Lesley Michaels - On The Shoulders Of Mighty Women

Plug: Equity Warrior, Speaker, Entrepreneur, Transformational Coach Website: https://lesleymichaels.com/ Author: On The Shoulders of Mighty Women Speaking Points: *What Feminism is and isn’t *Women’s inner war with Imposter Syndrome *Patriarchy is a system, not a reference to all men *Unpaid Labor: The cost to women’s lives and ambitions *Woman - to - woman incivility: The costs and repercussions *Women’s unique application of power *Why too few women mentor up *Women’s greatest potential for establishing equity is found in each other *Women must discover comfort claiming their value, for all women to rise *Internalized misogyny *It’s imperative that women break all habits self-sabotage *How women are creating diversity rich environments *Why do female leaders often address equality from an inclusivity first perspective? (vs the more traditional diversity first) *The power and purpose of building Strategic Alliance of Women *The comfort zone versus the stretch zone *What does it mean that a growing percentage of notably accomplished women are leaving the world of big business and applying their accumulated power to building woman-owned, women-operated companies, foundations and organizations