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Redefining Leadership Your Way with Belinda Clemmensen
The Midlife Reinvention: A Power Purpose Play PodcastRadio/Podcast
URL: https://powerpurposeplay.ca/belinda-clemmensen-on-women-and-leadership/
OVERFLOW with Kimberly SniderRadio/Podcast
URL: https://shows.acast.com/overflow-with-kimberly-snider/episodes/a-new-leader
The Leadership Mistake You're Almost Surely Making
LinkedIn, September 7, 2021Online
URL: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/leadership-mistake-youre-almost-surely-making-belinda-clemmensen/
When I work with leaders they come from all kinds of industries and functions. They may be experts in finance, operations, mining, transportation, or any number of other fascinating subject areas. When we begin our work together, I always start with one statement, “once you become a leader your subject matter expertise will only account for 50% or less of your job. The other half of your work will be in leadership.” When I say this, most leaders don’t believe me, and to be honest, most leaders don’t operate that way. Many still rely on their subject matter expertise (SME), thinking that it will lead them to success, but this actually has the opposite effect. Relying too heavily on SME is perhaps the most common mistake as a people leader.
We are outraged. Now what?
LinkedInOnline
URL: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-outraged-now-what-belinda-clemmensen/
It’s a dark time for anyone who believes in equal rights for all genders. Regardless of whether you have a uterus, live in the US, have ever needed reproductive health care or not, when the human rights of any group are under attack, we should all be afraid and outraged. When a group of people are treated as less human, it opens the door for more of the same.
“Until all of us have made it, none of us have made it.” - the Honourable Rosemary Brown.
Reproductive justice and gender justice are not separate. The ability to make choices about our bodies and our health is a basic human right and to see that right violated is shocking and heartbreaking.
United We Stand.
LinkedInOnline
URL: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/united-we-stand-belinda-clemmensen/
Here’s the thing. Women are just over 50% of the world’s population. If we want something, anything, the numbers are on our side. We are a huge group when we come together, and this is a time for women to come together.
We are facing some incredibly complex challenges in our world – climate crisis, persistent racism and white supremacy, unrealized reconciliation with indigenous peoples, gender inequality, attacks on reproductive rights and LGBTQ2SIA+ rights, and the continued lack of representation in our highest leadership roles in pretty much every institution in our society. I don’t know about you, but I think the time for a sea change in leadership is long past due. We’ve given white men the reins and the keys for generations. I think we need to take 50% of it back.
Putting Values to the Test at Work: Finding Your Bright Line
LinkedIn, November 24, 2022Online
URL: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/putting-values-test-work-finding-your-bright-line-belinda-clemmensen/
We hear a lot about values-based leadership, and leading with values is a core piece of the curriculum at the Women’s Leadership Intensive (WLI). But what does it actually look and feel like to make decisions based on our values? Making decisions based on values sounds great, but sometimes it’s not an easy decision, it’s not always black and white and there are potential risks and consequences.
Women’s Leadership Intensive helps women find their voice
Women, Leadership & Saving the World, Why Everything Gets Better When Women Lead
by Belinda Clemmensen
The Women's Leadership Intensive
January 10, 2023
978-1-7386588-0-0
The world—particularly the business world—was designed by men, for men.
For women in leadership, fitting into the workplace can be personally costly,
leaving you feeling exhausted, thwarted, and frustrated.
Women’s leadership advocate Belinda Clemmensen wrote Women,
Leadership, and Saving the World as a call to action for gender equality
and equity in leadership and decision-making. Fascinating research and
interviews provide context for systemic gender inequality. But this guide also
points to inclusion as the way to impact complex local and global problems
and make better decisions.
YOU’LL DISCOVER
• The difference between equality and equity.
• 6 reasons money crises hit women harder.
• How inequality plays out at home.
• Practical coaching to help you lead as you.
• The power to connect to what matters.
No matter your gender, read Women, Leadership, and Saving the World today
for a new perspective on the value of equality, equity, and gender. You’ll be
convinced that women leaders are crucial to improving our world.
Biography
Belinda Clemmensen co-created Paddle to a Cure in 2000. This women-led series of sea kayaking expeditions for people living with breast cancer taught her that there are different ways to build and lead organizations and that women working together do things differently. Almost 20 years later, Clemmensen founded the Women’s Leadership Intensive with the mission to inspire, empower, support, and equip women to lead the change the world needs. Today she serves as CEO of the organization, a Certified B Corp. These two formative experiences drew Clemmensen to work with women in leadership. She is honored to coach and mentor amazing women who make a difference daily through their leadership. Clemmensen has received the gold Canada Award for Excellence in training and is a certified professional coach, training provider, and member of the International Coaching Federation. She is also a SheEO (Coralus) Activator and member of the Equal Futures Network and the Canadian Women’s Chamber of Commerce. Clemmensen qualified as a finalist for the Canadian Association of Women Executives and Entrepreneurs’ “Extraordinary Woman of the Year Award.” She’s published articles in The Journal of Experiential Education, Adventure Kayak Magazine, Kanawa Magazine, and was a finalist in the National Flare Magazine Volunteer Awards. She is a regular presenter at conferences around the world. Clemmensen earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Waterloo and her Master of Education in Workplace Learning and Change from the University of Toronto.
Testimonials
Reading this book is like being in an important group conversation with someone who asks 2 kinds of questions: the ones everyone wants to ask but is afraid to, and the ones no one thought to ask but once we hear them say, “Yeah why is that?” Both insightful and common sensical this book weaves Belinda's story and research as it invites us to a new kind of leadership. Leadership that reclaims human dignity, social responsibility and environmental stewardship.
In Women, Leadership, and Saving the World, Belinda Clemmensen finds the unique blend of being challenging and convicting, yet at the same time, encouraging and supportive. I feel that I now have a WAY better understanding of how broken our current situation is, why this is hurting all of us, and how people like me can be part of the solution. As a man and as a business owner, I think this should be required reading.
If you wonder why so many things in our crazy world just aren’t working, there isn’t a better place to start than this bravely written, timely book. From start to finish, Clemmensen authoritatively tackles why a lack of women in leadership is at the root of most global problems we are facing today; and she lays out a clear, step-by-step guide to change that reality. If you want to be a woman who leads (or a man who supports the movement) this is your go-to guide.
This program changed my life.
I came for the professional development and left with a sense of purpose and a network of powerful women who are so aligned with my values.
A powerful year-long journey of self-discovery and development. The skill building, networking and confidence I acquired as a leader (and a human) had immediate and on-going positive impact on my work and life. The ROI from this program is personally and professionally immeasurable.