"Based on the 2008 Glass Ceiling Study, it is clear that women are significantly underrepresented in both the C-Suites and Corporate Boardrooms of Texas corporations. To Deconstruct the Texas Glass Ceiling, it will require the efforts of the entire Community of Texas. As a community, we have both the opportunity and the responsibility to challenge the current status quo of excluding women from leadership roles. In order for Texas to maximize its human capital, women must be included at all levels. This can only be done when corporate leaders remove “artificial barriers” that limit the opportunities for women to advance. The Texas Glass Ceiling Summit is our first step at initiating change. Please come out and support our efforts as we seek to hold corporate leaders accountable.”
Dennis Kennedy, Founder & CEO, National Diversity Council |
Building a Diverse Leadership Pipeline – An Organizational Improvement Approach
Presenter – Dr. Rita Boags, Leadership Technologies, LLC
While it is essential to understand the nature of the Glass Ceiling from a statistical point of view, there must be strategies to overcome its debilitating and destructive impact. The expectation that the Glass Ceiling will dissolve with the myriad of diversity activities that are now the norm in many companies and government agencies has not yielded the desired results. What will? A strategy that has a singular focus for achieving new representational goals has the best chance for achieving this aim.
The Content of this presentation will provide an overview of these topics:
I. Glass Ceiling components and how to overcome them
II. Development Strategies for leadership candidates and their managers
III. Structure of a Diversity Leadership Pipeline
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