Skill building

The Silver Linings Playbook: Moving Forward with Purpose

This webinar will be a frank conversation about the rapidly-changing landscape of work, specifically how we can take everything learned during this period and institutionalize the good as things settle into a new normal. We’ll discuss flex policies and how to implement and manage flexible work arrangements successfully. We’ll share what successful leaders are doing […]

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Coping with COVID-19 at Work and at Home: a call with Joan C. Williams and Mary Cranston

On April 2nd, 2020, we had a call with WLE managers & HR professionals to discuss the impacts of COVID-19 on work. Check out our resource guide, including the biggest takeaways from this conversation and many other tools. There are also detailed call notes available, and a recording of the call below.

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Effective Communication: Death by PowerPoint

How many of us have suffered from “death by PowerPoint” when sitting through a presentation with an endless number of wordy, run-on slides? This program will share 5 easy ways that enable you to create a visual experience that your audience finds helpful, engaging and memorable – and you don’t need a graphic arts degree

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From Good Daughter to Respected Peer: Changing Influence Across the Career Lifecycle

Strategies that produce effective influence for early-career women (and men) can be less effective at more senior levels. Further, organizations try to identify rising talent by observing how candidates use power and influence—but both the organization and the candidate may make errors that lead to missed opportunities and flawed advancement. This webinar will explore how

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Effective Work/Life Management for Yourself and Those You Supervise

Work-life balance has always been a challenge for mothers. Research shows it is an increasing challenge for fathers, too—and that even adults without children often struggle to balance their work with their other life goals. This webinar will explore the sources of work-family conflict, what individuals can do to sort out their priorities and attain

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Leveling the Playing Field for First Generation Professionals: Tips for Individuals and Their Employers

Too often in diversity contexts, programming is designed to help women, LGBTQ individuals, or people of color – but rarely tackle issues of class. Yet first-generation college students face particular, well documented challenges in professional workplaces. This webinar is designed to provide a toolkit to address those challenges. Class migrants—professionals from non-professional families—often find self-promotion

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Authentic Leadership as a Critical Pillar of Inclusive Work Environments

Overview: A growing body of research suggests that authenticity is a key ingredient for building inclusive environments. However, most corporate environments struggle with the idea of authenticity – professionals are taught to avoid differences rooted in culture, rather than leverage these differences for success, which in turn causes them to minimize their own differences in

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