21 Years of Advancing Women in Business - Karen Gill and Maxine Benson
In this episode, Jeannette talks to Karen Gill and Maxine Benson. Two friends who created Everywoman. The first online community for women in business. An organisation that provides practical advice, support, and a strong voice for female entrepreneurs everywhere.
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In this episode, Jeannette talks to Karen Gill and Maxine Benson. Two friends who created Everywoman. The first online community for women in business. An organisation that provides practical advice, support, and a strong voice for female entrepreneurs everywhere.
They explain why they set up the community and how they took it global. Delving deep into how and why they do things as they do. For example, why, initially, they ran women-only leadership workshops. They discuss how the work environment has changed, including the role men are playing in making it easier for women in the workplace.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- The world has finally woken up to the benefits of diversity, which is starting to help women in business.
- There are a lot of female entrepreneurs in places like India and North America.
- Most men now have the same aspirations for their daughters as they do for their sons - that wasn't always the case.
- Lots of men want cultural change and increasingly want to become effective advocates.
- Don’t focus on what the circumstances are, instead, focus on what you can do about them.
- Invest in yourself and get a mentor. Don’t leave yourself at the bottom of the list of priorities.
- Networking is a critical business skill that you should use internally as well as externally.
- Networking is a two-way thing. You will be helping the other person as well as yourself.
BEST MOMENTS
‘We consciously surround ourselves with people that enable us to go out and serve the business.’
‘Most male CEOs have got the same aspirations for their daughter as for their sons.’
‘Utopia would be that there´s no need for diversity programmes.’
‘When you pour yourself into something, it does get personnel.’
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GUEST RESOURCES
Website - https://www.everywoman.com/
ABOUT THE GUESTS
Karen Gill MBE is the co-founder of Everywoman Ltd. With an international career spanning four decades Karen has built a reputation as a strong business leader, a creative thinker, and an expert in the women’s diversity agenda. Starting a career with Intercontinental Hotel Group in Australia she quickly found her niche, navigating her way through to their youngest ever Sales & Marketing VP. Keen to inspire women across the global business community Karen co-founded everywoman in 1999 and was awarded the MBE for services to women’s enterprise in 2009.
Maxine Benson´s MBE career experience encompassed the airline industry in Sydney, the film industry in New York, giving her two decades of experience living and working overseas before she returned to the UK to co-found everywoman in 1999. The UK’s first online community for women in business, everywoman's ambition to unlock the talents of women globally remains as relevant today as it did 21 years ago. Everywoman's mission to positively change the landscape for women in the workplace for future generations, saw Maxine awarded the MBE for services to women's enterprise in 1999.
ABOUT THE HOST
Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor, and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development.
Jeannette is a down-to-earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion, and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams.
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