Women Supporting Women in the Built Environment – and Beyond
We’ve all got unconscious biases. Some companies do better to keep it in check. Amazon Web Services takes it to a new level: Before every interview, AWS managers and directors […]
Podcast: Female Association Leaders Discuss the Work Ahead to Fuel Recovery
The pandemic has forced many companies into recovery and resilience. National Institute of Building Sciences CEO Lakisha A. Woods, CAE, recently spoke with ASAE Stronger By Association podcast host Mary […]
U.S. Cement CEO on Working in a Man’s World: “If You Are Driven, You Can Go Anywhere.”
Jamie Gentoso was young when she got her first taste of construction. It was her architecture class at East Lansing High School in Michigan. One of the class projects involved […]
Women Executives: Finding Balance When Work and Home Are The Same Place
Stepping away from work, while we’re all sheltering at home because of the pandemic, has never been more difficult. But a group of building executives recently shared their secrets to […]
Women Executives in Building: Increasing Diversity Starts with Awareness
When it comes to boosting diversity, equity and inclusion in the building industry, it will require a host of changes, starting with awareness. Awareness comes at many levels, from minorities […]
#IWD2020: Celebrating Women’s Achievement and Raising Awareness About Continued Bias
According to the IWD site, “The race is on for the gender equal boardroom, a gender equal government, gender equal media coverage, gender equal workplaces, gender equal sports coverage, more […]
Straight Talk: Women Executives Discuss Issues Within the Built Environment
It’s not every day that you gather a room full of female executives to talk about tough issues like diversity, inclusion, and management in the nonprofit built environment. But that’s […]
DC’s construction association executives are meeting. This Friday.
In case you have not heard, the National Institute of Building Sciences is hosting a networking and industry summit to connect some very important people: Female executives from the nonprofit […]