Author: Liz Tunquist

10 Aug Pat Wadors Explains How Diversity Efforts Fall Short Unless Employees Feel That They Belong

Posted at 15:30h in Perspectives

Over the past decade, technology companies and their leaders have launched diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, hoping to make employees of all backgrounds and experiences feel welcome in our industry. We failed. The data shows that, especially in the tech space, we have not moved the needle...

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02 Aug Cari E. Guittard Shares Real Life Global Leadership Lessons: 5 Steps to Strengthen Your Intellectual Capital

Posted at 22:18h in Perspectives

Global Mindset, Global Skillset This past week I had the great privilege of conducting a webinar for WiRL (Women in Real Life) which is a brilliant leadership platform for companies who are serious about developing their high potential female leaders.  WiRL was founded by Mitch Shepard...

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18 Jul Read Kaiser Permanente CEO’s Tough Words on Race: It’s Time to Tell the Truth

Posted at 19:27h in Perspectives

One of the most prominent black CEOs speaks out. As the country reels from yet another tragic shooting, Bernard J. Tyson, the CEO of Kaiser Permanente and one of America’s most prominent black CEOs, has written a candid essay calling for unity. In the essay, shared...

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30 Jun PBWC Board Member Tani Girton of Novato’s Bank of Marin wins Women in Business Award

Posted at 09:21h in News

Desktop computers were new when Tani Girton unlocked the mystery of how to send information using the new device, sending information from Portland to the EDS’s Government Services Division in Bethesda, Maryland. “I was rewarded with a job that ignited my interest in financial analysis and...

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28 Jun Decoding Diversity: The Financial and Economic Returns in Tech

Posted at 12:37h in Uncategorized

Executive Summary Improving ethnic and gender diversity in the U.S. technology workforce represents a massive economic opportunity, one that could create $470 – $570 billion in new value for the tech industry, and could add 1.2 – 1.6% to national GDP. Read the full report here....

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17 Jun It’s time for Men to Champion Women in Tech

Posted at 22:42h in Perspectives

Deepti Srivastava, PBWC Board member - As a technical woman, working in tech, and as someone who definitely contemplated giving up a tech career a few years ago because of all the reasons mentioned in this article and others like it, I can say that I...

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12 May Peggy Klaus Answers “Now What?” How Smart Women Succeed Despite Gender Barriers

Posted at 22:07h in Perspectives

In this article, Peggy Klaus shares six tips how Smart Women Succeed Despite Gender Barriers. Click here to download a copy of the article. Now What? Here's How Smart Women Succeed Despite Gender Barriers I recently met a woman who described what pushed her to leave corporate America in 1998. After...

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18 Jan Joel Garfinkle shares How To Get A Promotion

Posted at 21:51h in Perspectives

In this article written expressly for PBWC, Joel Garfinkle, speaker at the 27th Annual Conference in March, shares tips to getting a promotion. Click here to download a copy of the article. How to Get a Promotion Imagine your boss, your boss’s boss, and other key executives in...

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03 Nov Titina Ott, PBWC Board Member, talks about the success of Oracle’s Women Leadership (OWL) program

Posted at 23:15h in PBWC Inspires

Engaging employees at all levels can lead to a successful leadership program. Titina Ott, PBWC Board Member and founder of Oracle's Womens Leadership (OWL) explains...

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06 Oct Professional BusinessWomen of California Applaud Pay Equity Legislation

Posted at 21:47h in News

The Professional Business Women of California (PBWC), whose commitment to gender equity in professional settings extends back for more than a quarter century, salutes Governor Jerry Brown for leading the nation by enacting legislation designed to eliminate gender-based pay differences in California. Kathryn Larson, PBWC’s executive...

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