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The Network of Executive Women will host its first-ever call-in teleseminar Friday, July 15, at 11 a.m. EDT. The subject of the call-in seminar will be “Women of Color: The Challenge and Opportunity Ahead” and it will be hosted by NEW board member and career development expert Trudy Bourgeois, president and CEO of the Center for Workforce Management. Her book, “Her Corner Office,” is considered a primer on how women can break down barriers to advancement. For more information on how to participate in this first-ever Network call-in seminar, please call Nathalia Granger at (312) 693-5855. |
Network to host call-in on women of color NEW women of color report outlines
industry’s challenges, opportunities
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NY Metro area to network June 28 |
The Network of Executive Women has issued a new report urging action on the promotion of women of color in the consumer products and retail industry. The report, “Women of Color: The Challenge and Opportunity Ahead,” includes a 10-point corporate action plan to help address what it calls the “stubborn lack of progress” in promoting women of color to senior management positions.
The new white paper quotes a Catalyst study revealing that women of color hold only 1.6 percent of corporate officer positions at 429 of the Fortune 500 companies surveyed, and reports that women of color lag behind not only white men but white women in promotion and pay.
The report’s 10-point corporate action plan includes such recommended steps as crafting a diversity plan, setting goals, establishing benchmarks and creating support networks and programs for women of color. More
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