AI, Culture and the Future of Work

Can GenAI help us become better communicators with one another? Image: Pexels/Anna Shvets

Leveraging AI to find and eliminate microaggressions and bias In an era of rapid technological advancement, artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to reshape the workplace. With all the hype around AI, I want to understand how we leverage this powerful tool to create more equitable and inclusive workplaces. In this second part of our series…

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AI and the Future of Work

How AI can help us to create better and more equitable organizations As a business consultant, I’m embarrassed to say that I truly do not understand how Artificial Intelligence is going to quickly transform our workplace (and my guess is many other leaders do not know either). As someone who focuses on allyship in the…

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What’s Hindering Women’s Advancement?

Why can’t we advance women (STILL)?! Many factors are at play, but here are 3 leadership commitments (plus a bonus round) for advancing women Multiple factors in an employee’s career hinder women’s advancement. I’ve spoken in the past about the broken rung, a lack of accountability and the need to actively engage men in the…

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The Realities (and Myths) Hindering Women in the Workplace

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The Four Things You Need to Know – Flexibility, Attitudes, the Broken Rung, and Microaggressions Every year, I anticipate reports like the McKinsey & Company and Lean In.org Women in the Workplace Report with a mixture of hopefulness and deep frustration . Frankly, it always seems to be a “good news, bad news” scenario with every step forward…

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A Roadmap to Reframe Women’s Leadership Advancement

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IBM study finds that to thrive organizations must prioritize advancing women – and all historically under-represented groups. A new global study from the IBM Institute for Business Value and Chief offers a roadmap for sustainable progress for advancing women. Fewer than half (45%) of organizations surveyed report they have made advancing more women into leadership roles a…

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It’s Time to Reframe Your DE&I Efforts

Are your company’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion actions working? Ask yourself, are your company’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion actions working? Really working? Have you seen exponential leadership growth for women, people of color and other under-represented groups in your organization? Do you get excited when you compare your numbers from 10 years ago to today?…

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Advancing Women and Engaging Men: Reflecting on 10 Years and What’s Next

The Leadership Imperative Ten years ago I launched YWomen around the concept of The Leadership Imperative to advance women. Simply put, The Leadership Imperative is designed to: “Move the entire organization to a deeply internalized approach regarding differences, executed with a sense of urgency, to create competitive advantage.” This statement would lead to focusing on…

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The Diminished Role of the CDO

How does your organization fare? Many companies are moving to a model of placing the Office of Diversity in Human Resources and reporting to the head of HR. This diminishes the office’s effectiveness in a number of ways. First, it takes away one of the key roles and that is having an Officer level oversight…

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