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

Racial Equity, Skill building, Videos, Webinars

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

Gender Equity, Racial Equity, Skill building, Videos, Webinars

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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Interrupting Bias in Performance Evaluations

Gender Equity, Racial Equity, Videos, Webinars

Studies show that subtle gender and racial biases often creep into performance evaluations. Learn how to design and fill out performance evaluations to avoid this. Research shows that women’s reviews are more likely to contain negative feedback, and women tend to receive different types of criticism than men. Men typically receive constructive suggestions related to

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Overwhelmed – Being A Serious Professional
While Making Time For A Life

Gender Equity, Videos, Webinars

Author of Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time provides insightful analysis of the modern time bind, examining the pressures and conflicting expectations faced by working parents and others with family responsibilities. This webinar examines the systemic stressors that make work/life balance unattainable, and offers practical time-management strategies for coping with

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“I’d Rather Work With A Man”
Tips For Diffusing Conflicts Among Women

Gender Equity, Videos, Webinars

We receive more questions from WLE members about how to handle workplace conflicts between women than on any other topic. At least once a year, a study or trending article comes out about why female bosses are harder to work for, or how catty female coworkers or office Mean Girls hold women back in their

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Being a Team Player While Actively Pursuing Your Career Goals

Gender Equity, Skill building, Videos, Webinars

Women and diverse professionals often face internal and/or external pressures to play office roles that give them less visibility and prominence. This webinar provides concrete strategies to enable professionals to position themselves in the spotlight while still being seen as good team players. We’ll discuss the kind of roles that might be undervalued in the

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