2015 WOC Executive Roundtable

The 2015 Women of Color in Technology Executive Roundtable Session

Our business community must confront the challenges of the shortage of women in STEM leadership positions in today’s workplace, and the entrance of vast numbers of millennial talent who will reshape the workforce, and the rules of the workplace. The next generation of female leaders will contribute to, be heard, and influence the dialog driving these changes. They will have particular impact on conversations addressing gender related workplace challenges and solutions.

We must address the gender gap, and the overall lack of diversity in senior leadership. How we do so must be an important component of our national and global talent strategies, and work in conjunction with systemic change efforts effecting our workforce. But to get this right, first, organizations must better understand how to attract, develop, and retain female and other diverse talent from the millennial generation.

We hope that our 2015 Women of Color in Technology Executive Roundtable is a livewire symposium. Our interchange will examine the 21st Century challenges of women in today’s technology driven workplace and why it is seen as a man’s world. Moderated by Ted Childs, Diversity Workforce Catalyst for change,
attendees will hear from women executives who have s competed in high intensity, competitive, technology driven workplaces. We do not want a discussion about what women have not done, or cannot do. We have assembled a panel of accomplished executive women to discuss their career journeys, and observations about strategies to succeed in today’s complex, challenging workplace.

After the seminar, participants will be able to:

1. Engage in a candid dialogue about the challenges women face in today’s workplace, including at the executive level.
2. Explore factors that limit women from breaking the glass ceiling.
3. Identify best practices in diversity workforce change.
4. Discuss ways to overcome challenges and stereotypes.

Moderator: Ted Childs, Strategic Diversity Advisor, Ted Childs LLC