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Women in Leadership: General Managers

Smart Meetings

We are highlighting women who have worked their way up and earned the position of General Manager (GM) to show our appreciation for their dedication to hospitality, their genuine passion for helping others and for standing strong in an industry where men still dominate the majority of leadership roles. Miami alone has over 120 female GMs.

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New C-Suite Initiative at National Civil Rights Museum Adds Context to DEI

Smart Meetings

The program helps to provide guiding goals to drive progress, effectiveness and ongoing tangible outcomes for the inclusion of Black representation and senior leadership in C-suite positions. Morris was inducted into Smart Meetings Hall of Fame in 2021. Read More : What Meeting Profs Get Wrong About DEI—and How to Start Fixing It.

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Why Fixing a Gender Imbalance Won’t Fix Gender Bias

Convene by PCMA

Results from Convene ’s Salary Survey 2020 suggest that, when it comes to leadership roles and pay, a similar outcome can be seen in the majority-female events industry. Bias,” the study’s authors write, “is built into the system and continues to operate even when more women than men are present.”.

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Best of 2023: Diversity

Smart Meetings

The three highlighted the importance of appealing to attendees’ clients and Gen Z, getting leadership involved in DEI, and being an ally to the disabled community. The Diversity Among Us The Events Industry Council (EIC) released the results of its 2022 Equity Benchmarking study that revealed dissatisfaction within women and minority groups.

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Webinar: Unleashing the Power of Female Leadership: Key Strengths and Attributes to Take Your Seat at the Table

Convene by PCMA

How can the business events community celebrate the qualities that make female leaders effective and overcome the barriers to the advancement of women into leadership roles? Assess your leadership strengths & attributes and determine which ones you need to build to get your seat at the table.

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5 Challenges to Diversity in Meetings and Business Events

DCI

Industry Leadership is Lacking Among other challenges, participants agreed, there is a lack of firm and stable leadership for meeting professionals and destinations when it comes to DEI. These efforts, however, don’t always overshadow the destination bias mentioned above.

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Looking Inward at Our Biases

Convene by PCMA

Inclusive leaders embrace their biases in order to overcome them, said inclusive leadership expert Melissa Majors. Everyone has biases, said inclusive leadership expert Melissa Majors during a PCMA Midwest Chapter DEI education event in September. “If Identify your patterns of bias. Identify your patterns of bias.