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Five Keys to Supporting Growth of Women Leaders By Alan Cherry
How can organizations give them the platform to be their best selves, be confident, show their strengths, and deliver results? Here are a few actionable things that both individuals and organizations can do to acknowledge and raise up the women who work for and with them. 1 Organizations and leadership should be intentional about hiring and promoting women into leadership roles. “[We need to create] an environment where women aren’t just going from level one to level two, but where they can actually emerge as leaders, where other women can look at those women leading, growing, and want to be like them, and think that this is possible,” says Dr. Aman Kaur, a DSO Strategy Developer and Growth Accelerator. “I don’t think it’s intentional that people don’t want to promote women, but it will take some intention and action to follow that intention to promote women to those leadership levels.” Women comprise the vast majority of the workforce in the dental industry, yet they are disproportionately underrepresented in leadership positions at all levels. This needs to change. A recent webinar hosted by The DEO explored the obstacles to progress as well as ways that each of us can turn the dial on this issue and be an agent for change. Women are highly intelligent, driven, and capable individuals and they want to show up and perform in an authentic way.
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2 Create a culture that supports women from the bottom up. “It’s really important for the leaders of organizations to bring their women up, not just in title, but also in the social respect and letting them speak up and bringing in ideas,” says
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