How can women create change in the workplace, politics, or in their community? If it is indeed the time for women to lead the way to positive change, how do we step into our power and become “women who count”? My guest, Susan Bulkeley Butler, author of Women Count: A Guide to Changing the World, will share with us how women can truly create an impact and initiate change.
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Susan Bulkeley Butler is the founder and CEO of the Susan Bulkeley Butler Institute for the Development of Women Leaders. In 1965, Butler was the first professional female employee at Arthur Andersen & Co., and in 1979 she became the first female partner of Andersen Consulting, now known as Accenture. Susan is a delegate at Vision 2020, a national project focused on advancing gender equality by energizing the dialogue about women and leadership. She is a past member of the Board of Trustees at Purdue University. Late Indiana Governor Frank O’Bannon presented Butler the Sagamore of the Wabash Award, Indiana’s highest honor for distinguished service. She also received an honorary doctorate in management from Purdue. Her aspiration is to impact “zillions of women and girls to be all they can be.” She fulfills this aspiration with her new book, WOMEN COUNT, A Guide to Changing the World, her first book, Become the CEO of You, Inc, (2008), her monthly newsletter, executive coaching, speaking and conducting workshops.
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Susan Bulkeley Butler is the founder and CEO of the Susan Bulkeley Butler Institute for the Development of Women Leaders. In 1965, Butler was the first professional female employee at Arthur Andersen & Co., and in 1979 she became the first female partner of Andersen Consulting, now known as Accenture. Susan is a delegate at Vision 2020, a national project focused on advancing gender equality by energizing the dialogue about women and leadership. She is a past member of the Board of Trustees at Purdue University. Late Indiana Governor Frank O’Bannon presented Butler the Sagamore of the Wabash Award, Indiana’s highest honor for distinguished service. She also received an honorary doctorate in management from Purdue. Her aspiration is to impact “zillions of women and girls to be all they can be.” She fulfills this aspiration with her new book, WOMEN COUNT, A Guide to Changing the World, her first book, Become the CEO of You, Inc, (2008), her monthly newsletter, executive coaching, speaking and conducting workshops.
