by Julie | Dec 4, 2018 | Coaching, Communication, Diversity, Employee Engagement, Gender Equality, Leadership, Talent Retention, Training
What is one thing I can do to make a positive impact on gender equality at our organization? I end every talk I give with, “what is one thing I will commit to doing as a result of what I learned today?” People in my audiences pair and share and often write down their...
by Julie | Nov 20, 2018 | Coaching, Communication, Diversity, Employee Engagement, Gender Equality, Leadership, Talent Retention, Training
What are examples of times we have gotten gender equality right? It is important to recognize behavior that you want to happen again. Rarely are companies getting gender equality right all of the time. We need to meet our allies where they are at, and acknowledge...
by Julie | Nov 6, 2018 | Coaching, Communication, Diversity, Employee Engagement, Gender Equality, Leadership, Talent Retention, Training
What do we see that tells us we have room to improve our gender equality? There is always room for improvement. We can always be better. That is why we recommend teams focused on gender equality and diversity & inclusion consistently challenge themselves to be...
by Julie | Oct 23, 2018 | Coaching, Communication, Diversity, Employee Engagement, Gender Equality, Leadership, Talent Retention, Training
What are we missing out on by not maximizing the talents of both genders? People sincerely dislike missing out on something. The old adage, “no pain, no gain,” captures this well. We do not change for change’s sake. We need to feel some pain to want to change. ...
by Julie | Oct 9, 2018 | Coaching, Communication, Diversity, Employee Engagement, Gender Equality, Leadership, Talent Retention, Training
What would our organization look like if our gender equality goals were met? Most teams want to be more diverse, they just do not know how to get the conversation started. You are not alone. In fact, the term diversity often triggers those with privilege that do not...
by Julie | Sep 25, 2018 | Coaching, Communication, Diversity, Employee Engagement, Gender Equality, Leadership, Talent Retention, Training
The Business Case for Equality We are leaving money on the table. A typical U.S. organization has 20% or less women on their C-suite. Most commonly leading Human Resources, Marketing, or Corporate Communications, women are still outnumbered on most leadership teams....
