😳 Only 3% of women entered the executive development program in healthcare. 00:51

🙋‍♀️ Ashley, welcome to the show! 03:36

🚴‍♀️ Peloton nicknames and favorite instructors. 05:30

🌞 Molding or accepting your kids and coworkers for who they really are? 09:55

💉 Ashley was pricked about equality issues in healthcare leadership in 2012 and then her journey started. 11:41

🌸 Women In Healthcare was created to make a community of women and promote the professional development of each member. 15:56

💊 Healthcare has to evolve because it is on shaky ground. 19:04

🩺 Changes in organizations are essential and Women in Healthcare have tools and resources to help overcome internal barriers. 23:09

🧐 Being afraid of policy changes that could actually create a difference. 27:18

🤷‍♀️ Why do boards not hear women’s advice, ideas, and why are women talked over? 30:04

🎯 A man's world: the highest rated traits in a leader are the direct attributes and values that women have. 34:48

🗣️ ‘You will do what I say’ leadership in the healthcare mentality. 38:25

🇮🇹 What Ashley realized in Italy about the American way of life. 46:02

😇 Ashley is an over-truster. 51:56

😊 Understanding perspective when trust is broken can lead to self-improvement 53:58

😷 Now you don’t have to see someone working, pandemic taught us to have outcome-driven policies. 59:49

⚡ The essential need for evolving and re-evaluation.  1:03:17

🫂 We have pushed so far away from the community but we need a community. 1:06:12

Connect with Ashley

https://www.womeninhealthcare.org/

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

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-brown-sims/

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Instagram: @kimbrownsims_