WE Consulting

Women Employed Recognized as One of Crain’s 2023 Best Places to Work in Chicago.

Helping Companies Move Towards Building Equity at the Intersection of Gender and Race

We provide sexual harassment prevention training for employees and supervisors.

As a forward-thinking employer, it is vitally important to prioritize gender equity. Creating a culture of not just inclusion, but belonging at the intersection of gender and race in your workplace will foster a more dynamic, productive, and ultimately successful business with employees who are enthusiastic about their work.

But how do you get there? That’s where Women Employed (WE) comes in. For nearly 50 years, Women Employed has been a leading advocate for fair, inclusive workplaces for women, including women in low-paid jobs and Black and Latina/x women. We are committed to using our decades of expertise to support employers like you as you work to build equitable workplace practices for the women in your organization.

WE can help you move towards advancing diversity and inclusion for women. WE will enable you to take paper to practice, and practice to culture, by providing trainings, workshops, assessments, and road maps to facilitate the creation of an inclusive and welcoming work environment centered on closing the wealth gap for women at the intersection of gender and race.

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What WE Can Provide

Workshops and Trainings: Looking for group trainings or workshops on specific topics? Our workshops and trainings can be done individually or as a series and can span across any number of themes.

Consulting: Our consulting services center on addressing more customized client needs and/or serving as subject matter experts.

Thought Leadership: WE can provide experts to speak on a wide variety of issues relating to building equity at the intersection of gender and race.

Themes and Topics to Engage With WE:

Sexual Harassment Prevention: Beyond Compliance

Increasing Worker Voices

Conversations for Change
Everyone Can Do Something

Building Equity at the Intersection of Gender and Race

Building and Sustaining a Culture of Trust, Equity, and Inclusion
Removing Barriers to Advancement

Building Economic Power for Women

Everyday Negotiating for Employees

Why People Work With WE

Download Our Case Study on Our Sexual Harassment Prevention Workshop.

I choose to work with Women Employed because they set the bar for equitable workplace practice. Recently, I looked to WE as a key voice at an on-campus DePaul SHRM virtual event called Salary Negotiation. The value Women Employed brought to that conversation was the voice of credibility, data-based research, and advocacy resources. And as the President and CEO of the Black Alliance of Colleges and Employers (BACE), there is no organization I trust more in advocating for women's economic mobility and security. WE is a key strategic partner for our organization in support of Black women in the academy along with corporate and non-profit sectors.

“Women Employed’s sexual harassment training has helped our staff gain a deep understanding of the damaging implications of harassment in the workplace, how to address it as managers and leaders and how to ensure a safe environment for everyone. This is important to protect our staff and the participants who enroll in our training programs. Their effective training has helped us understand how to identify harassment and most importantly, how to prevent it in the future.”

We had the opportunity to partner with Women Employed on activities related to Reimagine Retail Chicagoland, our Walmart-supported effort with Chicagoland Workforce Funders Alliance to strengthen jobs and economic mobility for the retail workforce. We were immediately impressed by the ways that Women Employed centered the experiences and perspectives of workers and prioritized job quality in their work. We especially valued their collaborative approach, including their commitment to working in close partnership with workforce development and worker advocacy organizations. We appreciate the values and integrity the Women Employed team brings to their work and their longstanding commitment to economic equity and anticipate finding more opportunities to collaborate with them to advance economic justice and inclusion.

“Women Employed customized their sexual harassment training to our industry. They provided industry-specific examples and included breakout sessions where we could talk about them. That helped make the training more accessible to our employees. It was relatable. People could ask questions. And it provided a chance to practice what you might do in a real-life situation.”

DemandBlue worked with Ibie Hart and Women Employed for our “How History Should Play a Role in Creating Thriving Workplaces” #EquityinAction webinar. As a representative of WE, Ibie was able to connect with business leaders to help them understand how company policies, current and historical events, and workplace culture intersect with race, gender, and identity. Ms. Hart was able to not only raise awareness of the impact it has on employees but shared resources and strategies that Women Employed has developed and advocates for to help executives and colleagues learn practical steps that they can take today to help their staff and be extension business thrive!

WE not only supports women with resources and education but creates real policy change that impact our employees directly. We felt alignment with your mission almost immediately and wanted the members of our women's support group (Women's Leadership Network) to be connected to it as well. Our members learned a lot from your group and have even expressed interest in volunteering or getting more involved. One thing that WLN will continue to focus on is the gender wage gap and gender leadership gap at our company. By partnering with Women Employed, we hope to learn more about how we can make effective change at our company and also network with women outside our company.

Our ability to deliver clean, reliable, and affordable power for over 9 million people starts with the work we do day in and day out to support and employ a talented local workforce. While our industry has historically seen women underrepresented in STEM related roles, our leadership at ComEd and Exelon are working to change that through targeted investments in workforce development, education and scholarship opportunities that expose more young and diverse women to exciting and well-paying careers in energy. We share Women Employed (WE)’s vision for building a stronger and more vibrant workforce that fully represents the diversity of the region, and we are proud to partner with them as we power our Illinois communities and prepare women for careers of the future.

Get Started Today!

Email Ibie Hart, Director of Business Development, or call her at (312) 319-2641, to learn what WE can do for you!