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Karen Cvitkovich
Karen’s passion is collaborating with clients and partners to ensure successful business results between international counterparts, leaders and multinational teams. Her holistic approach brings her beyond culture, and into the intricacies of how international business is carried-out, allowing her to help solve complex people, process, and systemic global challenges.
PROGRAM Understanding Bias
SOLUTION
Overcome Internal and External Bias
In all walks of life, we bring our own biases into our daily interactions. External and internalized biases need to be confronted honestly and thoroughly in order to grow into open-minded and well-respected business professionals.
PROGRAM Networking
SOLUTION
Build Crucial Relationships Through Networking
Linkage’s research demonstrates that networking is a critical skill for women if they are to advance - this is how we build those career-de ning relationships. How can women continue to remove themselves from harmful internalized biases to take networking action?
PROGRAM
Insights from Feedback: 360°
SOLUTION
Identify Professional Strengths and Weaknesses
Before enrolling in this Livelab, participants take the Women in Leadership 360° Assessment and receive their results during this session. After instruction on how to read and interpret your results, you will engage in an exercise in which you receive peer feedback on your strengths and weakness.
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Address strategies to mitigate both external bias and bias that women have internalized about their role in today’s workforce
Dispel harmful stereotypes about women and how they must behave to encourage advancement
Look at your own internalized bias and begin to create a plan for mitigation
Address both the external and internal inhibitors of women networking
Create practical networking plans that will lead to advancement and enhanced performance
Discover strengths and structure an approach to improve weaknesses