Lesley Michaels - On The Shoulders Of Mighty Women

Plug: Equity Warrior, Speaker, Entrepreneur, Transformational Coach

Website: https://lesleymichaels.com/

Author: On The Shoulders of Mighty Women

Speaking Points:
*What Feminism is and isn’t
*Women’s inner war with Imposter Syndrome
*Patriarchy is a system, not a reference to all men
*Unpaid Labor: The cost to women’s lives and ambitions
*Woman - to - woman incivility: The costs and repercussions
*Women’s unique application of power
*Why too few women mentor up
*Women’s greatest potential for establishing equity is found in each other
*Women must discover comfort claiming their value, for all women to rise
*Internalized misogyny
*It’s imperative that women break all habits self-sabotage
*How women are creating diversity rich environments
*Why do female leaders often address equality from an inclusivity first perspective? (vs the more traditional diversity first)
*The power and purpose of building Strategic Alliance of Women
*The comfort zone versus the stretch zone
*What does it mean that a growing percentage of notably accomplished women are leaving the world of big business and applying their accumulated power to building woman-owned, women-operated companies, foundations and organizations