When men and women work together, GenderWorks!
- GenderWorks transforms men from feeling like “the problem” to “a key part of the solution” and accelerates gender diversity progress in organizations.
- Employing the latest brain research on change management, we facilitate the engagement of men as diversity allies and partners.
Moving Men from the Side Lines to the Front Line
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In a Me Too World, How Do You Engage Men as Allies for Gender Equality at Work?
May 9, 2019 | Press Release
GenderWorks launches a new approach for accelerating gender diversity progress
The goal of launching GenderWorks – a coaching and consulting firm for organizations seeking real progress in gender diversity initiatives – is to include, engage and celebrate men’s role in making gender equality a reality in the workplace.
Overcoming Biases Requires Humility, Not Value Judgments
In the U.S. today, bias has become a value judgment. In reality, it’s an adaptive function of human biology. Bias results from our ability as humans to learn, to hardwire learnings into long-term memory and to retrieve those learnings in order to respond...
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Partnering with HR Leaders
Assisting diversity and inclusion professionals in leveraging male ally involvement to strengthen the impact of diversity initiatives and policies.
Energizing Senior Leadership
Broadening and deepening the “gender lens” of senior leaders. Inspiring senior leaders to reimagine and redesign practices that perpetuate bias.
Engaging and Inspiring Men
~ Voice of a Male Ally
Trading the “what’s wrong with men” angle for the “what’s right with men” angle and building from there
Trading the “what’s wrong with men” angle for the “what’s right with men” angle and building from there
Create Safe Spaces
We trade judgment for authenticity & understanding
Use Neuroscience to Engage Men
We start by listening and learning and avoid lecturing
Link Diversity with Men's Reality
Help men see links between gender equality & their lives
Give Practical Action Steps
Supporting diversity moves from a “tagline” to a “toolkit”
Develop Men's Gender Lenses
Develop a new set of glasses
to see what was formerly invisible
Support Individual Approaches
Letting each man define what being a male ally looks like
Create Safe Spaces
We trade judgment for authenticity & understanding
Use Neuroscience to Engage Men
We start by listening and learning and avoid lecturing
Link Diversity with Men's Reality
Help men see links between gender equality and their lives
Give Practical Action Steps
Supporting diversity moves from a “tagline” to a “toolkit”
Develop Men's Gender Lenses
Develop a new set of glasses to see what was formerly invisible
Support Individual Approaches
Letting each man define what being a male ally looks like
Looking for a partner to accelerate your organization’s diversity progress?
We can help.
Our Team & Approach
Our approach can be summed up in one word: “FLEXIBLE”
As a male ally expert resource, we support you in reaching your D&I goals.
Lisa D’Annolfo Levey
GenderWorks Founder, Principal
Lisa has consulted to a marquee list of clients on women’s advancement, diversity and work-life issues for over 20 years. Her passion is bringing innovative thinking to social norms around gender, resulting in stronger organizations, more resilient families, and a better world.
Lisa's Bio
- A veteran diversity consultant, having worked with nearly 25% of the Fortune 50, to better realize the underutilized leadership potential of women. She sits on the Diversity Committee for the Human Resource Leadership Forum (HRLF).
- An expert on male allies, Lisa conducted extensive research with male allies on business school campuses, in companies and in the non-profit world. She led the design and development of the Forté Foundation’s Male Ally signature resource platform.
- An author who published an award-winning book The Libra Solution focusing on the obstacles and enablers of gender equality for dual career parents. She’s blogged for Huffington Post, the Good Men Project and the Glass Hammer.
- A professional consultant and coach, a mother, a wife, an animal lover, a voracious reader and deeply curious person, a good cook and a lover of the ocean and travel.
- A graduate of Cornell University, holding a B.S. with distinction in applied economics, and of the Simmons School of Management, holding an MBA with highest honors in organizational development. She is an alumna of the Women Unlimited LEAD program and holds a certificate from the NeuroLeadership Institute in brain-based coaching.
Bryan Levey
GenderWorks Advisor, Special Projects
IntervalZero, VP of Engineering
Bryan has worked for more than 25 years leading technical teams that design and develop commercially successful, high-quality software applications. His passion is empowering diverse teams to do their best work and helping men to see gender roles in a new light.
Bryan's Bio
- A technology leader, Bryan has spearheaded highly-effective integration initiatives and navigated engineering teams through multiple IPOs and acquisitions.
- An executive who has played nearly every technical role – software developer, application architect, principal engineer, support and consulting services manager, director of development, and vice president of engineering – over his career in high tech.
- A graduate of Williams College with a B.S. in computer science. Bryan holds a certificate from the NeuroLeadership Institute in brain-based coaching.
- A father who walked the road less traveled, taking several-month leaves of absences (FMLA) after the birth of each son and negotiating an 80% schedule, across three technology companies, which spanned eight years.
- A technology executive, coach, husband, father, an avid fisherman, an enthusiastic poker player, a hopeless fantasy football participant, and a member of a soccer team for mature men (some might say middle-aged).
Voices of Male Allies
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GenderWorks’ Perspective
Overcoming Biases Requires Humility, Not Value Judgments
In the U.S. today, bias has become a value judgment. In reality, it’s an adaptive function of human biology. Bias results from our ability as humans to learn, to hardwire learnings into long-term memory and to retrieve those learnings in order to respond...
read moreLet’s Move from a Gender War to a Gender Partnership
Gender equality is not about winning a war! The war metaphor distracts us with finger pointing, blaming, and endlessly seeking to justify who’s the perpetrator and who’s the victim. The war metaphor keeps us stuck. The reality is we all – both women and men – fall...
read moreThe Game Changing Power of Allies
In the challenging work of supporting diversity in the workplace – and diversity as it relates to social justice more broadly – allies play a critical role. But before exploring why allies make such a difference, it makes sense to begin with the question: what exactly...
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