Women Helping Other Women
SHIRLEY WEIS & DEE THIBODEAU
"Men have been networking and promoting their male colleagues for years. It is vital that women do the same and help other women to progress in their careers. Clearly, more women need to be at the table," says Shirley Weis, President of Weis Associates, LLC and former VP & CAO of the Mayo Clinic. Recently, Weis exemplified this thinking when she received a tip about an open seat on a private family board. Although she was interested in taking on another board position, she passed the information on to a woman she thought better suited to fulfill the requirements - Dee Thibodeau, CEO of Charter Solutions.
"The board was looking for someone with current healthcare and technology experience," says Weis. "In addition, the board was located in Wisconsin. I passed the opportunity on to Dee because I knew she was looking for a board position, she had deep and wide technology experience, and she lived in Minnesota while I had recently moved to Arizona."
Unfortunately, assisting other women advance their board careers is not as commonplace as one would hope. Thibodeau says, "Shirley was truly unique in helping me get on a board. This is not seen as often as you would imagine that it is. However, when that happens, it really makes me feel like I must pass this on to other women as well and help them. There are not enough of 'Shirley's' who really believe in helping women, it is unique and it should become much more common."
So how do we see a shift in the number of women helping other women? READ MORE HERE...
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