“Remember the ladies.” – Abigail Adams
“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.” – Abigail Adams
In this episode, Gloria broaches a topic that has recently been making waves in both politics and business: women in the boardroom. Gloria opens the show with an inspiring quote from Abigail Adams, which echoes the sentiment that women are just as strong, intelligent and capable of getting the job done. Gloria speaks to the work that Stephanie Sonnabend and Malli Gero have done launching a national campaign aimed at increasing the percentage of women on company boards to twenty percent or greater by 2020. They succeeded in that goal but the work doesn’t stop there! Gloria addressed the benefits that companies experience when they elevate women to their boards as well as legislation that is currently being lobbied to require organizations to promote more women to these leadership seats. Finally, Gloria provides key takeaways that listeners as well as executives can employ to support more women on boards across the world.
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Organizations that help women secure corporate board seats:
https://womenintheboardroom.com/
https://www.womencorporatedirectors.org/
A Woman’s Place Is At The Table Article – https://www.taketheleadwomen.com/blog/a-womans-place-is-at-the-table-what-we-must-do-to-further-gender-equity-on-the-boards-of-corporate-america
2020 Women on Boards’ 2019 Gender Diversity Index:
The full 2019 Gender Diversity Index report is available at https://2020wob.com/educate2/#ourReport.
https://www.catalyst.org/research/women-on-corporate-boards/
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ecpe/why-diversity-matters-women-on-boards-of-directors/
