
Right Kind of Wrong The Science of Failing Well – January 9, 2024
The Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab invites Corporate Program members to join us January 9, 2024 from 9am – 10am PT for a webinar featuring Lab affiliated faculty Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, renowned for her ground-breaking research on psychological safety. Date: January 9, 2024 Time: […]

Engaging Across Differences: A Community Conversation About Allyship September 21, 2023
Please join the Stanford VMWare Women’s Leadership Lab on Thursday, September 21, 9am – 10:00am PT for a webinar on Engaging Across Differences: A Community Conversation About Allyship. Please join us for a Community Conversation centered on the role of allyship in building spaces of belonging and success for all. We will explore approaches for […]

Monday is the Juneteenth Holiday: A Day to Reflect – Message from Mike Witherell
Dear colleagues, Berkeley Lab will celebrate Juneteenth on Monday, June 19, 2023. The Lab will be closed on Monday. June 19, shortened to Juneteenth, is the date in 1865 that federal forces arrived in Galveston, Texas, to enforce federal laws enacted two and a half years earlier prohibiting the enslavement of people of African descent. […]

Introduction to Allyship at Work – Thursday, June 15, 2023
Join us for Lean In’s introductory Allyship at Work Workshop in Honor of Pride Month (https://leanin.org/allyship-at-work) In honor of Pride Month, please join the IDEA office and the Lambda Alliance for a special one-hour introduction to the Lean In Allyship at Work Program. This introductory workshop will give you an interactive and thought-provoking look at […]

Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab Virtual Spring Meeting – Wednesday, May 17, 2023
The Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab invites Corporate Program members to join us for the virtual Spring 2023 Corporate Program Member meeting on Wednesday, May 17th. Berkeley Lab is part of the Corporate Program and everyone at LBNL is invited to join us for these virtual presentations. The focus of our Spring meeting is […]

Strategies for Inclusive Mentorship – March 16, 2023
Strategies for Inclusive Mentorship Mentorship is a dynamic, career-long phenomenon spanning many different relationships that support our personal and professional development. A wealth of scholarship on mentorship practices has emerged across many disciplines studying how mentorship happens in the workplace, its benefits, and what institutions can do to foster those relationships. While mentorship can benefit […]

Allyship at Work – Spring 2023
Join us for Lean In’s Allyship at Work Program (https://leanin.org/allyship-at-work) and build the skills you need to be a better ally at Berkeley Lab. Why Allyship? Allyship is about people stewardship and living Berkeley Lab’s Stewardship Values of respect, trust, service and team science. We need every employee to show up as allies for each […]

Equity Reset Returns this Fall – Friday, Oct 7, 2022
The IDEA Office and the Learning and Organizational Development Office invite employees across the lab to join Equity Reset – a program dedicated to anti-racism learning and practice that includes a self-guided curriculum and three monthly community forums called first Fridays. Our first session this fall is October 7th. The following dates are Friday, November […]

Follow up message on the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision – July 12, 2022
Dear colleagues, When we communicated a few weeks ago, many were experiencing strong reactions to the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs to reverse Roe v. Wade, which fundamentally alters the landscape of access to reproductive and maternal healthcare across the nation. We understand that these changes may affect you, your loved ones, and your colleagues […]

History of Juneteenth
Juneteenth (a combination of June and nineteenth), also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, and Liberation Day, is celebrated annually on the 19th of June to commemorate Union army general Gordon Granger’s reading of federal orders in the city of Galveston, Texas, on 19 June 1865, proclaiming all enslaved persons in Texas were free. On […]