Stacey

Gender at Work: Why We’re Still Struggling to Get It Right

Rich Ditizio, Stacey

Drawing on three decades of experience in financial services, a former private bank CEO outlines the strategic shift from corporate tolerance to genuine inclusion, arguing that true progress requires normalizing women in leadership through structural and cultural change rather than isolated interventions. The presentation highlights persistent gendered double standards in workplace perception and calls for men and boys to lead the normalization of female colleagues and leaders to dismantle historical barriers. Participants engaged in this discourse by identifying specific workplace challenges facing women and aggregating actionable insights to shape future programming.