Investing in DEI and Empowering Women in Tech Leadership: Alaina Percival, CEO & Co-Founder, Women Who Code, Venture Capitalist

Women Career & Life

In this episode, Alaina Percival shares her journey from retail to tech and founding Women Who Code, a global community of 290,000 members across 180 countries. She discusses concrete steps that organizations, managers, and individuals can take to identify and eliminate unconscious bias in hiring and promotion structures.

We delve into how startups and companies in early stages of growth can define their organizational values and invest in early and mid-career women and minorities to build an equitable workforce. Alaina and the host discuss the myth of work-life balance and finding harmony in our busy lives.

Women Who Code enables diverse professionals to enter the tech space, build a network, and provides opportunities for exposure to leadership roles. Alaina emphasizes the importance of empowering more women to leadership roles and invites them to have a seat at the table.

I hope you step away from this interview with this thought, "What can I or my organisation do to empower more women to leadership roles and invite them to have a seat at the Table". Happy Listening!
Alaina Percival is a multifaceted woman. She's a co-founder and CEO, of the nonprofit 'Women Who Code'. and is also a Board Member, Venture Capitalist, Adjunct Faculty and let us not forget a Working Mom.

Women Who Code enables diverse professionals to enter the tech space so they can increase their wealth and have a huge impact in their organisation., families and communities. It connects women, enables them build a network, gives opportunities to enter the tech space, and also exposure to leadership roles.

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Guest Contact:

Alaina Percival: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alainaperciv

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1. Meet Alaina Percival (00:00:00)

2. How Women Who Code got founded (00:02:46)

3. Women Career Growth Challenges (00:04:38)

4. How to build a diverse and equitable workforce (00:09:45)

5. Women and Venture Capital (00:18:23)

6. Work-Life Balance.. is it acheivable...is it a myth.. (00:19:55)

7. Lessons Learnt from a rapid growth Startup (00:21:59)

8. Note to 21 year old self (00:25:39)