BARB BRUNO

Women's business leadership will be achieved faster because the benefits are being embraced by the C-Suite and Corporate Boards. Financial commitments have been made to implement actions needed to improve equality, diversity and inclusion.

WBC proves the impact of collaboration by combining the voices of thought leaders, groups, associations, and companies to transform words into results. The members of WBC support each other and have the power to drive equal position, pay, and power for all businesswomen.

WBC proves the impact of collaboration by combining the voices of thought leaders, groups, associations, and companies to transform words into results. The members of WBC support each other and have the power to drive equal position, pay, and power for all businesswomen.

The three traits to succeed are:
#1- FOCUS
-Define your purpose and write down 10 non-negotiable goals annually, followed by five dated action items.

#2- DETERMINATION
- View obstacles as opportunities and realize others' opinions do not define your reality.

#3- OVERCOME FAILURES
- You will try more, so you will fail more. All successful women have overcome failures.

Develop a robust and diverse leadership pipeline for future senior leadership roles. Next, upgrade the traditional hiring process to eliminate emotion and unconscious bias. I often help companies change their interview and hiring process and as a result, diversity hires increase.

Companies with an inclusive culture and more likely to be innovative. By anticipating change, they are more likely to hit or surpass financial goals which impact the bottom line. "Now is the time to stop talking about how critical it is to have women in leadership roles and instead take actions, to make it happen."