Restaurant Beatrice unveils program on women in restaurants

Nooyi: Why you need a deep bench of leadership mentors | Books to help women leaders move forward in their careers | Can these simple tweaks make you a better team player? Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( December 6, 2023 [WFF Leadership SmartBrief]( Advancing and Empowering Women Leaders [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [SHARE]( [] A Leader's Edge [] [Nooyi: Why you need a deep bench of leadership mentors]( [Nooyi: Why you need a deep bench of leadership mentors]( Nooyi (Marla Aufmuth/Getty Images) Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo's former chairman and CEO, says the best way to "earn the stripes to be a leader" is by surrounding yourself with mentors who can help advance your career and reveal your growing edge. "It's not just the old CEO group that can support you. Your network might have people much younger than you, and they're the ones who can tell you what you need to learn," Nooyi notes. 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Additionally, a larger percentage of women with college degrees is fueling the gain in women's employment. Full Story: [The Washington Post]( (11/27) [LinkedIn]( [X]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Restaurant Beatrice's women in restaurants program]( Dallas College is offering the Women in Restaurants Leadership Program course created by Restaurant Beatrice in spring of 2024 free of charge, allowing students to observe and learn how women leaders operate at various restaurants, and guide them in creating a career roadmap and understanding the responsibilities of business ownership, ethics and workers' rights and equity. "We're not championing women just because they are women and the men just because they signed up. We [are] asking them to examine the way things are, why they stay that way, and teaching them how to deal with roadblocks based on our lived experiences," says Hanh Ho, a partner at Restaurant Beatrice. 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