• Messages about equity must be personal and authentic.
• Explain why this is important to you personally, and then connect this personal story to how gender diversity and inclusion are important to your business.
• Case Study: Blake Irving, former CEO of GoDaddy,

• Have the humility to know that there’s much you don’t know about others’ experiences. 
• Have the courage to ask difficult questions about your own leadership style.
• How are you truly supporting women at work and in your life overall? 
• Ask about the experiences of women...

Burning Issues

• gender pay gap,
• provide paid parental leave to both parents
• to recruit without discrimination

Leaders willing to publicly disclose their policies and practices on gender, race, and sexual orientation inclusion will be the companies that succeed by attracting and retaining the best and the brightest employees and reducing risk to shareholders

• In 2017, former Hewlett Packard CMO, Antonio Lucio fundamentally changed the advertising industry when he demanded more gender diversity amongst his ad ag...

Male leaders — and men more broadly — are increasingly expected to pursue gender inclusion and equity through deliberate allyship with women. Allyship includes collaborative personal relationships, public acts of sponsorship, and advocacy intended to drive systemic improvements in workplace cultu...

Since 1981, women have secured more college degrees than their male counterparts. Women constitute a rich trove of skills, abilities, and competence. Failing to attract and leverage female talent is a huge missed opportunity.

• Profit-driven organizations focused on “what” and productivity are evolving into purpose-driven cultures focused on “why” and their people.
• The preference for collaboration, transparency, healthy wor...

• Being visible also requires you to show up at events, conferences, and other initiatives promoting gender inclusion and equality. This encourages other men to follow your example. 
• When leaders fully participate, they demonstrate support, develop empathy, diversify their networks, an...

• Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff’s passion and commitment for advancing pay equity resulted in a complete overhaul of their compensation system leading the company to close the gender pay gap
• Starbu...