Event Title

Mini 10: Women in Leadership: Breaking the Unwritten Codes That Sabotage Personal and Professional Lives

Presenter Information

Dr. Marilou Ryder, Professor of Education, Brandman University

Description

Among Fortune 500 companies, women make up about 15 percent of female executive officers and the percentage of women in Congress has been stuck at around 20 percent for almost a decade. Despite the progress that has been made to promote gender equality in the workplace, women continue to face glass ceilings, glass cliffs, glass escalators and glass walls preventing them access to top positions of leadership. Dr. Marilou Ryder, author of the SeXX Factor (New Horizon Press) will share research dedicated to navigating gender differences between men and women. This engaging and entertaining workshop will focus on practical strategies women can immediately use to address gender differences and ultimately increase their viability at work and home..

Six areas will be covered:

1. GENDER DIFFERENCES
2. CULTURE CLASH
3. CONFIDENCE CRISIS
4. COMMUNICATION STYLES
5. PERSONAL POWER

Participants will:

• Explore researched based gender differences
• Examine the brief history of women at work from 1850-2013
• Demystify common stereotypes and realities that characterize men and women
• Capitalize on strategies to navigate the culture clash between men and women
• Gain new communication tactics to avoid conflict between men and women

Class

Etas and Zetas