DES PLAINES, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The newly released sixth volume of REALITY CHECK, a report of "collective wisdom" published by AWESOME (Achieving Women’s Excellence in Supply Chain Operations, Management, and Education) following each of the organization’s annual Symposiums, highlights three reasons the advancement of women in the field is cause for optimism.
The new REALITY CHECK, titled “Passion, Pain and Progress: How women are seizing opportunities, overcoming obstacles, and creating new paths to leadership,” is available for download on awesomeleaders.org, as are the previous five volumes.
According to Nancy Nix, AWESOME Executive Director, “Our key observation is that as extraordinary women in the field have advanced to higher standing, the overall level of women’s achievement in the field has risen. That progression is due mainly to three factors. First, women who are performing in top leadership positions across the industry have great passion for those roles. They are delivering outstanding leadership, gaining the respect of male colleagues, and leading teams in a field that is increasing in strategic importance. Second, the greater visibility of these women is giving other women increased confidence that they, too, can overcome obstacles. Third, individual leaders – both women and men – are taking steps at their own companies, changing cultures that have deterred or detoured women and advocating for diverse leadership. They’re taking personal responsibility for progress and are committed to making a difference.”
She continued, “While data gathered in our own research with Gartner - the 2017 Women in Supply Chain Study - still shows a significant gap between the numbers of men and women in senior leadership roles, there is a sense of momentum and higher expectations.” The full report of the study is also available for download at www.awesomeleaders.org.
Volume Six of REALITY CHECK includes insights, observations and “words of wisdom” from participants in the 2017 Symposium, including senior women in supply chain, male supply chain leaders, and highly accomplished women in other fields. A special retrospective traces the progression of thinking and understanding since the first Symposium in 2013.
ABOUT AWESOME
AWESOME (Achieving Women’s Excellence in Supply Chain Operations, Management, and Education) is a groundbreaking leadership organization that brings together senior women leaders in supply chain for networking, collaboration, awareness and recognition, learning and inspiration to advance women’s supply chain leadership. The AWESOME network was launched in early 2013 by Ann Drake, Chairman and CEO of DSC Logistics, and since then has grown to include more than 1,000 senior-level leaders representing the full spectrum of supply chain organizations and leadership roles. www.awesomeleaders.org.
