The Diversification of VMUG
Lindy Grady is one of our female leaders from Indianapolis. She attended VMworld in Las Vegas and participated in the annual Leader Lunch, a time where leaders get to recognize peers, spend time with VMware executives and talk about progressing VMUG. Lindy took this opportunity to address the lack of women involved in VMUG. This discussion got me thinking. This is something we can all work on to improve; diversifying VMUG. If we put a bit of effort throughout the year to encourage our female co-workers to participate with us, I bet we could see a noticeable change at next year’s VMworld. It starts at a local level. Ask your attendees to invite females to a meeting. Encourage females to get involved in the leadership team. Incorporate diversity as a part of your succession planning. These things will add up and continue to build month over month and year over year. I have been to conferences where they have a “Women in Technology” panel. While I appreciate women-in-tech focused programm