Amy Diehl, PhD, is an award-winning information technology leader, currently serving as Chief Information Officer at Wilson College in Chambersburg, PA. She is also a gender equity researcher and author of the new book Glass Walls: Shattering the Six Gender Bias Barriers Still Holding Women Back at Work. Her writing has appeared in numerous scholarly journal articles and book chapters as well as in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Ms. Magazine. She is also a sought-after speaker, consultant, and lawsuit expert witness. Her passion is universal gender equality so that society and organisations can thrive and women can succeed.
We cover the following:
01:50 Defining gender bias
02:52 How gender bias affects money and power
05:15 Six barriers overview
06:11 Male privilege and constraints
07:20 Support and devaluation
08:36 Hostility (including female hostility)
13:35 Acquiescence and opting out
16:19 Business case and examples
21:00 Leadership accountability and ERGs
22:44 Measuring bias
24:44 Gender bias incident example
26:55 Don’t internalise gender bias
29:13 Build support networks
30:06 Toxic workplaces
33:15 Leaders must own change
34:03 Stories that wake up leaders
36:59 Male norms and work design
39:24 Allies taking action
40:45 LinkedIn as safe space
43:29 Kamala Harris double standards
48:21 Progress and hope.
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