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Tips for More Accessible Meetings

A hybrid work environment presents many challenges; one of the most frequent is preparing for meetings, specifically making meetings accessible for all participants. If you are planning a meeting – hybrid or onsite – Berkeley Lab’s IDEA Office has some tips for making the meeting accessible to all attendees. A hybrid work environment presents many […]

Engaging Men as Allies for Gender Equity – Thurs., Feb 29, 2024

All Lab employees are invited to attend this Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab event on Thursday, February 29th from 12-1pm PST  featuring gender-in-the-workplace experts David Smith, Associate Professor in the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, and W. Brad Johnson, professor of psychology at the United States Naval Academy, and a faculty associate in the Graduate School […]

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: […]

Five Years of IDEA Progress: An Interview with Director Witherell and Aditi Chakravarty

The stewardship of people at Berkeley Lab is critical to the Lab’s future. It enables the Lab to better attract, develop, and retain talented, dedicated professionals and continue our efforts towards building a more welcoming and supportive environment. Employees and candidates expect principles-based work cultures, opportunities for growth, and supportive people programs. Offering the resources […]

What to Expect in 2023: IDEA Office

The IDEA Office has brought many changes to the Lab in the past three years. In this conversation with IDEA Program Manager Kelly Perce, part of a series on 2023 changes at the Lab, Kelly discusses new ways to put IDEA principles into action, the return of some favorites from last year, and how the […]

National Laboratory Women of Color Community Forum – October 26, 2022

The National Laboratory Women of Color Community Forum is a community-driven forum aimed at fostering equitable and increased representation for women of color within the DOE national laboratory system. This initial meeting will include a discussion about the forum’s structure, goals and potential activities. Future meetings will be held on a quarterly basis or as determined by […]

Stanford Women’s Leadership Lab Virtual Fall Corporate Program Meeting – November 2, 2022

The Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab invites Corporate Program members to join us for our semi-annual member meeting on Wednesday, November 2nd. The Fall 2022 Corporate Program member hybrid meeting will focus on our Lab’s primary research agenda of breaking through barriers to leadership at the intersection of gender, race and other dimensions of diversity. We’ll introduce our new […]

Film Screening & Director’s Discussion: Acuitzeramo – June 28, 2022

In celebration of Pride Month, the Latin American and Native American (LANA) employee resource group, in partnership with Lambda ERG, invites everyone to a virtual screening of the award-winning short film “Acuitzeramo” followed by a discussion and Q&A with the film’s director Miguel Angel Caballero and actors Luis Antonio Aldana and Sal Lopez. The film […]

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 […]

Building More Inclusive Teams During Times of Change – May 26, 2022

Building More Inclusive Teams During Times of Change webinar – Stanford Women’s Leadership Corporate Program Date: Thursday, May 26, 2022 Time: 9:00 – 10:30am PT Register: Click HERE  This event is open to all Berkeley Lab Employees. Berkeley Lab is a Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Corporate Program member. Professor and Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab director […]