Every individual has a responsibility in an organization to enhance the understanding of the value of women leading, create structures to help women overcome gender barriers they may experience, and identify strategies to support women’s progress along their leadership path. Women bring heterogeneity that can benefit the workplace. To avoid groupthink and bring more diversity to our organizations, we need to consider putting more women into leadership roles to improve performance and productivity. Each of our higher education institutions has an organization culture that can empower or limit women’s ability to lead at various levels. These cultures consist of assumptions and values (see Schein’s model of organizational culture) that are sometimes decades old. Many times organizational structures have been developed by men and their actions potentially inhibiting women leading in various ways.
The #3Wedu: Women Who Wine in Education will be trying a new format and location as we join host our podcast and keynote panel today (November 7th) from 3:25-4:55 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln IT Leadership Conference. In an effort to share our panel discussion we hope to stream this session via YouTube LIVE and, of course, we will do our best to keep the Twitter backchannel banter going here: #3wedu.
Opportunity that Scales:
WOMEN ADVANCING THE FUTURE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Tune in LIVE between 3:25-4:55 pm CT as we will stream our keynote panel TODAY, November 7, 2016 here:
- Follow the chatter on Twitter: @3Wedu & Hashtag: #3Wedu and/or #WIITNE (the conference hashtag)
- Our Open Google Doc: The #3Wedu Podcast No. 11 http://bit.ly/3Wedu11
- Stream From YouTube: The #3Wedu Podcast No. 11: Women Advancing the Future of IT and Higher Ed
Through changing our behaviors, activities, communication, and environments, we can potentially alter the culture with these micro level modifications. Implementing practices to facilitate the growth of women leaders while creating an embracing culture that is pertinent for leadership development. Let’s talk about it. This isn’t a women’s issue; this is everyone’s issue.
A version of this blog post is cross-posted at The #3Wedu Podcast website.
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