Here is my tedx talk on implicit bias
Yippeee… I am so excited to share my TEDx talk! The title is: “Implicit Bias: How We Hold Women Back.” Please share widely!
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gender bias
Are your training materials sexist?
I just found out that a big Canadian bank is training all of its employees by a UK company. The UK facilitator gave a free book to all participants called The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters. The book includes some fairly absurd ideas about how humans think. Worst of all , it is sexist. For
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Here is my TEDx Talk: Implicit Bias!
Yippeee… I am so excited to share my TEDx talk! The title is: “Implicit Bias: How We Hold Women Back.” Please share widely!
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Must listen to Melinda Gates on sexism in IT
This is an amazing interview with Melinda Gates. Everyone should listen to it.
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What to say when someone says they REALLY tried to hire a woman
I just got a call from a client. She recently gave a talk on the importance of gender diversity and was faced with a “tough question” from a man in the audience. He said this: “We have tried so hard to promote women in our organisation, but they rarely want the jobs. I guess they just have different priorities or
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We blame women CEOs but not men CEOs
Here is a great article: When a company is in trouble, the buck stops with the CEO, right? Not necessarily. According to a new study, 80% of press reports about female CEOs involved in a crisis cited the chief as the source of the problem. But when a man was at the helm, only 31%
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The Hillary Phenomenon: Lawyer uncovers research on why we don’t like Hillary
PRESS RELEASE: VANCOUVER, CANADA, October 6, 2016 – Maureen F. Fitzgerald, PhD, a gender diversity advisor and former lawyer shines a clear light on why so many people don’t like Hillary Clinton. It has nothing to do with her as a person or even her politics, but rather our entire culture that often sees women as second class
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Great quick video on gender inequality
I just found this organisation! Re-Gender. Regarding gender. Re Gender Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InDSUy7g3HA
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Anne Giardini gave a wonderful talk at SFU
I went to a talk at SFU (at their lovely waterfront campus!) a few weeks ago and was delighted to hear Anne Giardini speak about how she survived (thrived) in a male dominated world. She too is a lawyer. She reminded me about how many groups of women (like the Canadian Bar Association Women ) have spent
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Happy Equal Pay Day!
Here is a great article in celebration of equal pay day!: “You’re probably aware that a woman makes about 79 cents for every dollar a man makes. But have you thought about how that missing 21 cents adds up over time and across the country? Here are a few sobering realities to keep in mind
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