Powerful Bits of Business Inspiration from Forbes' Women’s Summit

Here are the themes that resonated mostA more equitable balance of power depends on the cooperation of men in leadershipamp160 amp8220Getting more women into male dominated industries requires support from the top downamp8221 said Christine Gaspar of Audi of America amp160amp8220Companies must reach out to women and make clear how their talents fit and work to demystify stereotypes that certain professions are for men onlyamp8221Success is about focus and reflection not gender amp160As one of the just 4 of directors in Hollywood with two X chromosomes the brilliant Patty Jenkins encouraged women to forget theyamp8217re women amp160amp8220Donamp8217t think about being a woman just keep your head down work hard and think for yourself about what you wantamp8221 she exclaimed amp160Apropos for the celebrated director of Wonder Woman Jenkins urged women to be their own hero amp160amp8220No one is coming to save usamp8221 she saidBe willing to take risks especially after a failure amp160Deloitteamp8217s Suzanne Kounkel urged the audience to make a habit of fearlessness quotIf you39re not taking a risk every day every week you39re in troublequot she statedRole models are more important than everamp160 Actress Natalie Warren emphasized the RedefinePower theme by urging media moguls in the audience to amp8220invest in role modelsamp8221 amp160Itamp8217s critical that young women amp8220see it to be itamp8221 a point underscored by Kerry Washington when she said quotWe have a responsibility to give other women a leg upamp8221Worklife balance is still a universal goal amp160Facebookamp8217s Carolyn Everson admitted worklife balance was one of the areas that employee surveys indicated as lacking at the media powerhouse amp160She set the goal of turning Facebook into a workplace where people would want to spend their entire careers and mental health was an inhibitor to that objective amp160Everson created a program in which employees write a vision of their most personal goals and share it with their teams in a gesture of openness and bonding amp160She reported that worklife balance is improving and the program is creating honesty and transparency and is dramatically changing the culture at FacebookFemale entrepreneurs have a critical edge resilience amp160Nadia Boujarwah of disruptive fashion company Dia ampamp Co said women have a natural advantage as entrepreneurs amp160amp8220As women we always knew it was going to be hardamp8221 she notedamp160 amp8220Weamp8217re prepared and we39re resilientamp8221 amp160Anyways as Suzanne Kounkel added quotWomen never get credit for doing the status quoamp8221 amp160Speaking to the theme of resilience Kim Kardashian West gave a personal account of how the harrowing robbery in Paris motivated her to reevaluate her own career objectives amp160After taking a break from her familyamp8217s empire she bounced back with a new focus on her own entrepreneurial endeavors developing a clothing line for children and a new cosmetics brandamp160 amp8220I took the experience and made it into a growth processamp8221 she saidThereamp8217s money to be made in diversity amp160amp8220The world is changing and if you want to get rich pay attention to women Women are where the money areamp8221 Patty Jenkins stated referring to the upside of creating bold content for a growing female audience amp160ABC News correspondent Rebecca Jarvis concurred amp160quotCompanies that are more inclusive have better resultsquot she saidBut perhaps the most inspiring woman to rouse the crowd was in fact a girlamp160 Marley Dias the 12year old founder of 1000BlackGirlBooks spoke to the challenge of leading innovation Marley cautioned that while solving personal frustrations may lead to a great idea true innovation is driven by listening and learningAnd that we did MarleyClick the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writers

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