STEM Women: How Men Can Help with Dr Yonatan Zunger

STEM Women chat with Dr. Yonatan Zunger on how male leaders can create a more inclusive environment that promotes gender equality in technology & engineering. Yonatan is the Chief Architect of Google+ and also has a PhD in Physics with a strong engineering background (https://plus.google.com/u/0/+YonatanZ...) Yonatan spoke about the importance of active listening to team members. This means being aware that women in tech and engineering face unique challenges, and providing a space for them to talk about and address these problems. Yonatan also spoke about creating an inclusive environment by modelling positive behaviour, and demonstrating that negative behaviour will not be tolerated. He also discussed the importance of providing ongoing feedback and publicly validating women's contribution to their teams. Public recognition is also central to recruitment campaigns to make STEM more diverse. It means companies should make it explicit and clear: We love having women on our team. We have a safe place for you. Read a text summary of this discussion: http://www.stemwomen.net/yonatan-zunger/ This HOA is hosted by Dr Buddhini Samarasinghe and Dr Zuleyka Zevallos. It aired on Sunday March 2nd 2014. Follow us on Twitter @stemwomen and on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+StemwomenNet1