Visier Launches ‘Women in Leadership Speaker Series’ Across Multiple Cities to Foster a Community for Women Leaders of Tomorrow

Featuring inspirational career stories shared by top women executives, the Visier Women in Leadership Speaker Series will provide  powerful career advice including strategies to address the “Manager Divide”

To inspire women leaders of tomorrow, Visier, the recognized leader in people analytics and planning, is launching a multi-city Women in Leadership Speaker Series, kicking off with events in Charlotte, Toronto, and Houston. The luncheon events will feature women executive leaders who will share inspirational career stories as well as lessons learned on their path to success. A leading voice on the issue of gender equity, Visier is launching this speaker series to jump-start industry-level conversations and share smart strategies to address the continuing inequalities in pay and management roles uncovered in the Visier Insights: Gender Equity report. A key report finding – the Manager Divide – clearly linked an underrepresentation of women in manager positions at key points in their careers to a widening of the gender wage gap. The report also concluded that eliminating the Manager Divide would cut the gender wage gap by nearly one third.   "This speaker series is the next step in our mission to build community around women in leadership and address the issues surrounding gender pay equity and the manager divide that we uncovered in our ground-breaking Visier Insights Gender Equity report," said Josie Sutcliffe, Vice President of Marketing, Visier. "By sharing stories of exceptional female leaders, we hope to inspire other women leaders to take their careers to the next level."   Initial dates and locations for Visier’s Women in Leadership Speaker Series lunches are as follows: Charlotte, NC - October 4th, 2018 Speakers:

• Maryann Bruce, Paradigm for Parity

• Kathy Cook, VP Global Processes & Analytics, Ingersoll Rand

• Jocelyn Caldwell, Vice President, HR Strategy and Planning - Workforce Analytics & Planning, TIAA

Toronto, ON - October 18, 2018 Speakers:

• Lynn Roger, Global Head of Employee Experience & Workplace Transformation, BMO

• Emmanuela Heyninck, Commissioner, Ontario Pay Equity Commission

• Simone Reitzes, Vice President, Global Pension & Benefits, Scotiabank

Houston, TX - November 14, 2018 Speakers:

• Sue Ortenstone, Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, CenterPoint Energy

• Stephanie Speights, Vice President, Talent Management & Chief Learning Officer, Children’s Health of Texas

About Visier Visier’s purpose is to help people see the truth and create a better future—now. Visier was founded to focus on what matters to business people: answering the right questions, even the ones a person might not know to ask. Questions that shape business strategy, provide the impetus for taking action, and drive better business results. Visier delivers fast, clear people insight by using all the available people data—regardless of source. With best-practice expertise built-in, decision-makers can confidently take action. Thanks to our amazing customers, Visier is the market leader in Workforce Analytics with 5,000 customers in 75 countries around the world. For more information, visit http://www.visier.com.   Contact: Julie Galla visier@sparkpr.com