This episode discusses a topic within a new Utah Women & Leadership Project (UWLP) report titled, “Women in the Workplace Part I: Utahns’ Awareness, Understanding, and Attitudes.” This report has four main areas of focus, and today we’ll be discussing the area of organizational strategies and workplace culture.

Dr. Susan Madsen, Founding Director of the UWLP, is joined by one of the leaders for A Bolder Way Forward’s Organizational Strategies & Workplace Culture Spoke. Sheena Blauvelt is the Executive Director of Human Resources at USANA Health Sciences and has more than two decades of experience in the HR field. 

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In a time when respectful dialogue and understanding are more essential than ever, we invite community members, leaders, and advocates to join us for an episode highlighting an engaging panel dedicated to fostering civility and dignity across Utah. Tami Pyfer discusses the Dignity Index, which serves as a powerful tool for measuring and promoting dignity in our interactions. This framework helps individuals and organizations assess their impact on others and encourages practices that uphold the inherent worth of every person. Becky Edwards talks about her passion around electing responsive, thoughtful Utahns who will focus on civility and have complex policy conversations that focus on true governing. Civility and dignity are overarching topics important to A Bolder Way Forward (BWF). The BWF aims to inspire Utahns to engage in civil discourse and make meaningful connections across differences. To do this, we encourage Utahns across the state to focus on active listening, empathy, and respectful communication, which will pave the way for creating positive change in Utah.

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Hope is the mindset that drives resilient behaviors in everyone, including women. Hope is the expectation we have that we can identify pathways and generate the agency to attain desired goals. Research shows that hope is a psychological strength that can be nurtured and is one of the protective factors to our well-being.

This episode highlights a presentation and discussion with Dr. Chan Hellman—a professor of social work at the University of Oklahoma – Tulsa, the Executive Director of the Hope Research Center, and the author of Hope Rising— and introduces the science and power of hope, how trauma and adversity impact hope, and practical strategies for building resilience in individuals and communities. Dr. Hellman’s almost 20 years of research at the Hope Research Center demonstrating hope as a protective factor for children and families experiencing adversity and trauma, will be the basis for his presentation. He discovered that hope can be taught and nurtured in children and adults who are facing all types of challenges. We all need more hope in today’s world. Learn more about how more hope can change our lives!

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This episode discusses a topic within a new Utah Women & Leadership Project (UWLP) report titled, “Women’s Safety & Security: Utahns’ Awareness, Understanding, and Attitudes.” This report has four main areas of focus, and today we’ll be discussing the area of child sexual abuse.

Dr. Susan Madsen, Founding Director of the UWLP, is joined by two co-leaders of A Bolder Way Forward’s Child Sexual Abuse Spoke. Laurieann Thorpe is the Executive Director of Prevent Child Abuse Utah, and Jake Neeley is the Executive Director of the Malouf Foundation. 

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This episode discusses a topic within a new Utah Women & Leadership Project (UWLP) report titled, “Women’s Safety & Security: Utahns’ Awareness, Understanding, and Attitudes.” This report has four main areas of focus, and today we’ll be discussing the area of poverty and homelessness.

Dr. Susan Madsen, Founding Director of the UWLP, is joined by one of the leaders for A Bolder Way Forward’s Poverty and Homelessness Spoke. Karen McCandless is the CEO of Community Action Services Food Bank in Provo.

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This episode discusses a topic within a new Utah Women & Leadership Project (UWLP) report titled, “Women’s Safety & Security: Utahns’ Awareness, Understanding, and Attitudes.” This report has four main areas of focus, and today we’ll be discussing the area of sexual assault.

Dr. Susan Madsen, Founding Director of the UWLP, is joined by two of the leaders for A Bolder Way Forward’s Sexual Assault Spoke. Julie Valentine is a Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Utah, and Liliana Olvera-Arbon is the Executive Director of the Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault. 

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This episode discusses a topic within a new Utah Women & Leadership Project (UWLP) report titled, “Women’s Safety & Security: Utahns’ Awareness, Understanding, and Attitudes.” This report has four main areas of focus, and today we’ll be discussing the area of domestic violence.

Dr. Susan Madsen, Founding Director of the UWLP, is joined by one of the leaders for A Bolder Way Forward’s Domestic Violence Spoke. Leah Moses is a board member of the Utah Domestic Violence Coalition. She is also a certified nurse midwife and became a healthcare provider to support and advocate for survivors of domestic violence. 

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This episode discusses a topic within a new Utah Women & Leadership Project (UWLP) report titled, “Women in the Workplace - Part I: Utahns’ Awareness, Understanding, and Attitudes.” This report has four main areas of focus, and today we’ll be discussing the area of sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination.

Dr. Susan Madsen, Founding Director of the UWLP, is joined by Dr. Helen Knaggs, one of the leaders for A Bolder Way Forward’s Sexual Harassment & Gender-Based Discrimination Spoke. Helen also leads global research and development at Nu Skin Enterprises where she chairs Nu Skin’s Women Rising Employee Resource Group. 

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This episode discusses a topic within a new Utah Women & Leadership Project (UWLP) report titled, “Women in the Workplace - Part I: Utahns’ Awareness, Understanding, and Attitudes.” This report has four main areas of focus, and today we’ll be discussing the area of the gender pay gap.

Dr. Susan Madsen, Founding Director of the UWLP, is joined by Stacee Pedersen, one of the leaders of A Bolder Way Forward’s Gender Pay Gap spoke. Stacee is the founder and president of Momentum Employer Group and COO of Winward Electric. 

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This episode discusses a topic within a new Utah Women & Leadership Project (UWLP) report titled, “Women in the Workplace - Part I: Utahns’ Awareness, Understanding, and Attitudes.” This report has four main areas of focus, and today we’ll be discussing the area of Childcare/Pre-K programs.

Dr. Susan Madsen, Founding Director of the UWLP, is joined by Kristen Schulz, Director of the Early Childhood Alliance with the Park City Community Foundation, and Lynne Burton, the Spoke Coordinator for A Bolder Way Forward’s Childcare and Pre-K Programs area of focus. 

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