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Women’s Initiatives


DON’T LET YOUR WOMEN’S INITIATIVE BECOME A WAY TO DISEMPOWER YOUR FIRM’S WOMEN


All too often, organizational leaders agree to the formation of a women’s initiative that is really only an opportunity for women to talk to one another – not a way to produce genuine and effective opportunities for women to advance.


For a women’s initiative to be effective it must:


  • Have clear, realistic goals and strategies for accomplishing them
  • Have buy-in and support from the top
  • Have the involvement of key stakeholders, including men
  • Have a significant budget
  • Have an agenda derived from the identified needs of the firm’s women
  • Be aligned with the firm’s strategic goals
  • Have metrics to assess its effectiveness
  • Advance women into positions of firm leadership
  • Reduce the gender pay gap

We work with legal organizations to:


  • Assess the need for and goals of a women’s initiative
  • Involve key stakeholders in the creation and implementation of the initiative
  • Design the initiative so that it is aligned with the firm’s strategic business goals
  • Identify skill-focused and systems-focused interventions
  • Coach the leaders of the initiative to be optimally effective as leaders
  • Develop programming that advances women
  • Measure outcomes
A women’s initiative needs to be more than an opportunity for women to discuss obstacles.  It needs to provide solutions that enable women to overcome those obstacles.


Please contact Ellen to discuss how we can help you make your firm’s women’s initiative produce authentic change.

 

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Ellen Ostrow, Ph.D., CMC

Rockville, MD
Phone: 844-818-9471
E-mail:
ellen@lawyerslifecoach.com

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