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This list sickens me
I do not see any POC and only a handful of women. This organization should be shamed for this, I am in commercial real estate in VA and this is NOT representative of our state, it’s people or it’s best and brightest. I wish I could say more publicly but I work for a large brokerage and it would get me fired.
https://www.virginiabusiness.com/article/real-estate/
Barb Hansen
Startup Product, Growth & Strategy
6.65k
09/04/20 at 2:57PM UTC
related issue:
I was scrolling through Twitter about two weeks ago and came across the hashtag #nomoremanels (as in "no more conference and business panels with all male speakers)
There was a twitter thread about a COVID vaccine panel presented by a pharmaceutical company where only men where speaking.
Two days after a tiny twitter storm started, the pharmaceutical company acknowledged their mistake and invited two woman to speak on the panel.
Sometimes our voices are heard, and sometimes our voices make change (not always though, but sometimes)
I have said this before on FGB, and it's worth repeating here.
Women in leadership roles have the power to make change or at least lead the discussion with her peers about implementing change. If you control a budget, and you can direct where that budget goes, then I say, direct that budget towards Change.
Example: I established the rule at my company (where I am the COO) where we will not hire an external company unless that company has women and/or POC in technical roles.
Once we are funded, our hiring rules will ensure that we have will have equal women and POC in technical roles (not just a equal number of women in the company where there is a skew towards more women in marketing/HR and more men in technical and sales roles, but an equal number of women in technical roles and an equal number of POC across the whole company).
Will this change how we recruit? Yes.
Will it slow down our recruiting? Maybe
Are those reasons to not do what should be done? No
Right now, my company consists of 3 men and 2 woman (no POC), and we have 3 board members (all men with one POC), so I have work to do as soon as we are funded and I start hiring.
Cara HouserCoaching + Digital Courses for High Impact Women
1.93k
09/04/20 at 5:52PM UTC
It happens as Barb describes, one person and action at a time. We move into positions of power and then use our influence to leverage that power into more opportunities for women and people of color.
We address issues when we encounter them. We have (endless) conversations with would-be allies to help activate their voices toward advocacy.
We support ourselves and each other. It's a marathon, and an incredibly worthwhile one.
Anonymous
09/04/20 at 2:38PM UTC (Edited)
I am a POC and have worked in the Financial Services industry and each company I have worked for had people hand selected/appointed for C suite positions. White men who were college buddies or they played golf together.
These companies claim they are diverse and inclusive, but that is what they are supposed to say. We have to make our own business successes.
Alexis GladstoneHelping You Excel as a Leader
1.44k
09/04/20 at 2:43PM UTC
I have financial service companies as clients, trying to help them find ways to recruit, retain and develop more women. You are right, there is a lot of work to for this with women and even more for POC. If you're interested, there is a group called Females & Finance. They devoted to encouraging and supporting women that touch financial services in anyway. Happy to introduce you through the FB and to the founder.
Sweet Caroline
4.25k
09/04/20 at 1:09PM UTC
Scrolling through LinkedIn this morning I took note of the promotions, new hires and awards in my feed. 100% white and about 90% male. When will things change if not now?
Alexis GladstoneHelping You Excel as a Leader
1.44k
09/04/20 at 2:45PM UTC
Sweet Caroline, I agree that I notice a lot of the same whenever I do the scroll. Some of the shout outs are from the company but a lot of them are self-promoting (at least in my feed). Do you think when it comes to promoting our accomplishments, as women we don't do it as much as men?
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