Episode 5: Equality Executive

Sincerely, X

TED

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.1 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2017

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Why does corporate America have so few female executives, despite overwhelming evidence that gender equality is good for business? Rare insight, from C-suites and boardrooms. Season 2 of Sincerely, X is available exclusively on the Luminary podcast app. Sign up for your free trial and start listening at luminary.link/ted.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
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0:35.0	But what if those ideas stay in hiding?
0:39.0	What if they never have the chance to be shared?
0:42.0	This show creates a... What if they never have the chance to be shared?
0:43.8	This show creates a safe space for giving talks anonymously.
0:48.7	We value ideas over identity, substance, over style.
0:53.0	You cannot talk publicly about it.
0:55.0	We've impacted my whole life.
0:56.0	I just don't have the Constitution to get up on a stage.
0:59.0	It's just isn't something you talk about.
1:02.0	Just not why I didn't. from Ted and Audible. from the This is Sincerely X.
1:12.7	I'm June Cohen, a longtime host and curator for Ted.
1:20.7	And today's speaker has spent the last 30 years inside some of America's most successful
1:25.3	companies, first as an executive and then as a leadership consultant. She's worked with hundreds
1:31.3	of firms and sees them repeating the same mistakes over and over again,
1:36.3	particularly when it comes to achieving gender balance in their ranks.
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