Archive for August 2017
Engaging Executives Who Are Fathers of Daughters
The Red Shoe Movement – engaging men to support women in the workplace During a recent trip to New York City, I had the opportunity to meet with Mariela Dabbah, CEO & Founder of The Red Shoe Movement (RSM). After meeting last year on social media and conference calls this was our first IRL meeting…
Read MoreWomen and Fantasy Sports. For the Love the Game and Competition.
What Do 17.2 Million Women Know That You Don’t (Yet)? Fantasy Football season is right around the corner. Does it surprise you that over 17 MILLION women play Fantasy Football? In fact, participation has grown over 14% in just the past three years, according to Giana Pacinelli, an advertising executive, freelance writer and adjunct professor with…
Read MoreWhy Your Unconscious Bias Training Isn’t Working
Why Unconscious Gender Bias Training is Essential Will your company be the next Google or Uber? What are you doing to drive real change and an understanding of diversity and inclusion deep into middle management and throughout your organization? It is truly a tale of two strategies, the companies that are doing it well and the companies that are…
Read MoreWhat Can Your Company Learn from the Google Diversity Debacle
Why your diversity and unconscious bias training is failing. Google made headlines over the weekend when a 10-page manifesto released by a white male engineer about his beliefs on meritocracy and the shortcomings of Google’s diversity and unconscious bias training efforts went viral. His essay suggests that the company encourage ideological rather than gender diversity and argues that…
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