Ep04: Creating a Gender-Balanced Business with Avivah Wittenberg-Cox

When it comes to leadership roles, men are always the first ones that come to mind. People don’t normally think of women to sit in higher positions. But given a chance, women are as bold, tenacious, and competent, as their male counterpart. But does gender have anything to do with leadership? What difference does it make when women sit in leadership roles?  Find out as Avivah Wittenberg-Cox joins us in The 6%  to talk about how women in leadership are effectively dealing with the global crisis that’s happening now and how leaders in every organization can strive to create a gender-balanced culture and lead with love. Avivah is a speaker, author, consultant, and CEO of 20-first, one of the world’s leading gender balance consultancies. She has written four books namely, Seven Steps to Leading Gender-Balanced Businesses, How Women Mean Business, Why Women Mean Business: Understanding the Emergence of Our Next Economic Revolution, and Late Love: Mating in Maturity. She speaks across the globe about leadership and gender balance and helps companies identify and achieve gender balance-related business opportunities.  Avivah also writes for Harvard Business Review and Forbes, her article on. She is the Founder and Honorary President of the European Professional Women’s Network. Canadian, French, and Swiss, she has been recognized by ELLE Magazine as one of the TOP 40 Women Leading Change. Episode Highlights: How women in leadership from other countries manage the coronavirus pandemic What it means to “Lead with Love” Why women don’t have to apologize for being who they are The birth of 20-First Overcoming failures and obstacles as an entrepreneur Gender balance in couples Connect with Avivah LinkedIn Twitter @A_WittenbergCox 20-First  Mentioned in this episode: What Do Countries With The Best Coronavirus Responses Have in Common? Women Leaders COVID-19: A Stress Test For Couples Avivah’s books: Seven Steps to Leading Gender-Balanced Businesses How Women Mean Business Why Women Mean Business: Understanding the Emergence of Our Next Economic Revolution Late Love: Mating in Maturity --- Did you enjoy today’s episode? Please click here to leave a review for The 6%, with NancyMD. Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast app to get notified when a new episode comes out!  Do you know someone who might enjoy this episode? Share this episode to inspire and empower! Let's get social! Instagram @_nancymd Facebook @nancymdpdx Twitter @_nancymd LinkedIn @nancyyenshipleymd Website www.nancymd.com Subscribe to The 6%, with NancyMD ++ Apple Podcasts ++ Spotify ++ Google Podcasts

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The 6% with NancyMD is dedicated to women thriving in traditionally male-dominated fields. As a female orthopaedic surgeon, I belong to the 6% that are women in this field - and thus the inspiration for the title. The birth of The 6% came about when I was at an airport and saw a female commercial airline captain. Though I didn't know her, I wanted to talk to her and ask her all about her life and path - and I wanted to hug her, knowing she likely experienced many of the same challenges that I had. I realized that across disciplines and careers, we have parallel experiences and struggles in following our passions. I hope that by sharing these stories, we will inspire the next generation of women surgeons, scientists, firefighters, engineers, CEOs. In The 6%, I talk to women about how they arrived at their careers, and the facets of their lives that brought them there. We talk about imposter syndrome, microagressions, barriers to entry, pay gap, mentoring, obstacles and failures - more importantly, how we get up from those failures. If you love stories grit, perseverence, resiliency, then The 6% is for you!