Barbara Simon-Evrenosoglu:The "Halo Effect" When Companies Do the Right Thing

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02/09/23 • 44 min

At 50, Barbara Simon-Evronsoglu's department, in a large, white-male dominant company, was dissolved. She watched from the outside as it was reconstructed by a younger man. Initially crushing, Barbara ultimately realized that the job hadn't been that great at all. She was then able to accept the layoff with grace and she reconnected with her kids, with her family and with friends all over the globe.
After six years though she realized, "I'm not done yet". She wanted to work. She had more to do, more to give, more to learn.
Listen in as this seasoned leader describes with honesty and candor, in her own words and through her own lens, what it is like to be a female in her 50's in a male dominated industry. How grateful she was that the company that hired her "took a chance" on a "middle-aged" woman. There was no response from them when she pointed that out.
She sees that she is one of the only women at her level but is hopeful that by "doing the right thing", this company can inspire its own leaders and leaders in other companies, and in other industries, by the halo effect.
Do the right thing, hire qualified people of all ages, genders, and races and be the frontrunner, not the one that lags. It has not been a quick, clean road; not for Barbara, not for any of us.
It's been a real road though. One that many women will be able to relate.
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Gabby Nelson: Truth Bomb - Perfection is a Freeway to Misery

Gabby Nelson is the founder and lead consultant of Rodenhus Group where she “un-gnarls large, global communications problems. "

Prior to going solo, Gabby was the senior most Communications Leader at Sleep Number (the top luxury mattress retailer in the country) and was a Senior Communications Leader at America’s largest private company; Cargill (which has 160,000 workers in 70 countries).
This is a very talented person I am speaking with. Talented, smart, brave, and extremely self-aware. Always having a plan for "the worst case scenario" helped build Gabby's confidence to always go for it. But it was when she stopped seeking external validation that was truly transformative in her life and career.

When she began to seek validation INTERNALLY she realized that the growth she needed was OUTSIDE OF WORK.

Angry that society was telling her that she had an expiration date; as a woman, for her own mental health, she decided to fully reject that.

She was not on a chase for a bigger title, bigger house or more cars, in fact she consciously threw off all of those shackles so she could focus on her own definition of value.

Gabby is crushing the narrative that we have to be "done" at 50.

Her commitment? That she is asking of herself and of us?

1. Start with the women around us.

2. Accept them for exactly who they are.

3. Give all women acceptance.

4. Validate women.

5. Ask hiring managers to challenge biases.

6. See people for who they are and believe in them as they are.

7. Believe that women are enough and our greatness allows us to be even greater.

The age narrative has to change and we have to be the first one to change it.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabby-nelson-9a458b4/

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Wynona Benson: Ageism Explored Through the Spectrum; Is there a "Sweet Spot"?

Wynona Benson is not 50. Not even close. This working mom of 4, adjunct professor and runner, shares what it is like at the opposite end of the age spectrum. Facing ageism as an Asian American, Wynona says that for years she could NOT WAIT to appear older because no one believed that she was the mom of 4.
In this variation from our usual conversation, we explore gendered ageism that younger women face as well as older women. Listen in to this inspiring conversation with a woman who gives it her all and who believes that by embracing the ageism issue NOW she might just have a shot of helping us change the narrative by the time she does turn 50.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/wynonabenson/
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