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Announcing the YWomen Creating Gender Advocates Virtual Series
What Best-in-Class Companies Know About Advancing Women It’s time to create gender advocates throughout your organization. What best-in-class companies have figured out is that advancing women is not only the right thing to do — it’s also good for business. A solid women’s leadership strategy brings measurable wins in all areas of an organization from…
Read MoreGender Equity – 3 Strategies Your Company Can Implement Today
3 strategies to increase women in leadership in 2021 Recently, I was part of a Women in Leadership Strategy Session. The goal of the program was to outline 3 strategies companies can implement NOW to increase women in leadership in 2021. The strategy session has hosted by Collabera and featured a panel of strategists include…
Read MoreEngagement and Retention. Why Leading with Empathy is More Important Than Ever.
The One Thing Leaders Can Do Now to Support Their Teams Engagement and Retention. Why Leading with Empathy is More Important Than Ever. Recently, I’ve conducted many Leading with Empathy webinars for my clients, and it’s clear that these past months have been challenging, particularly for women. The virus has sent most people home to…
Read MoreWhat Happens to Workplace Inequities During a Pandemic?
Keeping Women Visible During COVID-19 How do we maintain gender equity gains? It’s almost month four of the pandemic. We’ve gone from treading water as we faced the new realities to adjusting our view to a longer-term outlook for working from home and navigating virtual organizations and processes in the new normal. As we entered…
Read MoreLeading With Empathy
To lead your teams through uncertain times we need to EVOLVE. As we continue to navigate the challenges presented by COVID-19, we know that work and the nature of work will never be the same. We are currently going through a period of change in the way we work, live and interact with one another.…
Read More#IWD2020: What’s Next in the Fight for Gender Equality at Work?
Driving Workplace Equality: Awareness, Accountability and Advocacy I believe there are three As to address the question of “what’s next” in 2020 to bring about equality in the workplace: Awareness Accountability Advocacy International Women’s Day is this Sunday, March 8, 2020, and the theme is #EachForEqual. The focus this year is on: Let’s be candid.…
Read MoreHow Boston is Leading the Way to Close the Gender Pay Gap
Public-private partnership is the first of its kind in the nation. When Boston’s Mayor Martin Walsh took office in 2014, he established the Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement to enhance the quality of life for Boston women and girls. Throughout his administration, Mayor Walsh has continued to evolve the Boston Women’s Workforce Council, asking employers…
Read MoreUnderstanding Gender Diversity: Intersectionality, Gender Expression and Identity.
Why inclusive work cultures are the best possible way to attract and retain top talent. In my work advocating for the advancement of women, I often highlight the intersectionality of other dimensions of diversity. For example, you can’t talk about women without also discussing other dimensions of diversity such as race, age, sexual orientation, gender expression and gender identity. Why is…
Read MoreThe male leaders committed to sponsoring women
Company leaders have a responsibility to lead. It’s not acceptable for 50 percent of the workforce to stop talking with the other 50 percent. It’s time a zero tolerance policy on bad behavior and empowering everyone to be their best selves at work. “There is no greater time for CEOs in this country to send…
Read MoreCan Your Women’s Leadership Initiative Solve Two of Your Biggest Business Challenges?
For 2019, top CEO concerns include attracting and retaining talent and developing the next generation of leaders. Globally, CEOs rank attracting and retaining top talent as their #1 internal concern, according to the findings of The Conference Board survey, C-Suite Challenge 2019. Developing the next generation of leaders was the #3 internal concern (#2 was creating new business…
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