Can female entrepreneurs reshape plant-based investing? | Classic leadership advice that holds true today | 3 ways leaders can respond to pandemic-fueled changes
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[] [Can female entrepreneurs reshape plant-based investing?](
Female leaders in plant-based food and food technology innovation often face an uphill battle when it comes to raising funds and being taken seriously by investors. Miyoko's Kitchen founder Miyoko Schinner and Vegan Women Summit founder Jennifer Stojkovic shared their experiences and advice during a session at the Plant Based World Conference & Expo. Full Story: [SmartBrief/Food]( (2/14)
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[] [Classic leadership advice that holds true today](
We still have much to learn from the writings of 20th-century management experts Leon Festinger, Frederick Herzberg and Daniel Goleman on the topics of cognitive dissonance, motivation and emotional intelligence, respectively. "It takes first realizing the power of what Festinger and Herzberg detail, then seeing that you need the type of help Goleman describes to implement those ideas," write consultants Jon Katzenbach and Carolyn Black. Full Story: [Strategy+Business]( (2/14)
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Post-pandemic leadership will require a different approach to handling employee relationships and career paths -- as well as staying close with people who choose to leave the organization, writes Julie Winkle Giulioni. Giulioni walks through some of the ways COVID-19 has changed employee mindsets and how leaders can respond. Full Story: [SmartBrief/Leadership]( (2/10)
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Employers can attract and retain future leaders by enabling them to connect their personal meaning and values with organizational purpose, write the Center for Creative Leadership's Stephanie Wormington and Sarah Pearsall. The pair offer six tips, including communicating the business' wider societal purpose, listing salary ranges to demonstrate equity and transparency, and facilitating community outreach programs. Full Story: [Training magazine]( (2/10)
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[] [Opinion: Foodservice leaders must commit to boosting DEI](
Consultant Shannon Finn Connell takes note of the restaurant industry's "optics problem," one that shows diversity in the back and front of the house, but not in leadership positions that are further up the ranks. She encourages the industry to take a holistic approach to address DEI deficiencies by having business leaders and foodservice organizations commit to diversifying the hiring pipelines, as well as identifying pay gaps and increasing minority enrollment in educational institutions. Full Story: [Forbes (tiered subscription model)]( (2/14)
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Women in STEM celebrated, but not treated equally Computer scientist Joy Buolamwini (Suzi Pratt/Getty Images)
This year's International Day of Women and Girls in Science is an opportunity to recognize all of the amazing contributions women make to science, engineering, technology and math. It's also an unfortunate reminder that academia and industry have a long way to go in narrowing the gender gap. According the UN, women often receive smaller research grants than their male counterparts and, while they represent one-third of all researchers, only 12% of members of national science academies are women. Additionally, women only comprise 28% of engineering graduates and 40% of graduates in computer science and informatics. Full Story: [AZoM]( (2/11)
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Executives are focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion in a variety of ways, including through steering committees, diversity councils and affinity groups. "We also watch so that our DEI efforts don't swing so far one way that we actually create more silos than you have," says Julie Kae, vice president of sustainability and DEI at Qlik. Full Story: [Chief Executive]( (2/11)
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A nonprofit group in Oregon has partnered with several wineries to offer production internships to people of color. Tiquette Bramlett, founder of Our Legacy Harvested and the first female Black leader of an Oregon winery, says she hopes the program will help others interested in a path like hers. Full Story: [KATU-TV (Portland, Ore.)]( (2/13)
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Consultant James Pogue, PhD, believes that an authentic way of celebrating Black History Month should prioritize making work cultures inclusive by finding new ways to lead, recruit and retain team members. "This option I am suggesting is a way of honoring the work and sacrifices of others by working smarter and driving toward the results of inclusivity," Pogue writes. Full Story: [Nation's Restaurant News (free registration)]( (2/14)
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[] [Black-owned winery pairs bottles, food of varied cultures](
Each of Fifty Leven's five wines pairs well with certain meals from a variety of cultures, says founder Kindra Dionne, the first Black woman to own a label in D.C.'s wine country of Loudoun County, Va. "We're part of history as it's unfolding across the country and globe," Dionne says. Full Story: [Insider]( (2/9)
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[] [Revisiting microaggressions and the larger messages they send](
While organizations continue efforts to create more equitable workplaces and many implement policy changes to increase opportunities for underrepresented team members, microaggressions often fall into a murkier area that can land squarely in the realm of personal responsibility. Because they can be both subtle and familiar, microaggressions often go unrecognized by those committing them. Even people being harmed may sometimes struggle to identify exactly what is happening in the moment, even though they feel it. Each of us has a responsibility to educate ourselves about how we may be committing harm through these seemingly "small" comments and behaviors, and then be humble enough to change them. [Read more.](
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