Posts Tagged ‘male allies’
Badass 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 MoreAnnouncing 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 More10 Leadership Actions Male Allies Can Initiate Now to Advocate for Women
An Invitation to be a “Good Guy” My work focuses on engaging “Ready-Now” men to engage in advancing women. I know many women in the workplace wonder, “Where are all the men – guys who could lean in as genuine advocates, accomplices and full conspirators in removing obstacles to gender equity?” Where are the male…
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 MoreMen 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…
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