Posts Tagged ‘male allies’
Men as Gender Allies: A Podcast with Anne Doyle
I meet Anne Doyle several years ago on a Power – Opening Doors for Women panel in Chicago. It was shortly after the release of my book, WHY WOMEN – The Leadership Imperative to Advance Women and Engage Men and we’ve stayed in touch. Anne recently started the Powering Up podcast and invited me to have…
Read MoreThe Four Barriers to Male Engagement. And How to Overcome Them.
Tips to overcome the lack of male engagement in D&I programs. We are in a critical moment when it comes to advancing women in the workplace. Leaders in most companies agree that women’s leadership is worth pursuing. To that end, they have given the green light to various women’s initiatives and programs. Yet the number…
Read MoreWomen Beyond The Tipping Point
Disrupting the status quo to drive gender parity and rid the workplace of gender inequities The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips and spreads like wildfire. – Malcolm Gladwell In February 2016, I chronicled that we were reaching a tipping point for women’s issues in the…
Read MoreEngaging Men in Women’s Leadership and Advancement
To bring systemic change, bring the men onboard, IWLC speaker says Jeffery Halter spoke at the Iowa Women Lead Change – Central Iowa Conference in Des Moines earlier this month. He headlined a breakout session for men on how to be allies and advocates and gave the afternoon keynote, “Why Women – The Leadership Imperative…
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 MoreAtlanta and Company Interview
In advance of my ‘Why Women: The Leadership Imperative to Advance Women and Engage Men’ keynote at the Greater Women’s Business Council (GWBC) POP Marketplace Conference, Roz Lewis, President and CEO of GWBC and I were interviewed on Atlanta & Company about the upcoming conference, gender equity at work and male allies and advocates. Here’s a link…
Read More3 Ways to Engage Men in Gender Equality
Male Allies, Champions and Advocates I’m often asked for tips encourage more men to show up as male allies and advocates. Here is a recent piece I wrote for the Network of Executive Women blog that outlines three tips to engage men as champions and advocates. Men, ask yourselves: What is my response when I hear…
Read MoreThe Leadership Imperative to Advancing Women and Engaging Men
Podcast – School for Startups Radio Recently, I sat down with Jim Beach, host of AMFM247 Radio’s School of Startups for Radio to talk about the leadership imperative to advance women and engage men in the process. To listen to the interview/podcast click below: To achieve gender equity companies must review their strategy, culture and the role…
Read MoreCelebrate Women’s History Month with Male Ally and Advocate, Jeffery Tobias Halter
To celebrate Women’s History Month, Julie Kratz, Founder of Pivot Point, interviewed Jeffery Tobias Halter for their podcast series on how male allies support women for gender equality. Jeffery is a gender strategist and the President of YWomen, a strategic consulting company focused on engaging men in women’s leadership advancement. As former Director of Diversity Strategy…
Read MoreLearn – One of the Four Things Your Company Needs to do to Advance Women (Part 2 of 4)
Men, it’s time to learn in order to understand the evolving workplace. Men owe it to themselves, their companies, employees, shareholders and their daughters to do a better job in advocating for women. – Jeffery Tobias Halter Recent headlines have set the stage for more companies to have the difficult and challenging conversations about the inequalities and…
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