Posts Tagged ‘gender’
Starting Gender Conversations in the Workplace
We’re at a tipping point. Early in your career, you are taught never to discuss religion, sex or politics in the workplace – ever! Today, things are shifting and your political affiliation, gender, and women’s issues are being talked about on a daily basis. Conversations are taking place from Washington D.C. to Silicon Valley and…
Read MoreThree Things Best-In-Class Companies Are Doing To Advance Women
During the past month, I have been fortunate to attend a number of events focused on breakthrough initiatives companies are implementing to advance women. The first was the 2017 Colloquium on Global Diversity with 50 major multinational companies, the second was the 2017 Catalyst Awards Conference and Dinner where 3M and Rockwell Automation were honored…
Read MoreWhat You Don’t Know About Gender Inequality (And What To Do About It)
Periodically, I blog for MARC (Men Advocating Real Change). Here is my piece for Women’s History Monday and International Women’s Day. Male engagement is critical to driving long-term advancement for women. I actually believe that upwards of 30% of leaders want to support women’s advancement. The challenge is giving them tangible actions they can take…
Read MoreThe BOSS Magazine: Has the Need for Workplace Gender Diversity Reached Its Tipping Point?
Laura Close, Managing Editor @BOSSNewsNetwork interviewed me about gender diversity in the workplace, the war for talent, changing demographics of the American workforce and the need to have meaningful conversations in the workplace to address these issues for the March issue of the magazine. We had a wide-ranging discussion to read the full interview click here.
Read MoreWomen Can Achieve Their Career Goals by Educating Men
Jeffery Tobias Halter is a white man who says he can teach women how to teach men about gender equality in the workplace. I know, I’m also skeptical about a man standing up for women. Isn’t that just another way to reinforce the norm of male leadership? But I’m also a pragmatist. So if he’s advancing…
Read MoreThe Gender Conversation QuickStarter Newsletter
Are you ready to start powerful conversations in the workplace about gender, diversity and equality? Many organizations struggle with how to effectively communicate the difference in experiences that men and women are having on the job and in the workplace. “In working with a variety of professional women’s associations, women’s employee resource groups and…
Read MoreWhy No One Wants to Talk About Workplace Inequality
Last this week, my piece on #WorkplaceInequity ran in the New York Daily News Daily/Views section. Here’s a snippet along with a link to the full article: Men and women are having different experiences in the workplace. You just need to read the latest headlines to see the differences. When was the last time a…
Read MoreThe 4 Things Your Company Needs to Do to Advance Women (Part 3 of 4) – Lead!
Yes, there are only 4 things organizations need to do to advance women. “If you were told it would take over 50 years to achieve a business objective would you accept it?” – Ken Chenault, CEO and Chairman, American Express #womensforumny. This remark was one of the opening salvos of the New York Women’s Forum Breakfast…
Read MoreThe 4 Things Your Company Needs to Do to Advance Women (Part 2 of 4) – Learn!
Yes, there are only 4 things organizations need to do to advance women. Men owe it to themselves, their companies, employees, shareholders . . . and their daughters to do a better job in advocating for women. – Jeffery Tobias Halter After attending over 15 women’s leadership events in the last 90 days, I have…
Read MoreA Roundup of Upcoming Speaking Events
It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks since my book WHY WOMEN – The Leadership Imperative to Advancing Women and Engaging Men came out and the response has been tremendous. Let’s keep the conversation going on what men need to do to advance women’s leadership in the workplace. I’ll be speaking in several cities over the…
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