Do your managers play a critical role in DEI?

CEO role a natural fit for Calif. restaurateur | How nonpromotable work disrupts women's careers | 5 ways to make employees feel psychologically safe Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( June 1, 2022 [WFF Leadership SmartBrief]( Advancing and Empowering Women Leaders [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [SHARE](  [] A Leader's Edge [] [CEO role a natural fit for Calif. restaurateur]( Chef Pace Webb, CEO and co-founder of Daddy's Chicken Shack, talks about expanding the Pasadena, Calif.-based restaurant via franchises in other states, her approach to team leadership, her biggest accomplishments and her lifelong drive to succeed. "If you've always been that person with a vision and have the ability to run with an idea until it is executed, then the CEO's life is for you," Webb says. Full Story: [Franchise Update]( (5/30) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( Facts, Without Motives "I was skeptical of your claim to present unbiased news, but 1440 delivers! Finally a news source which is neither left nor right." [Join for free today.]( ADVERTISEMENT: [] Career Progression: Developing Leaders [] [How nonpromotable work disrupts women's careers]( Instead of putting the onus on women to reject "nonpromotable work," companies must revise policies and bring more awareness to the problem, says Lise Vesterlund, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh. "If you put all of the different assignments in a continuum ranking from the most likely to help you get noticed and advanced to the least likely, [organizations] have been shocked to see how much of the least-promotable work has been assigned to women," Vesterlund says. Full Story: [McKinsey]( (5/26) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [5 ways to make employees feel psychologically safe]( Psychological safety is essential when creating a happy, fulfilled and productive workforce, writes Lisa Crowe. Leaders can take five steps to create a psychologically safe culture, including acknowledging their own mistakes, picking up on nonverbal cues and fostering respectful debate. Full Story: [Training magazine]( (5/26) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [How humility and transparency can reassure employees]( Getting out of your comfort zone, keeping your ego in check and being transparent and honest with employees can help you bring calm to your company in difficult times, write Rasmus Hougaard, Jacqueline Carter and Rob Stembridge of Potential Project. "Caring transparency helps to put leaders on the same page as their employees which in turn drives positive outcomes," they write. Full Story: [Harvard Business Review (tiered subscription model)]( (5/27) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Diversity and Inclusion [] [Noodles & Co., Union Square execs talk inclusion efforts]( Noodles & Company's diversity, equity and inclusion efforts began five years ago with a data analysis that resulted in a program to boost opportunities for women employees, Noodles executive Sue Petersen said at the National Restaurant Association Show. Other executives who shared their DEI strategies during the conference include Union Square Hospitality Group's Chip Wade, who stressed the importance of top executives taking the lead. Full Story: [Restaurant Business]( (5/25) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [How companies can become certified diverse suppliers]( Companies that want to be certified diverse suppliers need to ensure at least 51% of their organization is owned and controlled by experienced minorities, women or veterans, writes Paula Finch of Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale. Certified diverse suppliers "have increased opportunities to sell their products and services not only to governmental buyers, but also to corporations seeking the economic benefits and social responsibility that working with certified diverse suppliers provides," Finch writes. Full Story: [SupplyChainBrain]( (5/26) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Do your managers play a critical role in DEI?]( [Do your managers play a critical role in DEI?]( (Pixabay) Employers should make front-line managers an integral part of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts by including them in the DEI planning process, setting clear expectations for them and guiding them on how to respond to employees' concerns, writes Natasha Nicholson, director of content marketing at Kantola Training Solutions. "Because DEI is not a one-off initiative, but rather a journey that requires persistence and continued learning, it also needs to be part of an organization's system of accountability," Nicholson writes. 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Full Story: [KQED-TV/FM (San Francisco)]( (5/26) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Deaf community works for wine industry inclusion]( Deaf community works for wine industry inclusion (Pixabay) Wine educators Laura Brown Unterstein and Peter Cook created Uncorked Access to help make the wine industry more accessible for hard of hearing and deaf people, and Cook is developing a wine syntax and vocabulary for American Sign Language. More restaurants and wineries are trying to include the Deaf community--including Bodegas Valdemar, which renovated its estate in Spain after 135 years. Full Story: [Wine Enthusiast Magazine]( (5/26) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Grab co-founder aspires to bring more women to tech]( Tan Hooi Ling, co-founder and director of Southeast Asian ride-hailing and food delivery company Grab, is using her position to eradicate biases and bring more women into the tech sector. Tan regularly analyzes in-house data to keep tabs on gender diversity and to ensure pay equity, and the Singapore-based company organizes women's leadership events and mentoring programs with the goal of "'normalizing' women in tech," Tan says. Full Story: [Yahoo/Agence France-Presse]( (5/29) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] WFF News [] [Pride parades, rainbow flags and (still) microaggressions](-Rainbow-Flags-and-(Still)-Microaggressions-en) While significant progress has been made to establish more equality for sexual minorities, rainbow flags and corporate-sponsored PRIDE events can sometimes distract from ongoing microaggressions people in the LGBTQ+ community often experience professionally and personally. While subtle and often even unintended, microaggressions can make everyday life more stressful, confound the effects of past trauma and be a risk factor for higher rates of mental health challenges. 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