We are taking a bit of a different approach with today’s case study than our previous summaries of client work. Instead, we want to celebrate our Women’s Initiative Roundtable, which we have been producing for over three years locally in Cincinnati. I’m writing about the Roundtable because the main purpose it serves - community - is the thing that so many of us are missing so much right now. While we can’t currently gather in-person with our Roundtable community it still brings great value, and we are excited to see how it evolves in the years to come.
We started the Women’s Initiative Roundtable in 2017 because our clients were always curious about what other leaders of women’s leadership initiatives were doing, what issues they were having, and what their best practices were. We wanted to provide an opportunity for these leaders to talk to one another, support one another, and provide community in shared experience.
Our mission for the Gild Collective Women’s Initiative Roundtable is to provide a safe setting where leaders of women’s initiatives from a variety of Cincinnati companies can come together to celebrate their efforts and strategize against roadblocks to advance women as leaders in the workplace.
It is so important now, more than ever, as we see women facing new, disproportionate challenges in the workplace, that we continue to lift one another up and share our struggles and successes.
In our Roundtable sessions we rotate between speakers, presentations of data, group discussions, and more. We are grateful to our community of women that participate, and are always looking for more minds to join the discussion.
If you’re interested in attending the next (free) session, reach out. We are gathering virtually for now, so it’s a great time to join if you are out of the Cincinnati area, too!