EPISODE #585
Michele Ashby
Women Underrepresented:
How to Get More Women on Corporate Boards
585 Michele Ashby: Women Underrepresented
Why Women Must Lift As We Climb
Corporate America is changing as women break through more glass ceilings in management and executive leadership, yet big gaps remain on corporate boards, where women make up only 20 percent of all directors.
This must change.
Michele Ashby is your secret weapon if you’re an accomplished woman in business who now wants to open up a whole new world of opportunity with a paid seat on a board of directors.
Today we dig deep into how to navigate your way on to a board, what it takes – from networking to building your board resume – and much more.
Michele, CEO and founder of Ashby Consulting Enterprises and ACE, is on a mission to seat 1,000 women on corporate boards. Herself an independent director on six corporate boards since 2005, she was awarded one of the Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Business in Colorado for 2019. Michele is currently the Compensation Committee Chair and Audit Committee Chair on one public board and has formed and served as chair, trustee, or board member on numerous non-profit boards and trade association boards since 1988.
Michele’s experience includes over 25 years in the male-dominated fields of finance, mining, energy, marketing, international business, organizational and strategic planning, working with hundreds of CEO’s of public and privately held companies and large institutional investors to improve values and capitalize major projects.
- How to get on a corporate board
- Why corporate board seats are lucrative paying gigs
- What makes a great board member, and what you need to qualify
- How to develop your board resume
- Why networking is vital to getting on a board
- How women can gain trust in each other, get out of scarcity driven competitiveness, and advance by helping each other
- And much more!
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More about Michele Ashby at www.acellc.consulting
More about Michele Ashby at ACE LLC Consulting
Michele Ashby is on a mission to train 1000 women to take their place on corporate boards. Founder and CEO of ACE LLC and Ashby Consulting Enterprises LLC, Michele has 30 years of experience as a gold specialist/analyst, financial expert, independent corporate director and successful entrepreneur. She was named one of the Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Colorado.
Get a 90% discount off the regular price of $595, so the course is now offered at $59.50, PLUS, a free coaching session with Michele when you sign up here.
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