«We have
women in leadership positions who are really championing that effort and trying to make sure all of our associate lawyers and junior partners and, in particular, women feel supported and encouraged to stay.
Not exact matches
Accenture has also worked on ways to get more
women into senior
leadership positions (they've changed the interview process so that candidates of both genders get to know more members
in the executive ranks) and to retain them (implementing a one - year no - travel policy for employees
who are new mothers and fathers).
-- based
leadership training firm Lead by Design knows a
woman in her 50s with a master's degree
in IT sciences
who recently interviewed for a tech
position.
It's advice that's been offered by many
women in leadership positions, including PepesiCo CEO Indra Nooyi,
who routinely advises professionals to «bring your whole self to work.»
It shouldn't be our goal to say, «Hey, look, there's another Asian
woman who's
in this
leadership position and that means I can make it too,»» she said.
James Damore, 28, the engineer
who wrote the memo, said the shortage of
women in engineering and
leadership positions stemmed from what he called «personality differences» between men and
women — like a
woman having lower stress tolerance.
I suspected I'd get a little pushback from fellow Christians
who hold a complementarian perspective on gender, (a
position that requires
women to submit to male
leadership in the home and church, and often appeals to «biblical womanhood» for support), but I had hoped — perhaps naively — that the book would generate a vigorous, healthy debate about things like the Greco Roman household codes found
in the epistles of Peter and Paul, about the meaning of the Hebrew word ezer or the Greek word for deacon, about the Paul's line of argumentation
in 1 Timothy 2 and 1 Corinthians 11, about our hermeneutical presuppositions and how they are influenced by our own culture, and about what we really mean when we talk about «biblical womanhood» — all issues I address quite seriously
in the book, but which have yet to be engaged by complementarian critics.
as long as they don't allow
women to serve
in equal
positions, it will not only be unfair to
women who are
in some kind of
leadership role, but to its
women followers since they are virtually unrepresented
For example, I disagree with complementarian
positions that limit the role of
women in church
leadership, but I don't think this puts me
in the category of «revisionists»
who are «open to questioning key evangelical doctrines on theology and culture,» as Belcher asserts on page 46.
So to blame the «masculinity crisis» on the few
women who have managed to ascend to significant
leadership positions in the Church
in recent years, especially when men continue to dominate the field, grossly overstates the amount of power
women have over the institution and turns them into unnecessary scapegoats.
Those
who affirm this feel bound to urge upon those churches which exclude the full participation of
women in top
leadership that ways be sought
in which
women can be increasingly involved
in positions of full responsibility».64
«Being ranked among the best programs
in the nation is a true testament to the stature and reputation of our faculty
in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology — those
who teach our students and residents, hold
leadership positions locally, nationally, and internationally, and conduct groundbreaking research to improve the lives of
women across the globe,» said Jack A. Elias, MD, senior vice president for health affairs, Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences, Frank L. Day Professor of Biology, and professor of medicine at Brown University.
That said, I do wish some of the men
who are
in these
leadership positions would make it more clear to the community that low body fat isn't a direct correlate to health, particularly for
women.
The three day Lady Filmmakers Festival celebrates
women filmmakers and the men
who collaborate with them by screening films with
women in one or more of the following
leadership positions: writer, director, pro...
SMB: We should take a page from the successful, ongoing efforts that address the lingering lag
in girls» and
women's participation
in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields and
leadership positions: 1) mentoring and role - modeling programs that involve more men
in schools, particularly men
who hold other than traditionally male jobs so that students see men
in a variety of careers; 2) a national fathers» reading campaign to engage more fathers
in reading to their children; and 3) increased funding for innovative programs that engage students
in literacy activities
in and out of school.
In addition to a number of African - American men and women in leadership positions, Swagerty notes that at NBFA, children see school leadership who are Polish, African, Jamaican, Puerto Rican and much much mor
In addition to a number of African - American men and
women in leadership positions, Swagerty notes that at NBFA, children see school leadership who are Polish, African, Jamaican, Puerto Rican and much much mor
in leadership positions, Swagerty notes that at NBFA, children see school
leadership who are Polish, African, Jamaican, Puerto Rican and much much more.
Finally, companies that are owned, co-owned or
who have
women in positions of
leadership do better than companies that don't.
The wave of
women who ascended to
leadership positions were few and far between, and to survive, many focused more on fitting
in than on helping others.
Firms can promote engagement
in spite of these obstacles by presenting an exciting vision for the future; offering meaningful long - term alternatives to partnership; elucidating criteria for becoming partner; providing support and resources to associates
who desire partnership; and advancing
women and minority lawyers into partnership and
leadership positions.
This program is essential for
women partners
who want to advance their careers and for law firms that want to see more
women partners
in positions of
leadership.