Archive for October 2018
Advancing Women Is Not A Journey. It’s a Business Imperative And Needs a Strategy.
Tips for Implementing An Integrated Women’s Leadership Strategy. People go on journeys. Organizations implement long-term strategic plans. To advance women, organizations need an Integrated Women’s Leadership Strategy. We need to speak in business terms that cause leaders to sit up and listen. You may have heard me share this story before but it bears repeating. Many years ago,…
Read MoreCalifornia legislators and large companies take the lead to add female directors
Women Slowly, Steadily Take Seats on Boards of Directors On October 1, 2018, California became the first state to require publicly traded companies to include women on their boards. Will, your company wait for the inevitable or move forward and be seen as a leader for gender equity? I was recently interviewed by Kathy Gurchiek…
Read MoreWhy Do We Need to Engage Men In Women’s Leadership Issues? Part 1
Why Men? Women’s issues are societal issues and organization issues. Without men understanding the issues (the experiences women are having in the workplace), being involved in the discussions and actively involved in changing organizational culture then women’s advancement will remain stuck. Jeffery Tobias Halter, president of YWomen, recently spoke with Dr. Patti Fletcher, Leadership Futurist & Solution…
Read MoreGender Conversation QuickStarters. Advancing Women in the Workplace One Conversation at a Time.
Gender Conversation QuickStarters – A Staff Meeting in a Box. In November 2016 I launched Gender Conversation QuickStarters to encourage and facilitate meaningful conversations in the workplace between men and women. My objective was to create a staff meeting in a box to foster opportunities for men and women to discuss the different experiences they…
Read MoreYou Asked For It. Free Staff Meeting in a Box.
Let’s talk about gender. I’m often asked for quick, easy tips for leading an effective staff meeting discussions regarding gender, engaging men as allies and other women’s leadership topics. In a recent edition of Gender Conversation QuickStarters, my monthly newsletter with topics and tips for starting difficult yet powerful conversations at work (not on the list? sign-up…
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