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Barbara Annis' Bio
Barbara Annis is a recognized leading expert in Inclusive Leadership and Gender Initiatives. Barbara and her associates are dedicated to removing organizational and leadership barriers by bringing the latest research and thinking on Leadership, Gender Diversity and Inclusiveness into the workplace, so that organizations can turn gender diversity into a powerful technology of success. Over the last 20 years, Barbara Annis & Associates has facilitated over 3,000 corporate workshops, keynotes, and executive coaching sessions on Gender Intelligent Leadership to Fortune 500 Corporations, including Deloitte & Touche, IBM, Smith Barney Citigroup, UBS, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Intel.
Barbara is the Chair-elect of the Women’s Leadership Board at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Her extensive studies have included work with exceptional thinkers such as linguist Dr. Fernando Flores at Berkeley, neuroscientist Ruben Gur at the University of Pennsylvania, psychologist Virginia Satir, Dr. W. E. Deming, and Dr. Willis Harman, Founder of the Noetic Sciences Foundation and The World Business Academy.
Barbara is also a recognized author – her first book, Same Words, Different Language, uncovers groundbreaking insights and tools for creating powerful win-win relationships between the genders, and provides ways to break through gender barriers. Her new book, Leadership and the Sexes, published last month by John Wiley, reveals the latest brain-based research on gender differences in leadership, and shows how to maximize the innate talents of both genders in the workplace and in the world.
Barbara’s Career Achievements:
Past & Present Organizations
- Treasury Board – Member of the Advisory Board for the Task Force of an Inclusive Public Service
- Department of Justice – Member of the Advisory Board, Social Context & Gender Equality Initiative
- Department of National Defense – Member of the Advisory Board, Gender Integration Project
- Canadian Breakthrough Foundation, Empowerment of Young People in Canada – Founder
- Canadian World Business Academy – Founding Member
- Canadian Women Entrepreneurs – President
Volunteer Speaking
- Board of Trade
- Words of Wisdom Series
- Nato
- Global Diversity Summit – Geneva
- Conference Board
- Women of Influence Luncheons
- World Business Academy Global Retreat
- Pentagon, Women in Non-Traditional Roles
- CIBC International Women’s Summit
- UK Women’s Summit
- Law Society Annual Summit
Boards and Awards
- Conference Board – Women of Influence Award
- Consumer Association – Most Valued Supplier Award
- Breakthrough Foundation – Board Member
- World Business Academy – Board Member
- VON – Board Member
- Sony - 8 Outstanding Achievement Awards
- Sony – MVP Award