Diversity & Inclusion

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Wonder Women in Business, Amanda Scott

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Amanda Scott

At Willis Towers Watson, Amanda Scott is the Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Leader based in London. She leads a global team that helps clients evaluate and address the critical people-related issues, assets, liabilities, risks and opportunities surrounding corporate transactions. She inspires people to think differently about the future as they implement large-scale organizational change to drive innovation, diversity, and positive growth.

She is also the CEO/Founder of Mike’s Mates, a mental health charity in the UK. Additionally, Amanda is a Board Member for Global Women 4 Wellbeing (GW4W) and the Viviana Durante Ballet Company; remuneration committee member for Pensions Management Institute (PMI), and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion council member at Bayes Business School.

She regularly publishes industry thought leadership, provides commentary to the UK press and social media, and is an active public speaker. She has also received awards for Excellence in Leadership from Consulting Magazine; Corporate Leader of the Year by National Business Women’s Awards; HERoes for Inclusion and Diversity by Yahoo Finance; and was awarded as one of the UK 50 Leading Lights for Leadership & Kindness from Women of the Future.

Amanda graduated with an MBA in Management & Organization, and Finance from the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. There she was the 2007 President and 2006 Vice President of Finance of the Board of Directors for the Part-Time MBA Association. Additionally, she holds a BA in Natural Sciences from Johns Hopkins University.

Enjoy the podcast.

Amanda Scott

Connect with Amanda

Email

Amanda.Scott@WTWCo.com

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/amandabscott

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Wonder Woman in Business, Marcie Dickson

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Marcie Dickson

A respected and experienced business executive, Marcie Dickson is pursuing her vision to make alternative dispute resolution more transparent, inclusive, and diverse – by opening it up beyond the small club of insiders who dominate the industry. Leveraging nearly 20 years of business development experience – including as the only Black female Chief Marketing & Business Development Officer in ADR nationally and one of only a handful in the legal industry – Marcie now leads an experienced team and a prominent and diverse panel of neutrals at Alterity ADR.

Bloomberg Law, Forbes, The American Lawyer, Law360, and the American Bar Association have recognized Dickson’s work. She is a guest host of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section podcast, “Resolutions” and serves as a steering committee member of the Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge (ERA) and the Black In-House Counsel Black Diamond Series. Additionally, Dickson is a member of several organizations, including the Atlanta International Arbitration Society, the National Association of Women Lawyers, the National Bar Association, the American Marketing Association, and the Legal Marketing Association (LMA). Marcie is an executive member of the Atlanta Business Chronicle Leadership Trust and Forbes Business Council and serves as an editorial advisory council member of Southern Lawyer and Harvard Business Review.

She is a proud graduate of the University of Virginia and resides with her family in Atlanta.

Enjoy the podcast.

Marcie Dickson

Connect with Marcie

Email:

marcie@alterityadr.com

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marciedickson/

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Wonder Woman in Business, Joyce Kyles

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Joyce Kyles

Joyce Kyles is an award winning, international speaker, 2x Amazon best selling author, life and thriving skills coach, and consultant. She is the CEO of Joyce Kyles Consulting & the Executive Director & Founder of Walking Into A New Life. A graduate of Arkansas State University, she has received certifications from Cornell University in Women’s Entrepreneurship, the University of South Florida in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace, and the National Council for Mental Wellbeing in Mental Health First Aid USA. She as also received certifications in domestic violence, sexual assault, and child sex abuse. Her humbling accolades and published work include features in Huffington Post, The Memphis Flyer, Tri-State Defender, Black Press USA, the New Orleans Tribune, the Welcome Greenbook for Black Tourists and being named the Crime Victim Advocate of the Year. Joyce also wrote PSAs and performed voiceovers used for domestic violence campaigns for 103.5FM, a local Cumulus affiliate station. Joyce currently serves as the Vice President of the Memphis & Shelby Co Domestic and Sexual Violence Council and is a member of the International Coaching Federation-Tennessee Chapter and Philanthroforce.

Enjoy the podcast.

Joyce Kyles

Contact Joyce

Website:

www.joycekyles.com

LinkedIn:

linkedin.com/in/joycekyles/

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Wonder Woman in Business, Jan Anne Dubin

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Jan Anne Dubin

A legal industry pioneer, Jan Anne Dubin is CEO and Founder of Jan Anne Dubin Consulting.  Jan is an award-winning consultant with over 35 years of experience leading, innovating, and serving as a change agent and connector. 

Celebrating more than 10 years of delivering value and results to more, JADC assists organizations and individuals to better serve client needs by focusing on developing long-term relationships, strategic communications, revenue generation and by building brand, profile, and visibility.  Jan serves as an executive coach, providing strategic guidance and counsel to organizations and individuals by assisting them to achieve breakthroughs.  Jan has coached hundreds of lawyers, law students, and marketing professionals, including corporate law department and law firm leadership as well as high-potential individuals.  Jan is a career-long champion of diversity and inclusion and is passionate about her work in this area.

She serves as a strategic business partner to the Association of Corporate Counsel and has worked with ACC to create an executive coaching program and career development workshops.  She is a partner to Seyfarth Shaw’s The Belonging Project having created a three-part series for them on Empowered Resilience: Tools for Thriving in 2021.  She is also an advisor and business partner to the Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute and provided instrumental assistance to create and deliver its forum on Women’s Transformative Leadership: Empowerment by Improving Participation and Representation.

Jan served as the Chief Growth Officer of LifeXT, LLC (lifecrosstraining.com), where she was responsible for new client engagements by educating organizations on LifeXT’s wellbeing tools and resources.   Prior to starting JADC, she served as the first North American Business Development Director for Baker & McKenzie LLP and as the Director of Client Relations for DLA Piper US LLP and its legacy firms, where she held various senior management and leadership roles for more than 17 years.

Selected by StreetWise, Inc., as one of 20 recipients of its 2019 Inspiring Chicagoan award, Jan was also selected by Chicago Business Journal as one of its 2018 Women of Influence.  Jan was inducted in 2017 as a Fellow into the College of Law Practice Management (COLPM) and in 2016 into the Legal Marketing Association Midwest Chapter’s Hall of Fame.  She has been recognized by Today’s Chicago Woman magazine as one of 100 Women Making a Difference and has received the Anti-Defamation League’s Distinguished Community Leadership Award.

In 1994 Jan was recruited by former First Lady Michelle Obama (then executive director of Public Allies Chicago) to join its board of directors; Jan later became its board chair and today serves on the emeritus board.  In 2020, Jan was recruited to serve on the i.c. Stars Chicago board and has been active in the Anti-Defamation League’s Women of Achievement annual dinner committee, having previously chaired the fundraising event for 27 years.

A 1994 M.B.A. graduate of The University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, she holds a B.S. degree from the University of Kansas, William Allen White School of Journalism.  Jan lives in Chicago with her fiancé David Abrams and Shetland sheep dog Quinn.

Enjoy the podcast.

Jan Anne Dubin

Connect with Jan Anne

Jan Anne Dubin, MBA

CEO and Founder

312.399.3116

jan@janannedubinconsulting.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/janannedubin

Twitter: @JanAnneDubin

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Wonder Woman in Business, Leigh Dance

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Leigh Dance

CEO

E. Leigh Dance

Corporate legal and compliance leaders turn to Leigh to help them improve performance, develop strategy, promote the value of legal/compliance, advocate for their business, lead remote global teams, organize their retreats and assist with particular needs.
 
Leigh is known for her in-depth international experience, and her unique understanding of both buyers and sellers of legal services globally.  Her entire career experience is multinational, including  more than 20 years living and working in both the US and Europe. Leigh speaks English, French and Italian.

Law firms retain Leigh and ELD International to:  improve strategies and actions in select groups and geographic markets; organize client-facing programs to raise profile and build relationships with legal services buyers; and conduct research with buyers worldwide, to improve marketing and BD initiatives.

Founder and Executive Director of the exclusive roundtable group, Global Counsel Leaders Circle, Leigh develops and moderates many of the Global Counsel Leaders programs, including those of the prestigious Leaders Circle. From 1999-2009, LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell (LNMH) retained Leigh to organize and facilitate Counsel to Counsel: A Forum on Best Practices in Delivering Corporate Legal Services, an initiative she co-founded.  She has participated in hundreds of corporate counsel roundtables in 23 countries on all continents.

Building on a financial services and public policy background, Leigh was a VP at JP Morgan Chase for 7 years, where she had management and director assignment in product management, marketing, business development and new business launches, across 20 countries. 

A recognized thought leader, her articles on the role of the General Counsel, legal risk, regulatory challenges, governance and compliance have been published in The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, American Lawyer, Legal Week and other publications. Since 2015, she has been the Global In-House columnist for ALM’s Corporate Counsel.  Leigh’s book BRIGHT IDEAS: INSIGHTS FROM LEGAL LUMINARIES WORLDWIDE, a collection of essays, is available on Amazon. 

Leigh has an MBA (high honors) in International Management and a BA, International Relations (honors).  In 2012, she was inducted as a Fellow in the College of Law Practice Management and in 2016, she was a judge in the British Legal Awards. 

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Thank you to the many corporate legal teams and law firms that ordered our First Annual ESG Report published in December 2020. We contributed $4,600 of our proceeds to 3 non-profits taking action on climate change and critical social issues. Plus, all of our Global Counsel Leaders Circle members received the report free as a member benefit!

We’re so excited to release Global Counsel Leaders’ new 2022 ESG Report in early January 2022! It features Commentaries from various General Counsel, Chief Sustainability Officers and other subject matter experts. You will find useful case examples and get insights on key regulatory and reporting trends in EMEA and North America.

E. Leigh Dance and our research manager assembled this exceptional content for the 2022 ESG Report with Global Counsel Leaders’ own research and findings in conversations with more than 1,000 in-house leaders. The report discusses their ESG roles, approaches, challenges, plus connections to other parts of the business including supply chain, trade and government affairs.

Order your Global Counsel Leaders’ 2022 ESG Report now for $120 USD at the link below. 50% of profits will go to charitable ESG organizations.

For more information and a free download my articles in the Insights section at

 https://globalcounselleaders.com

To order the 2022 ESG Report, this link.  50% of profits from the 60+ page Report are donated to environmental sustainability and social impact non-profits. 

https://globalcounselleaders.com/gcl-2022-esg-report

For the first annual 2021 report, $4,600 was contributed (the lion’s share of profits).

Enjoy the podcast.

Leigh Dance

Connect with Leigh

E. Leigh Dance, Managing Director

ELD International LLC

www.ELDInternational.com     www.GlobalCounselLeaders.com 

Email: eldance@eldinternational.com

LinkedIn: in/e-leigh-dance-661854/

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Wonder Woman in Business, Sheila Murphy v.2

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Sheila Murphy, Esq.

For over 20 years, as both a senior legal executive and a coach, Sheila Murphy has been working with intelligent, accomplished lawyers to gain greater control over their careers, compensation, and courage. Her passion is helping women in the profession to go from uncertain and uninspired to unstoppable. 

After 20 years of successfully litigating and developing and coaching talent in corporate America and law firms, Sheila is pursuing her passion for helping others reach their full potential. Leading with passion and purpose, Sheila is CEO and President of Focus Forward Consulting LLC and Chief Learning & Talent Officer of WOMN LLC, which are focused on having lawyers and leaders achieve their career and business goals.

In 2018, Sheila retired as Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel at MetLife where she provided litigation, regulatory and risk mitigation advice. As a well-respected thought leader, Sheila served as an executive sponsor to MetLife’s U.S. Women’s Business Network, co-chaired the Legal Affair’s Academy providing developmental opportunities to legal and compliance professionals worldwide and served as a member of its U.S. Task Force on diversity.  Prior to joining MetLife, Sheila was at the law firm of Thacher Proffitt & Wood. 

Sheila is a member of the Boards of Directors of National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL). Sheila serves on the advisory board of Transforming Women's Leadership in Law and co-chairs the CARE’s Women’s Network of New York, which works on eradicating poverty through empowering women and girls. Previously, she was a member of the Board for Read Alliance and PowerPlay, NYC.

Sheila received  from Corporate Counsel and In-house Counsel the Women, Influence, Power in Law, Lifetime Achievement Award  for her commitment to advancing and empowering women in the legal profession. Women’s Venture Fund awarded Sheila the highest Leaf Award in recognition of her commitment to helping others advance in their careers. She was named a Most Influential Irish Woman by the Irish Voice, a Leading Women Lawyer in NYC by Crain's New York,  a Business 100 honoree by Irish America and one of 250 Inspiring Women Entrepreneurs by Databird Journal. Sheila also has received the Benchmark Litigation In-house Award at the Americas Women in Business Awards, the Virginia S. Mueller Outstanding Member Award from NAWL and a First Chair award for hard work, innovation and significant contributions to the legal community. 

Sheila is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she served on the Comparative Labor Law Journal and the School of Management at the State University of New York at Binghamton where she graduated magna cum laude.  Sheila earned her Associate Certified Coach and Certified Professional Co-Active Coach from the International Coaching Federation and the Co-Active Leadership Institute, respectively.

Sheila is a frequent speaker on litigation and regulatory issues, talent, and business development, leadership and diversity.

Awards

  • Life Time Achievement Award, Women Influence & Power in Law- In-house Counsel (2019)

  • 250 Inspiring Female Entrepreneurs- DataBird Business Journal (2019)

  • Business 100 Honoree - Irish America (2018)

  • Leading Women Lawyers in NYC - Crain’s New York Business (2017)

  • Top Assistant / Associate General Counsel - First Chair Awards (2017)

  • Benchmark Litigation In-house Award - America’s Women in Business Law Awards (2015)

  • Virginia S. Mueller Outstanding Member Award -National Association of Women Lawyers (2015)

  • Most Influential Irish Woman Award - The Irish Voice (2011)

  • Highest Leaf Award - Women’s Venture Fund (2010)

Enjoy the podcast.

Sheila Murphy, Esq.

Connect with Sheila

LinkedIn: in/sheilamurphyfocusforward

Email: sheila@focus-forward-consulting.com

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