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WOTC 15: 3 Steps That Women (And Men) Can Take To Help Close Tech Gender Gap

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There has been a lot of progress for women in the workplace, but there’s still a long way to go, Marianne Cooper, sociologist at the Clayman Institute at Stanford University, said at the 2015 Women of the Channel event in New York City. In fact, that progress has started to stall, she said, with the number of women in senior leadership roles hovering at around 15 percent.

In the famous book "Lean In," by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, which Cooper helped provide research for, there are three drivers for this gap:

WOTC 15: 4 Steps To Getting Ahead In Professional And Personal Success

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It's critical for women to be "intentional" about managing both their careers and personal lives, and there are four steps women need to follow to do that.

That's according to Rosina Racioppi, president and CEO of WOMEN Unlimited Inc., an organization for mentoring, education and networking that helps women get ahead in the workplace.

WOTC 2015: Turning Your Experiences And Values Into A Personal Brand

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Within the span of a few months, Terri Funk Graham lost her mother due to complications from a stroke, her father from cancer and her long-time career in marketing at Jack in the Box.

Though all of those challenges, the former chief marketing officer and current corporate board member said she kept forging ahead.

WOTC 15: Leeza Gibbons Urges Women To Embrace Optimism Over Fear

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Talk show host Leeza Gibbons had one big piece of advice for the crowd of female channel executives Thursday at the XChange Women of The Channel event: Be "fiercely" optimistic.

The Emmy Award winner, who has also held roles as a reporter on "Entertainment Tonight" as well as a social entrepreneur and founder of Leeza's Care Connection, discussed how to employ gratitude and optimism to get ahead in the workplace.

WOTC 2015: Meet The Best New Style Of Leader In The Workplace

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There’s a new style of leadership in town, and it looks radically different from what the “perfect” leader might have looked like in the past.

That new style of leadership is about leading by being “uniquely you,” even if that mean accepting flaws and imperfections, Nicole Enright, vice president of corporate services and Americas human resources at Avnet, said in a presentation at the 2015 Women of the Channel event in New York City.

WOTC 2015: 3 Keys For Starting A Company In High Heels

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Sandra Gault first thought of the idea to start her business, True Gault, while discussing how hard it is to walk in high heels with an associate at a social event in Miami: "Fashion should be made to fit you, not the other way around."

That initial idea was just what Gault calls a "butterfly moment," or an idea that could have gone nowhere. But now, True Gault is a business that scans women's feet using 3-D technology and uses those images to make high heels that fit comfortably to the exact size of the customer's foot.

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