VIRTUAL PROGRAM | Gender in Perspective Roundtable

Women make great leaders.
Gender diverse teams perform better. 
Gender diverse boards make better decisions. 

This is not new news?

• So why is it that women still only run 8 percent of Fortune 500 companies and comprise 20% of board seats in the Russell 1000?
• We can continue to move the needle!  We just need some perspective.
• The value in gender diversity lies in different perspectives, or the lens from which we think, see things, and make decisions.

Amy Leslie has 20 years of experience building and leading teams, with P&L responsibility. She excelled in turning around failing business units and helped teams achieve new heights in companies from small start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. She learned the science to building winning teams. Amy believes people drive business forward, period.  
Amy is CEO of Perspective Consulting, a certified partner of the Predictive Index. She helps companies build strong teams and optimize their talent to achieve better results.

Laura Janusik is leveraging her past experience to help individuals and teams align their communication through the Power of Listening. Her background includes 15 years of HR Management in private industry and 20 years of academic experience as a professor and scholar who became a world recognized expert in teaching and training listening. Her PhD in Communication and her MBA assist her in using research-based information to help people change their daily communication interactions to develop greater cohesion and remember more accurate information. Her research has been published nationally and internationally, and her research and ideas have been cited in publications including Forbes, Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, and US News and World Report.