wineddownwednesday

On average, American working women earn nearly 20% less than their male counterparts. The numbers are worse when you factor in race and age. This week, Kathryn Valentine answers our questions about the gender pay gap and how we can close it. She encourages us to think more broadly about compensation and outlines a range of actions that organizations, managers, and individuals can take to address disparities. Listen now for an eye-opening episode.

Most companies understand the value of a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment and its effect on their ability to recruit & retain talent in the current highly competitive environment. It’s an issue that impacts everyone. So, why do so many gender inclusion initiatives focus on changing women, leaving men out of the equation entirely? By creating a category of “women’s issues,” men–often the most powerful stakeholders in organizations–aren’t involved or even aware of the larger impact and aren’t invited to collaborate to create more inclusive workplaces. Guest W. Brad Johnson talks about why and how men have a crucial role to play in promoting equality at work. Don’t miss this frank conversation on male allyship, mentoring, sponsorship along with tips for holding other men accountable.

During Black History Month we’re looking at the role each of us can play to forge and promote a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. To be successful, organizations need to address diversity, equity, inclusion, and belong. In this episode, Dr. Sheila Robinson, founder Diversity Women Media, suggests that we stop the blame game and take a future-focused approach. Listen for her tips on how to foster a sense of belonging and inclusion and how critical communication is at all levels of the organization. Sheila also discusses her new book, Redefining Your Life D.I.E.T.: Transform How You Look, Feel, and Perform.

Joann S. Lublin, Pulitzer-winning journalist and the author of Power Moms: How Executive Mothers Navigate Work and Life and “Earning It: Hard-Won Lessons from Trailblazing Women at the Top of the Business World” returns to Win(e)d Down Wednesday to discuss the top two topics she’s tracking for 2022. Listen for her thoughts on employee resource groups and hybrid workplace models. Joann also shares what best-in-class companies are doing to support working parents in order to make working parenthood work. Don’t miss this timely discussion.

Joann S. Lublin, former reporter and editor at The Wall Street Journal and author of Power Moms: How Executive Mothers Navigate Work and Life and “Earning It: Hard-Won Lessons from Trailblazing Women at the Top of the Business World” joins the program to discuss the pressures of working parents and how to create workplaces that work for parents. Joann shares how the workplace is changing and how businesses can successfully retain employees with kids. She also shares her research and tips on how managers can support working parents (and all employees).

This week, over green tea and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Jeffery Tobias Halter and Amanda Hammett, discuss what front-line leaders and managers can do to advance employee retention. Given the importance of the direct manager on employee engagement and their propensity to stay, Amanda outsides her ‘Stay Framework’ which is based on four C’’s to get your employees to stay: Care, Completed, Challenges, Coaching and the bonus Career Path (downloadable at amandahammett.com/stay). Listen for tips you can implement immediately.

Being a manager is so hard today -- and the Great Resignation has double-down on everyone’s stress and burnout levels. Hosts Jeffery Tobias Halter and Amanda Hammett discuss the role of empathy and share the EVOLVE Model as a tool to help hone your skills. This discussion is ideal for leaders at all levels of the organization. Each of us has a role to play to combat the great resignation. Prep your favorite beverage and join the conversation. Link to the EVOLVE Model: https://ywomen.biz/leading-with-empathy/

In Part II of Jeffery Tobias Halter and Amanda Hammett’s conversation with Tamika Curry Smith and Elba Pareja-Gallagher, two senior executives from the heart of corporate America, they continue the discussion on returning to the office in the wake of Covid. The conversation explores covering, remote work and why, for many women of color, remote work is preferable to returning to the office. Pour your favorite beverage and join the conversation.

For months, the national conversation has revolved around how companies would return to the office in the wake of COVID. This week, Jeffery and Amanda talk with two senior executives from the heart of corporate America, Tamika Curry Smith and Elba Pareja-Gallagher. This episode delves into diversity, equity and inclusion, workplace flexibility, gender, and the impact of COVID. Grab your favorite beverage and join the conversation.