Advocacy
Male Allyship: How Good Are You (Really)?
4 Tips to Activate Your Allyship For the past few years, there has been much work done by best-in-class companies to build out male allyship initiatives. However, a new study points out that even the most well-intentioned men aren’t stepping up as much as they think they are. A recent national study conducted by the…
Read MoreIt’s Time for Allies to Step Up
It’s Time for Allies to Step Up There has never been a more critical time for male allies to step up. Stepping up can range from speaking out publicly if you are in a role of leadership to simply providing comfort and listening to a co-worker. What is troubling for me is that leaders and…
Read MoreCelebrating 10 Years of Kickstarting Gender Equity Conversations at Work
YWomen: Advancing women and engaging men as allies and advocates I launched YWomen 10 years ago to do one simple thing – create more conversations about engaging men in advancing women at work. What an incredible journey it’s been! By my rough estimate, we’ve helped initiate close to 100,000 workplace conversations around gender. That seems…
Read More3 Tips to Hone Your Allyship Skills
Advocating for Women of Color / Honing Your Allyship Skills A recent issue of Diversity Woman Magazine featured a poignant reminder that improving gender diversity for all women isn’t a simple one-size-fits-all solution. Rather, making the workplace better for women of color must be intentional and inclusive. As I’ve mentioned in prior posts, the Women in…
Read MoreCan We Advance Women Without Men?
Only 14 percent of companies are doing Allyship Training. Yes, you read that right – just 14 percent! This finding in the 2021 McKinsey Women in the Workforce report is discouraging because we will never obtain long-term systemic advancement for women without engaging male allies in the workplace. With men in roughly 75 percent of company leadership roles, we…
Read MoreBadass Allies with Jeffery Tobias Halter – Cultivating Male Allies and Advocates
Cultivating Male Allies and Advocates Jeffery Tobias Halter, president of YWomen, was honored to be a guest on the #BadassWomenPodcast with Bonnie Marcus. They discuss why it’s important to engage men as male allies and advocates to build a more equitable workplace and advance women to positions of leadership. Listen to the full episode here:…
Read MoreCultivating Active Male Allyship
The One Thing You Need to do to Advance Women in Your Organization. The 2021 LeanIn.Org and McKinsey & Company Women in the Workplace study was recently released. The one thing leaders, BRGs and allies need to do is read it, internalize it and take action. It contains more than 50 pages of facts, data and actions designed…
Read MoreAn Invitation to Other Fathers to Be Advocates For Equality
Dads, it’s time to listen. An Invitation to Other Fathers to Be Advocates For Equality This Sunday is Father’s Day. I’m inviting dads to join me in listening. Yes, you read that correctly. Listening. The past year shed a spotlight on challenges and inequities that are prevalent in the world around us. Last June in the…
Read MoreMother’s Day 2021: How Can We Celebrate Differently?
This Mother’s Day commit to becoming an advocate Mother’s Day in the United States was established in the early 19th century as an annual holiday celebrated on the second Sunday in May. According to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, the day is a widely observed national holiday to “recognize and appreciate mothers’ roles in our lives. Often this…
Read MoreMen Choosing to Challenge Gender Inequality
The Power Shift Podcast Recently, Jeffery Tobias Halter sat down for an interview with Dr. Sharon Melnick for her Power Shift podcast to talk about men choosing to challenge gender inequality in the workplace. The Power Shift podcast is all about redefining the idea of “power” and how we use it for good, not with the traditional…
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