You want to be an ally, but you don’t know how or where to start.
You want to be an ally, but you’re fearful of making a mistake.
You want to know how to go about being a better ally.
You’ll find out how and more when Jennifer Brown joins Take The Lead’s Power to Change Conversations on Monday, September 21, at 4 PM ET to speak on “Allyship in Action” along with host Felicia Davis. Brown will draw from her years as a nationally recognized diversity and inclusion expert to provide actionable steps for individuals and companies to take to become effective, more robust allies. It doesn’t matter if you’re new to allyship or a seasoned supporter – everyone will learn how to power up their actions to spark much-needed change.
BONUS: All attendees will receive a *free* copy of the intro and first chapter from Brown’s award-winning book, How to be an Inclusive Leader.
About Jennifer Brown:
Jennifer Brown is an award-winning entrepreneur, dynamic speaker, and diversity and inclusion expert. She is the Founder and CEO of Jennifer Brown Consulting (JBC), a strategic leadership and diversity consulting firm that coaches business leaders worldwide on critical issues of talent and workplace strategy.
Brown is a passionate advocate for social equality who delves into the “business case for diversity” as she helps businesses foster healthier, more productive workplace cultures. With over a decade of experience consulting to Fortune 500 companies including Toyota, Starbucks, and Capital One, Brown is a highly sought-after expert source on changing demographics, specific communities of identity including women, people of color, LGBT individuals, generations like Millennials; and the role of male leaders in change efforts.
Brown has appeared in leading media outlets such as The New York Times, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal, and Fox News. In the past several years, she has been named Social Entrepreneur of the Year by the NYC National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), a finalist for the Wells Fargo Business Owner of the Year Award, a finalist for Ernst & Young’s Winning Women Program, one of the Top 40 Outstanding Women by Stonewall Community Foundation, and NYC Controller Bill Thompson’s LGBT Business Owner of the Year. She was recently named one of Databird’s Top Female Executives of the Year for Small Business (2019) and one of Hive Learning’s most influential D&I Leaders (2019).
About Felicia Davis:
Felicia Davis is a Take The Lead Leadership Ambassador, the facilitator for Take The Lead’s upcoming Academy for Advanced Leadership, and the founder of The Black Women’s Collective (BWC). Felicia Davis is an author, certified award-winning leadership coach and personal branding strategist, and advisor to women leaders. BWC is a boutique coaching and consulting firm dedicated to advancing women into greater leadership roles within demanding industries. This is accomplished by helping women develop magnetic leadership brands, compelling communication skills, and the confidence necessary to drive results that impact the bottom line. Known for her one-of-a-kind, no non-sense approach to empowering leaders, Felicia’s knowledge, skills, and expertise have been leveraged by companies such as Schwab, Take The Lead, T-Mobile, and Pepperdine University to help elevate performance by empowering leaders to think strategically, connect meaningfully and lead decisively with a strong focus on culture and results. In 2018, Felicia’s work was featured in The Wall Street Journal and subsequently on ABC 15.
About Take The Lead
Co-founded by Gloria Feldt, Take The Lead is a 501 (c) (3) that prepares, develops, inspires and propels women to take their fair and equal share of leadership positions across all sectors by 2025. Feldt has been featured in many leading media outlets, including Bloomberg TV, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Ms. Magazine, Yahoo! Finance, Thrive Global, and Forbes. Feldt is an in-demand speaker, with engagements at The Women in Cable Telecommunications Global Leadership Conference, The World Women Summit, 92Y Women inPower, and the Annual CUNY Leadership Conference, among others.
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