When men and women work together, GenderWorks!
- Empowering men as male allies for women’s advancement
- Using neuroscience to accelerate gender diversity in organizations
Our Latest Thinking
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...
Judgment Isn’t Working: Helping Men Become Agents of Change for Gender Balance in the Workplace
Studying male allies for more than five years has clarified the challenges for men – particularly white men – with regard to supporting gender equity at work. While on the surface, it seems a no-brainer. Why wouldn’t men who believe in gender equality want to identify...
Same Situation, Different Reality: Developing Men’s ‘Gender Lens’
From a neuroscience perspective, each of us brings our distinctive mix of cultural contexts, interests, and experiences to what we see, and often fail to see. The meaning we attach to what we observe is similarly filtered through the glasses we wear that reflect our...
Events
Webinar: Wednesday, April 29, 12:30-1:30pm
Feeling Confused about Gender in the Workplace? Moving Men from Confusion to Clarity
Lisa and Bryan Levey explain why engaging men as allies is a diversity game changer.
Lisa and Bryan Levey offer their insights into approaching gender equality in the workplace.
Conference: Firday & Saturday, November 22-23
National Women’s Law Students Organization
Leadership Academy
Lisa D’Annolfo Levey was one of the featured speakers at this annual conference promoting women’s advancement in the field of law.
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
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).
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Voices of Male Allies
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