You’ve heard management guru Peter Drucker’s maxim, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast” for years. If you think that means culture and strategy are two sides of a coin, and you have to choose one, you’re wrong. That’s because today, culture and strategy are the same side of the coin.

You’ve heard management guru Peter Drucker’s maxim, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast” for years. If you think that means culture and strategy are two sides of a coin, and you have to choose one, you’re wrong. That’s because today, culture and strategy are the same side of the coin.

Based on recent economic and job indicators, it looks like 2021 is shaping up to be an employee market. And after all that we’ve been through over the past year, I think it’s also safe to predict that employees will be favoring employers who prioritize them as humans, not just as workers. Is your HR department ready to meet that challenge? What do you need to do so that you can effectively adapt to this accelerated focus on the human-based enterprise?

In order to design a modern, human-focused workplace, one that can not only survive, but thrive amid increasing volatility, we need to fully acknowledge what’s broken and take the steps needed to fix it. That means when it comes to operationalizing female leadership traits, redefining the workplace and creating a world of “and,” we have no choice but to focus on equity at work.

We're all trying to adjust to this new sense of normal and figure out what it takes to be successful. As companies open their offices back up or adjust to support remote work indefinitely, we can't fall back on old norms. We can't depend on only the masculine approach to decision-making.

'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood' provided the clarity I needed on how we can weather this, or any, crisis.

I have been studying, practicing, and speaking about transformational leadership and feminist leadership theory for the better part of fifteen years. Over that time period, much has changed in the way we work and with the tools we use to engage the workforce. Sadly, what hasn't changed is the role, representation, and perception of women in the workforce, namely as executives and innovators. That is, until now.

There are more people fighting for gender equality than ever before. We need to harness this power while there’s still time

The world around you is always changing. How you make people-based decisions will need to change with it.