If you want change to stick, leaders must want it too

This leads me to Insight 2. If you want change to stick, the leaders in charge must have an appetite to analyze and overhaul policies, procedures, and practices that relate to all aspects of talent recruitment, hiring, performance management, promotions, transfers, succession, planning, and training. This deep work is essential if there is a true commitment to rebuilding a foundation for women to not just get in the front door, but advance through the ranks, not to fall off at mid-level management and move into executive leadership. While you might also offer training classes on relevant topics such as discovering bias and leadership, the stickiness of change happens when policies, protocols, and practices are redesigned to meet the needs of the changing workforce and support an inclusive climate.