Argentum’s Women in Leadership initiative, first announced in October 2018, is designed to celebrate the contributions women have made to the senior living industry and to create a pathway to the future by forming opportunities for more women to attain leadership and executive-level positions.
At this moment, senior living is uniquely positioned to cultivate its majority-female workforce with targeted recruitment; clear equity and inclusion policies; and a culture that welcomes, celebrates, and supports women at all levels.”
Many women have served as founding industry pioneers and have risen to C-Suite positions in senior living, but the industry can do better. Through the Women in Leadership initiative, Argentum is leveraging the compelling evidence for why greater gender diversity is needed and addressing the issue on an industry-wide level.
Connect and grow with other women in leadership by participating in the Women in Leadership Mentor Series. In these Zoom calls, you’ll hear directly from female leaders as they share effective practices and some of the lessons they have learned along the way. Learn about important topics such as: choosing a path of purpose, the value of mentorship, why networking is important, how you can lead during challenging times and more.
Thursday, April 28, 2022 | 1 PM ET
Come learn about choosing a path of purpose and impact throughout your career and the steps and process to start your own company, complete with the excitement and real challenges of creating something from scratch. Sarah has founded 2 “Social Impact Companies” including Connected Living and created the business plan for National Service in the White House – AmeriCorps from which 1 million youth have served the country.
The Women in Leadership Steering Committee has developed four pillars that focus on education, support, celebration, and measurement aimed at creating and sustaining a supportive community of current and future leaders, growing the industry’s female workforce, increasing the number of women recruited and promoted to executive leadership and board positions and promoting the senior living industry overall. A roadmap to success for the Women in Leadership initiative is available in Argentum’s white paper, The Path Forward: Impacting the Future of Women in Senior Living, that details the critical need for this initiative.
Thank you to Arena for their ongoing support of Argentum’s Women in Leadership initiative.
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