Winning through gender intelligence: Great minds think unalike | Barbara Annis | TEDxSouthLakeTahoe

The final and most profound leg of our journey to genuine gender equality is for women and men to embrace each other’s authenticity and strive to work and succeed together, not as equals in numbers alone, but as equals in value. As men and women come to understand each other’s ways of thinking and acting, they step up to a new and powerful level of conversation. They understand and appreciate each other’s unique contribution, begin to include each other more assuredly and more willingly, and uncover the hidden value in the complement of their differences. Barbara Annis, Founding Partner of Gender Intelligence Group (GIG), is a world-renowned expert on Inclusive Leadership through Gender & Cultural Intelligence, advocating the value and practice of this new type of leadership in Fortune 500 companies and numerous organizations worldwide. Her insights and achievements have pioneered a transformational shift in cultural attitudes across the globe on the importance of gender unity to organizational success.

Barbara began her career as the first women in sales at Sony and became the first woman Sales Manager with 14 Outstanding Sales Achievement Awards and Sony’s MVP Award. Over the past 27 years, Barbara Annis and her 51 global associates have facilitated over 8,000 corporate workshops and conducted thousands of leadership assessments and executive coaching sessions. GIG has introduced breakthrough research on the practice and benefits of inclusive leadership and gender diversity. Additionally, GIG offers diagnostics, workshops, and coac This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx