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The Growing Power of Women in Business

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For example, for the first time ever, IBM chose a woman CEO, Virginia “Ginni” Rometty. These are just two examples of global, male-dominated companies now run by women. India, for example, has more women CEOs than the US. So if you’re a man reading this, support the women in your organization to reach new heights.

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Is Woman Owned Business Certification Worth It?

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For example, P&G looks for women and minority owned contractors. Almost all major and mid-sized corporations have a diversity department and when they seek out companies with capacity to fulfill their needs they often look for MBE and WBE companies that fit what they need. It’s just a piece of paper that no one cares about.

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The Leper in the Room: Workplace Violence

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When evaluating your organization you should look for: Verbal threats. Provide professional development that deals with team building and diversity training. Don’t just focus on typical race/gender diversity; really make an effort to help your employees understand each other and your customers. What you should look for.

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MEN, WOMEN, & THE GLASS ESCALATOR

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The chart below offers an example of the disparity in K-12 education. The flip side of this phenomenon is what is coined the glass escalator, or glass elevator, which refers to the precipitous promotion of men over women into management positions in female-dominated fields such as nursing, education, social work, and even ballet. Teachers 1.

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Working With Baby

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Women are diverse. For example a private office could be used. Internal human resource issues are often neglected not to purposefully spite someone in the organization but often as a simple oversight. At Google, as an example, most of their female employees return to work after having children.

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Advocacy to Shift Culture

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Bennett Organizations working on raising awareness of inclusiveness and why it is essential for businesses to survive are well served by advocacy programming. This is very true as it relates to organizations that are working to increase gender diversity at the leadership levels. Culture shift is very difficult and ambiguous.

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Managing Virtual Teams: Three Keys to Success

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We seek out diversity and strong points of view on our teams, but combine these characteristics with remote locations, tight timelines and resource constraints, and a day at the office can turn into a political and technological obstacle course. Some professionals compare the frustrations of leading a virtual team to “herding cats.”

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