“For the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack.” Our time with Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber’s WE Lead Class 17.
#BreakTheBias: Women’s History Month Recap
As Women’s History Month and the celebration of International Women’s Day comes to a close, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and celebrate the organizations we had the privilege of working with during such a pivotal month for so many companies to drive gender equity action forward.
With this year’s International Women’s Day theme of #BreakTheBias, individuals were called to take action for collective progress. At Gild Collective, we worked with our clients to approach this theme in different ways—providing tools for interrupting bias in big ways within workplaces and small ways within our own interactions.
Career Advancement: A Conversation with Paula Gorman of Lift Up Career
A Roundup of Expert Career Advice for Navigating COVID-19
No matter where you live – or if your local COVID-19 cases are rising or falling – it clear that as a country we are going to be navigating this pandemic for months to come (if not longer). For many of us, that means that our employers are choosing to continue remote work, or some hybrid form of it, for the foreseeable future. For some, this is great news – we have thrived working in a remote environment. For others, this reality feels professionally paralyzing.
Case Study: Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati
In March 2020 we began working with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati (FHLB Cincinnati) for two workshop sessions: Mapping Career Strategy and Building + Communicating Confidence. As we all know, March 2020 was when the country began to undergo massive shutdowns due to COVID-19, forcing many businesses to begin remote work. As our workshop approached, FHLB was managing a remote workforce for the first time, and could have decided to halt the programming but didn’t.
Case Study: Tech Company Women's Leadership Program
As part of an ongoing relationship with one of our clients in the technology industry, we delivered a women’s leadership program to women’s ERG participants within the organization. The two-day session leading up to International Women’s Day offered participants the rare opportunity to set daily responsibilities aside and focus on their personal and professional development. By taking a step back and looking at their careers–past, present, and future–participants had space to clearly articulate their values, vision, and goals for success. Participants left the session with an expanded network, both through the cohort they bonded with over the two day program and through the intentional planning they completed to create purposeful networking, mentorship, and sponsorship goals.
Case Study: Terumo Medical Corporation Mapping Career Strategy
In our second of two workshop sessions with Terumo Medical Corporation, we focused on Mapping Career Strategy with the newly-formed women’s initiative at the organization.
It is wonderful to return to clients to see how they build tools and actions over time and serve as accountability partners and networks for one another!
Case Study: MillerCoors Women in Beer
We had so much fun with the Great Lakes Region chapter of Women in Beer at MillerCoors during their two-day annual meeting! After surveying the group on their interest in various topics, we landed the topic of Mapping Career Strategy.
After the session, one participant shared, “I thought it was a great way to sit down and map out what our individual priorities are including work and personal life.”
We know this group is serving as accountability partners for one another as they head into a busy time of year and look forward to hearing how everyone has achieved their objectives!
Case Study: Ohio Banker's League Women in Banking Conference
Gild Collective was invited to lead two breakout sessions during the Women in Banking Conference from the Ohio Banker’s League. We were so excited to share two critical topics with this audience—Mapping Career Strategy and Developing Solutions for Gender Issues.
We’re so glad we could participate in the Women in Banking Conference and look forward to the next one!
Case Study: WE Lead Class 14
In September 2019 we had the honor of facilitating our third Women Excel, or WE Lead. WE Lead is a 10 month executive leadership program for women in the Greater Cincinnati region, presented by the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber. Participants in WE Lead are ambitious, high-achieving, passionate, and frankly, really interesting women that we always have a blast working with.
Case Study: Midwest Communications
Earlier this year we were invited to develop and facilitate a women’s leadership speaking series for Midwest Communications– specifically their Southern Indiana division of Midwest Radio. Midwest Radio owns and operates the premier radio stations of the Southern Indiana Region, and play an integral role in growing and fostering community in Evansville, Indiana and the surrounding areas. Specifically, Midwest Radio is dedicated to elevating their female community, who play a valuable role for their stations.
Case Study: McKinsey & Company Women in Operations Mapping Career Strategy Workshop
During McKinsey & Company’s annual Women in Operations Day, Gild Collective was invited to deliver a short session on Mapping Career Strategy. We took advantage of a rare chunk of time—even just an hour—to focus on ourselves, or leadership purpose, and how that translates to our big objectives and strategies for achieving them in the year ahead. With a structure in place for how to break directional goals into manageable pieces, participants left the session with a clear strategy and opportunities to hold one another accountable in the process.
Case Study: Tech Company Leadership Program
Last December, we delivered a 2-day program to under-represented minority women at a large technology company and were invited back to share the leadership program with a broader audience of mid-level participants within the organization.
While objectives shifted slightly between the programs, we focused on developing a concrete career strategy map and layering in additional tools to help participants achieve their goals. This included clearly recognizing strengths, identifying areas of opportunity, and creating a personal board of directors to support and advocate for participants.
Across the three programs delivered to-date, we continued to track pre- and post- session benchmarking feedback. On average across the sessions, we saw an increase in agreement on key indicators:
My company values me and my contributions: +6%
My company supports me in defining my career plan: +18%
There are opportunities for me to progress in my organization: +15%
I possess the tools needed to achieve my career goals: +35%
I have a clear vision for my role at my company in the next 2 years: +20%
We’re looking forward to taking this program to more participants in 2020!
Case Study: Terumo Medical Corporation
Case Study: CBRE Women's Initiative
The Women’s Initiative at CBRE hosted Gild Collective for a Mapping Career Strategy workshop to kick off the year with a clear plan for participants. In addition to developing individual strategy maps, participants also made their own Leather Traveler’s Journal to embed their strategy map into for daily reference.
Case Study: Tech Company Women's Program
In December 2018, Gild Collective facilitated a 2-day program for a cohort of under-represented minority (URM) women at Intel. The participants came from a variety of departments and positions within the organization and many had never met previously. Beyond the action-oriented programming during the session, we organized opportunities for connection and network building to create support networks within the organization.
Case Study: The Women's Fund Appointed Training
In November, we were invited to facilitate a rapid value-mapping session at the first Appointed training through the Women’s Fund. Appointed is a non-partisan initiative that “identifies opportunities for women to serve on civic boards and commissions, and empowers them to seek a seat at the table. We provide support and training opportunities, and are a resource available to connect elected officials to interested board candidates.”
Case Study: WE Lead Class 13
This year, for the second year in a row, we had the honor of facilitating the two-day overnight retreat for the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of Commerce WE Lead Program. WE Lead is a 10-month executive leadership development experience for high-potential, goal oriented women who are actively preparing for the next level of their career. The 10-month program begins with a kickoff reception at the Chamber, where the 56 women meet for the first time. The next time they come together is with us: for a two-day immersive experience for their retreat.