When men and women work together, GenderWorks!
- Engaging, empowering, and equipping men as male allies for women’s career success
- Using neuroscience to accelerate gender diversity in organizations
- Moving men from the side lines to the front line in advancing gender diversity
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History Is Made
A Bi-Racial Woman Is Elected Vice President of the United States
Congratulations Senator Kamala Harris!
Check out our video section for our new
series on Mindset Shifts for Men
What Can Men Learn from President-Elect Biden’s Male Ally Example?
November 7, 2020 will forever more be a historic day in the United States of America with Senator Kamala Harris being elected as the first bi-racial woman (the first woman period) Vice President. Kamala’s story represents the American dream at its best making possible, what to that point, felt unreachable. A bi-racial woman, with immigrant parents and raised primarily by a single mother, ascends to among the most powerful leadership positions across the world…
Male Allies, Detractors and Converts: The Drama of Women Getting the Vote in the U.S.
Special Edition: Women's Suffrage - 100 Years Male Allies, Detractors and Converts: The Drama of Women Getting the Vote in the U.S. The suffrage chronicles in the U.S. unfold like an award-winning drama, complete with intrigue and changing loyalties, and fueled by a cast of male...
Why the Phrase ‘He Gets It’ Keeps Men Away
In the workplace, we treat managing diversity and fostering inclusion in ways that do little to build this capability across the workforce. The associated skills challenge both our biological tendencies – think unconscious biases – as well as our life-long patterns of social conditioning...
Tips for Surviving Sheltering-In-Place, Building Closeness and Strengthening Equality to Boot
Fundamental rhythms of life have been upended by the coronavirus. Suddenly, home has become the center of nearly all life’s activities – work, exercise, entertainment, school, the list goes on. For many, this new normal has our children unexpectedly at home, even children who aren’t...
Our Services
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
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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).
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