Institute for Women’s Leadership and New North Collaborate to Identify Resources Needed, and Barriers to be Eliminated to Grow Regional Female Leaders
Working women in Northeast Wisconsin… area researchers want to hear from you.
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Center for Public Affairs, in partnership with the newly launched Institute for
Women’s Leadership and the New North, Inc., invite working women across the region to participate in a research
opportunity designed to gain regional insights on women in the workplace.
The research project seeks the perspectives and experiences of Northeast Wisconsin working women in order to
regionally inform how the Institute can best serve female professionals in the area.
“Women compose just below 50% of the regional workforce, statewide that number is 63.4%*, giving Wisconsin a “C”
grade,” said Institute for Women’s Leadership Executive Director Teri Zuege-Halvorsen. “While much data exists at the
national level about women in the workforce, local trends on matters crucial to the success of working women are limited.
The intent of the survey is to address that gap, fueling the attracting, retaining and encouraging of qualified talent with
Institute initiatives and collaborations.”
The survey is open to all individuals who identify as female and are currently working. It is live on the Institute’s website
https://www.uwgb.edu/womens-leadership/#survey and remains open through Friday, July 30. The survey is estimated to
take 10 minutes to complete with the experience optimal on a laptop or desktop computer. The survey is anonymous, and the
results will be used to attract, retain and develop women in our New North 18-county region.
“New North is excited to gain insights about the powerful force women participating in Wisconsin’s labor force represent,”
said Barb LaMue of New North, Inc. “There is much work to be done in Northeast Wisconsin and this data will help us get
after it.”
The survey was designed to gather multidimensional data around work-life aspects affecting working women such as career
development, career challenges, workplace equity and culture. Specifically, questions investigate:
• Leadership support
• Family support
• Workplace culture
• Networks
• Promotion opportunities
* https://statusofwomendata.org/explore-the-data/state-data/wisconsin/
Findings will be used to determine of events, programs, workshops, conferences, speaker series, coaching sessions and more
to support the growth of a robust pipeline of women in leadership.
Researchers assure anonymity. All IP addresses will be scrubbed before analysis. No businesses nor respondents will ever
be identified. Only aggregate results will be released, which will be shared publicly. For questions regarding the survey,
please contact Lora Warner at [email protected], associate professor and faculty in residence advisor for the Institute.