top. Only 14 percent of executives at Fortune 500 companies are women. While the number of female board members has been increasing, the…
Read MoreInterview with Jenna Wolfe: Women at the Tipping Point
Jenna Wolfe invited me to discuss “Women at the Tipping Point … is Corporate America Ready” on the Jenna Wolfe Show. Explain to us what exactly you perceive to be “the tipping point”? During the interview, we talked about the “the tipping point”, women’s rising voices and…
Read MoreBlind Spot – Why Companies Need to Approach Women’s Advancement Like a Business Imperative
“Advancing women today is a lot like diet and exercise – everybody knows it’s the right thing to do and nobody does it. We have to move from a conceptual head nod to true advocacy and passion,” said Halter. “It’s not one thing, it’s issues that no one wants to address…because they’re complex, they’re interrelated…
Read MoreInstead of Expecting Women in Business to Lean In, We Need Men to Stand Up for Them
With women making 21 cents less than men for the same work, men should support pay equity — they owe it to their working spouses and daughters. #PayEquity #PayEquityDay Last month, my piece on #PayEquity ran in the New York Daily News Daily/Views section. Here’s a snippet along with a link to the full article:…
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