Founder & CEO

Rayona Sharpnack

Engaging Men to Advance Women

Rayona SharpnackFounder and CEOInstitute for Women’s Leadership

What you can do to advocate forGender Partnership!

Three Powerful Leverage Points

Empowering and supporting women leaders

Engaging men to advance women

Identifying and transforming institutional blind spots and systemic barriers

GENDER PARTNERSHIP

Women Make a Difference inCompany Performance

+ 47%Average return on equity

+ 55%Average earnings before interest and tax

Companies with top-quartile representation of women in executive committees perform significantly better than companies with no women at the top.

Source: Women Matter, Gender Diversity at the Top of Corporations: Making It Happen, McKinsey

Understanding How We Are Different

The brains of most (NOT ALL) women and men are hard-wired differently. And that’s good news.

MEN WOMENIndependence CollaborationLogic IntuitionAction ReflectionTight focus Big picture

Great minds don't always think alike.Great minds often think differently. That makes for better decisions and smarter problem-solving.

Break discussionWhere Does Gender Bias Come From?

What did you witness in your home regarding partnership between parents or their equivalents?

If you had siblings of the opposite gender, do you recall how they were treated?

How do these early experiences affect your present day interactions with the other gender ? (feel free to apply this to both personal and work)

If the answers to the above questions influenced your views and behaviors in the present day, can you articulate how?

What, if any, is the impact of some these behaviors? To you? To others?