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Overcoming Systemic Barriers with Equity-led Leadership

By Alexis Kanda-Olmstead Director of Advancement Talent Management at Dartmouth College and founder of AKO Collective

30 March 2023

When it comes to occupying positions of leadership, women and those from minority backgrounds remain underrepresented – and continue to be faced with systemic challenges in advancing to these roles. Alexis Kanda-Olmstead, director of advancement talent management at Dartmouth College and founder of the AKO Collective – an organization that advocates for women in leadership – talks to CXO about the challenges faced by current and future leaders, what equity-led leadership really looks like, and how to enact meaningful change when it comes to gender and diversity in the workforce.

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