The Female Quotient Committed To Advancing Equality For Women Leaders
Today, Shelley Zalis, founder of the Female Quotient, a platform dedicated to advocating for and working to achieve gender equality, offers listeners of the Wholly Living Research podcast a refreshing and empowering perspective. Throughout the discussion, Shelley defines what gender equality in business looks like and the significance of increasing diversity in organizations.
Shelley shares the story of how she became a voice for the advancement of gender equality and speaks into her own experiences of facing gender inequality in the workplace that sparked her passion and dedication to fighting for equality. She speaks of the many benefits of diversity in business and shares encouraging stories of corporate America shifting the workforce to include more diversity and incorporate gender equality to achieve better results. Shelley highlights not just the business impact, but positive social change that occurs when diversity is introduced to the workplace, as well.
The conversation evolves to focus on Shelly’s Modern Guide to Equality and what this guide offers. Shelley explains that this is a playbook to facilitate the elimination of gender inequality in the workplace and stimulate diversity to gain the best talent. She explains the strategies for gender equality that help women climb the ladder, propel them into the C-Suite, and achieve their personal and professional goals. Shelley stresses the importance of companies investing in their workforce to cultivate a motivating, understanding, and flexible culture that facilitates inter-organizational respect.
Shelley gives answers to questions that women in business find themselves asking about gender equality. She encourages women to be themselves, takes pride in that, and use that as their power.
Tune in to learn how to break the rules and rewrite them!