Among the key points, we’ve heard that:

💡 Having buy-in from the leadership to promote the DEI strategy is key;

💡 Showing numbers and data can help build the mandate for more DEI initiatives across organizations;"

💡 The ROI on hiring someone is 2 years on average. Without a sense of belonging, you might lose employees who feel that they do not belong;

💡 Be open to different experiences and be curious to understand how others experience their journey in your organization;

💡 Understand which battles to pick and that not everyone wants to be educated on diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging;

💡 Be an active ally, speak up when things do not seem right;

💡 Find a supportive group inside or outside of the organization, no one can do everything alone and you shouldn’t feel like you have the responsibility to fight for an underrepresented group alone;

💡 Consider a privilege walk or even better a privilege for sale game;

💡 The difference between representation and tokenism is that putting in only symbolic effort won’t last long as an argument within the organization and eventually it will be called out by the team.

Thank you to all of our 70 guests for joining! 🙏

Nathalie Håkenstad,Enterprise Account Manager at AWS:
"It was an honor and pleasure working with Femme Lead for this amazing event. Very well organized, with amazing audience gathering, and a good focus on preparation forehand."

Phaedria Marie St. Hilaire,Founder & President of Professional Women of Colour Denmark:
"It has been a pleasure working with Femme Lead. The event was very professionally organized, the preparation timely, and the support, especially for social media promotion was awesome."

Anamaria Todor,Amazon Web Services:
"I want to personally thank Alexandra and the whole Femme Lead team for the incredible job they did in organizing the recent "The role of DEI in Recruitment" event in collaboration with AWS. The turnout was impressive and it was evident that the participants found the event both informative and inspiring. Your dedication to bringing together industry leaders and to building communities to empower career-minded women is truly remarkable. Keep up the fantastic work and I hope to have the chance of collaborating with you on many more events in the future."

Thank you to all who joined us! 🙏