Listen to YPO’s New Podcast Series Mistakes Over Failure
This new podcast series highlights the missteps and triumphs that CEOs and board members experience when addressing diversity, inclusion and belonging in the organizations they lead. CEOs and board members play a critical, and often challenging role, in impacting diversity and inclusion within their organizations and local communities.
Dr. Christine Crawford and Leslie Wingo tackle these important topics through frank discussions with their fellow YPO members. Find out how these CEOs and board members hold themselves accountable while simultaneously inspiring commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging in the businesses they lead.
Start listening: Mistakes Over Failure is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Discover YPO members leading the conversation
Diversity and Inclusion
How Can We Solve the Diversity Problem In Tech?
YPO talks diversity, tech, entrepreneurship and the startup scene in Africa with Colorintech’s Ashleigh Ainsley FRSA; Ocean On 76 Group’s Prins Mhlanga and Bluechip Technologies Limited’s Olumide Soyombo.
Personal Development
How to Talk to Our Kids About Racism
Clinical psychologist Howard Stevenson explores the theory and practice of parenting to raise anti-racist children to become compassionate leaders of change.
Diversity and Inclusion
Lessons In Leadership: What 3 YPO Members Learned From Their Transgender Children
When David Seligman and his wife discovered their then-18-year-old child’s prescription sex-change hormones during a family vacation, Seligman’s first reaction was numbness and disbelief. “I was in shock, and very…
CEO Insights
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08.04.2021
A Lack Of Diversity Among Clinical-Trial Regulators Puts Women’s Lives At Risk
Dr. Mary Gunn (YPO Southern 7), COO of Health Decisions, writes a commentary for Times of Entrepreneurship discussing the need of more diverse representation on medical regulatory boards making important decisions regarding clinical trials.
10.03.2021
Allyon’s healthcare subsidiary more than heals Atlanta’s Rebekah Barr
Rebekah Barr, President of Allyon, Inc., writes a column for Bizwomen about how she leaned into her philosophy of “living in the moment” during the pandemic.
10.03.2021
Invested in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion? You’d Better Be Ready to Prove It
The key to meaningful DE&I starts with putting your money where your mouth is.
25.02.2021
In Her Own Words: What Kerry Siggins Learned About Mental Toughness
Kerry Siggins, CEO of StoneAge, writes a column for Bizwomen about her experiences during the pandemic and how much she has learned as a leader over the past year.
25.01.2021
Rachel Eng of Eng & Co: Promote Diversity and Inclusion
Promote Diversity and Inclusion — at least half of the law graduates are female. I spent a lot of time creating the environment and culture to allow our female talent to thrive. When I left, the female partners make up 58% of the firm. This was largely due to the open communication within the firm about the […]
30.12.2020
An open letter to tech CEOs and leaders on the importance of diversity
CEO Brett Hurt believes that the more success we earn, both by grit and luck, and the more educated we become on the very real history of racial inequities in our country, the greater moral imperative we have to strive for a much more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce in tech.
Partnerships and Alliances
The reach and connectivity you gain from YPO includes access and learning with organizations across the globe, including unique shared learning experiences, exclusive business and personal content and proprietary insights through strategic relationships.
theBoardlist
Connecting exceptional diverse candidates with global board opportunities. YPO members are encouraged to join as candidates with a YPO endorsement, recommend others from their network and discover diverse directors to enhance their boards and propel their businesses success.
B Lab
A leader in economic systems change, the B Lab Global Network creates standards, policies, and tools for business, and certifies companies — known as B Corps — who are leading the way. Its core initiative, the B Corp Certification, is a certification of for-profit companies that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose.
HeForShe | UNWomen
YPO and the United Nations Women HeForShe initiative are partnering to develop and foster a community of global chief executive allies to positively impact gender equality. YPO and HeForShe will create co-branded virtual learning programs and discussion tools for YPO members to explore the impact of gender roles and the importance of addressing gender equality. YPO and UN Women local offices will also connect for further collaboration and allyship opportunities.
Stanford University’s VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab
YPO values its corporate membership with the Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab, which generates foundational research to advance women’s leadership by diagnosing barriers, developing and evaluating interventions to get beyond barriers, and disseminates research-based solutions by bridging the gap between research and practice.
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