IIP122 Breaking the Glass Ceiling: How to Increase Women’s Representation in Leadership
Inclusion in Progress
Organizations that claimed to support diversity and inclusion in the wake of the pandemic are continuing to mandate Return-to-Office policies today. Leaders are clinging to the paradigm of in-office work as the gateway to productivity and performance — rather than using this moment as an opportunity to leverage the insight they've gained from their own flexible work experiences to innovate new ways of working. But did you know that flexible work isn't just a nice-to-have but a non-negotiable for closing the gender gap in leadership? Which is why on this...
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IIP121 How Can We Accelerate Progress & Invest in Women Beyond IWD?
Inclusion in Progress
In a 2023 Deloitte study, 92% of women believed their employers were NOT doing enough to honor their commitment to gender equity? During the pandemic, women all over the world left the workforce and never came back. Today, women leaders are now leaving their organizations at the highest rate ever. Inclusion in Progress is committed to empowering organizations to prevent this backslide in gender parity — particularly during International Women’s Month. Which is why on this episode of the podcast you will hear our take on: Why it is a...
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IIP120 Do Women of Color Face Double Barriers to Promotion at Work?
Inclusion in Progress
In a time where we need innovation to discover solutions for our fast-changing world, is your company paying attention to the lived experiences of women (particularly at the intersection of race and gender)? How can you make sure there are more seats at the table for women — particularly women of color — to contribute the ideas we need to meet tomorrow’s challenges? For today’s episode of the Inclusion in Progress podcast, we discuss: How we can address gender inequality and why we can’t overlook the experience of women of color in the workplace How the intersection of...
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IIP119 Why Are Women Still Underrepresented in Tech & What Can Be Done?
Inclusion in Progress
Although gender equality has been a core focus of the inclusive workplace conversation, it still continues to be a concern — especially when we see a lack of women in leadership positions in many of the tech companies we partner with. As a woman-owned business, Inclusion in Progress is all too familiar with the lack of growth opportunities in our past work environments. Which is why our mission to continue to empower organizations to walk their talk when it comes to inclusion is not only a professional commitment, but a deeply personal one. And it’s why we’ll be focusing...
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IIP118 Unleashing the Power of Data to Achieve Your DEI Goals
Inclusion in Progress
On our last few episodes of the Inclusion in Progress podcast, we’ve been sharing examples of the types of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) work we’ve done with client partners. In today’s episode, we’re speaking with Paul Barber, Vice President of Human Resources at Listrak. He oversaw the transition of the organization from a primarily office-based culture to a remote-first company and partnered with Team IIP to help address the needs of their distributed teams in a rapidly changing work environment. We also supported Listrak with establishing DEI...
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IIP117 How to Deal with DEI Pushback & Still Affect Company Culture
Inclusion in Progress
On our last few episodes of the Inclusion in Progress podcast, we’ve been sharing examples of the types of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) work we’ve done with client partners. In today’s episode, we’re speaking with Jimmy Rose, former Vice President for Employee Experience at Cotiviti. Since connecting with Jimmy in 2020, we were fortunate to partner with him to establish DEI foundations for his company, teams and larger company culture. In our conversation, we discuss: How Jimmy first got into DEI work and how he’s seen the industry shift through...
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IIP116 How to Find, Select & Outsource DEI Work to Support Your Inclusion Goals
Inclusion in Progress
On the next few episodes of the Inclusion in Progress podcast, we’re sharing examples of the types of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) work we’ve done with client partners. In today’s episode, we’re speaking with Regina Lawless, former DEI Head of Instagram and Founder of Bossy & Blissful. Regina has led multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to advance underrepresented talent, particularly in the tech industry. We were fortunate to partner with her during her time at Instagram and Meta before she started her own venture to empower professional women...
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IIP115 Moving the Needle: How External Contractors Can Help Internal DEI Teams Gain Buy-In
Inclusion in Progress
On the Inclusion in Progress podcast, we’ve shared examples of the types of interventions and work we’ve done with client partners. But we’ve never featured any of them until now. Many of our listeners have asked what it’s like to work in DEI, both as an external contractor and as part of an internal DEI team. So in today’s episode, we’re speaking with Anthony Papini, the Global DEI Lead of ActiveCampaign. Not only has he been a long-time podcast listener, he’s also partnered with #TeamIIP in his current and previous roles leading diversity, equity and inclusion. In...
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IIP114 What Does Psychological Safety Look Like on Our Virtual Team?
Inclusion in Progress
On our Inclusion in Progress podcast, we often talk about how we help our client partners from around the world design psychological safety for their virtual teams. But what does building psychological safety look like on our own fully remote team at Team IIP? And how do we apply those same lessons to our company as we evolve? That’s exactly what we’ll look at in this episode of the Inclusion in Progress podcast. Here’s what we’ll explore: What we’ve learned about the importance of psychological safety, well-being, and work-life balance for...
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IIP113 [Mini-Series] Hybrid Work & Company Culture: How Organizations are Helping Their Leaders Equip Themselves for the Remote-First or Hybrid Workplace
Inclusion in Progress
This month, we’re hosting a mini-series on “Hybrid Work & Company Culture'' where we’ll be sharing what we’ve learned from speaking to tech companies like HP and HubSpot on whether or not hybrid work is killing company culture. We have been discussing the importance of equity in a hybrid workplace, how to equip leaders for remote-first or hybrid teams, and how flexible working and company culture strategies go hand-in-hand with DEI, plus actionable ideas we’ve been sharing with our client partners to support employees in a remote or hybrid work...
info_outline#017 - To conclude International Women’s Month, Kay talks about the gender pay gap in tech, and what she believes technology companies can do to create gender inclusion for their industry.
She also walks through the key reasons why tech companies have a responsibility to lead the conversation on the gender pay gap — and how they can set the tone for other industries on gender equity as well.
Finally, Kay shares three concrete strategies that tech companies can actually close the gender pay gap and build intersectional gender inclusion for their teams.