Licensing Executives Society, USA/Canada, The Women In Licensing (WIL) Committee, chaired by Soody Tronson, explored breaking through bias during their breakfast networking session at the 2017 LES Annual Meeting.
We all share something in common, something we carry with us and have since we were small children … the stereotypes and biases toward others. The Women In Licensing (WIL) Committee explored this issue during their breakfast networking session at the 2017 LES Annual Meeting. Given the current climate of seemingly daily charges of sexual harassment and misconduct against celebrities, professional athletes and high-ranking political and corporate officers, the topic of workplace dynamics is timely and warrants attention and conversation, both inside and outside of the boardroom. The biases men and women carry can not only lead to misunderstandings and assumptions but have also hindered the advancement of women in the workplace, hence the basis for a discussion on how aspiring executives and business leaders can move past the barriers to achieve their objectives.
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