Organizational Strategies & Workplace Culture – Resource Kit
The Utah Women & Leadership Project (UWLP) team, together with the Organizational Strategies & Workplace Culture Spoke advisors within A Bolder Way Forward, have curated a collection of recommended resources. This includes UWLP research and materials as well as valuable contributions from statewide and national community partners and organizations. For related resources, also see Childcare & Pre-K, Gender Pay Gap, Leadership Development, Male Allyship, Sexism, Sexual Harassment & Gender-Based Discrimination, STEM Fields, and Workforce Development. To get involved in positive change, take action by exploring what you can do as individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
Research Reports
- 100 Companies Championing Women in 2023: Best Practices for Utah Companies
- 100 Companies Championing Women in 2024: Best Practices for Utah Companies
- 100 Companies Championing Women in 2025: Best Practices for Utah Companies
- Flexible and Family-Friendly Policies at Utah’s “Best Places to Work” - 2020
- Organizational Strategies & Workplace Culture: Research Summary - 2024
- What Business Leaders Can Do to Strengthen the Impact of Utah Girls and Women - 2018 [Spanish]
- Why Do We Need More Women Leaders in Utah? - 2015
- Women in the Workplace: Part 1 – Utahns’ Awareness, Understanding, and Attitudes - 2025
- Women in the Workplace in 2025: Utahns’ Awareness, Understanding, and Attitudes - 2026
Videos
- Advancing Women Through “Developmental Relationships”: A Dialogue with Global Experts
- A Bolder Way Forward: Organizational Strategies & Workplace Culture
Podcasts
- 100 Companies Championing Women in 2024: Best Practices for Utah Companies
- 100 Companies Championing Women in 2025: Best Practices for Utah Companies
- New Research: Organizational Strategies & Workforce Development - 2024
- Understanding Organizational Strategies & Workplace Culture in Utah - 2025
- 100 Utah Companies Championing Women in 2023: Introduction, Brandless, Chatbooks, Clyde Companies, Clearfield City, DigiCert, Digital Respons-Ability, Dominion Energy, doTERRA, Extra Space Storage, Instructure, Lendio, Morgan Stanley, Moxie Law Group, Northrop Grumman, Park City Lodging, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah, Struck, UAMMI, USANA, Wasatch Front Regional Council, Weave, & Wilson Electronics
- Policies and Practices that Attract, Retain, and Advance Women in 2022 - 1-800 Contacts, CHG Healthcare, Goldman Sachs, Intermountain Healthcare, Overstock.com, Recursion, Ultradent, & Zions Bank
Editorials & Forbes Articles
- A Bolder Way Forward: Utah Organizations Partner to Advance Women’s Equality (Utah Business Magazine, 2023)
- All Unconscious Bias Training is Not Equal (Forbes, 2020)
- Can Women’s Employee Resource Groups Help Business Thrive? (Forbes, 2024)
- Creating Readiness for Change in Workplaces Today (Forbes, 2024)
- Fixing The ‘Broken Rung’ For Women In The Workplace (The Salt Lake Tribune, 2020)
- Gender Parity Pledges: Do They Make A Difference? (Forbes, 2021)
- How Does Sexism Influence Workplaces Today? (Forbes, 2020)
- How Men Can Help to Advance Women in the Workplace (Forbes, 2020)
- It's Here to Stay: Teleworking Benefits and Recommendations (Forbes, 2021)
- Job Sharing May Be the Solution to the Talent Shortage (Forbes, 2021)
- Keep the Right People at the Table and Don't Just Settle For 'Good' Decisions (Forbes, 2020)
- Making Parental Leave Policies Work for All (Forbes, 2025)
- One Way to Spot Emerging Leadership Talent: Casual Vs. Committed Learners (Forbes, 2019)
- One Unique Way to Increase Women in Leadership Positions (Forbes, 2019)
- Practice Distance, Not Isolation (The Spectrum, 2020)
- Stages Of Changes: A Model For Change in the Workplace (Forbes, 2025)
- The Hidden Ways Language Undermines Women At Work (Forbes, 2026)
- Utah Companies Need Family-Friendly Policies for an Inclusive, Thriving Culture (Utah Business Magazine, 2023)
- We Can’t Afford to Move Backward on Remote Work (Deseret News, 2024)
- What Do Companies Who Champion Women Do? (Forbes, 2025)
- What Is Genderwashing and Why Should Companies Learn More? (Forbes, 2024)
- Why HR Can’t Be Strategic Until It Chooses People Over Policies (Forbes, 2026)
- Why Women Need Developmental Networks: And More Than Just Mentors and Sponsors (Forbes, 2019)
- Women Employees And Burnout: Solutions That Can Help (Forbes, 2022)
- Working From Home Is a Disruption Worth Embracing (Deseret News, 2020)
LinkedIn Articles
- 100 Companies Championing Women: Best Practices for Utah Companies
- An Innovative Strategy to Increase Women in Leadership: Finding Purpose
- Are Utah Workplaces Improving for Women? The Latest Data Says: It Depends
- Benefits For Companies That Implement Flexibility and Family-Friendly Policies
- Best Practices of 100 Companies Championing Women
- Best Practices of Utah Companies Championing Women
- Challenges With Implementing Flexibility and Family-Friendly Policies
- COVID-19, Employment Changes, and Organizational Support for Women at Work
- Do Women Need Higher Confidence or Do Organizations Need to Change?
- How Can You Evaluate a Company's Impact on Women Employees?
- Since Utah Is Changing, Should Our Leave Laws Follow Suit?
- The Flexibility and Family-Friendly Policies of Top Companies
- What Utah Women Are Telling Us: The Lived Realities Behind Workplace Culture and Opportunity
Other Resources
- Be Leaderfull
- Conversation Guide: Organizational Strategies & Workplace Culture
- Data Visualizations: Goal Metrics Dashboard and Utahns' Perceptions Dashboard
- Flexible and Family-Friendly Policies at Utah’s “Best Places to Work
- Grassroots Gold
- Kotter's 8-Step Change Model
- Leave Laws Policy Recommendations [Spanish]
- Organizational Strategies & Workplace Culture: What Utahns Need to Know
- Reckon With Adversarial Allies
- Recommended Mentoring Resources [Spanish]
- Roles of Business
- Sharpen Your Vision
- Six Patterns of Successful Movements
- Social Marketing
- Thinking in Systems
- Thriving - Defined and Described
- Why Do We Need More Women Leaders in Utah? [Spanish]
- Winning Hearts and Minds
Community Resources
- Best Practices Guide for Closing the Gender Wage Gap
- Equality Means Business: WEPs Brochure
- Establish or Enhance Leadership Development, Mentoring and/or Sponsorship Programs for Women Best Practices Toolkit
- Establishing a Workplace Culture Takes All of Us - Podcast
- Family Friendly Workplaces: A Guide for Utah Business Leaders
- Family-Friendly Workplaces: A Guide for Utah Business Leaders (Guide)
- How to Start a Mentoring Program
- In Utah: 100 Companies Championing Women
- Increase the Percentage of Women in Senior Leadership Best Practices Toolkit
- Increase the Retention Rate of Women at All Levels of Your Organization Best Practices Toolkit
- Our Companies Need Diversity
- State of Utah Remote Work Guide
- Telework Resource Center
- The Gender Gap In Tech & How to Fix It
- The Women’s Empowerment Principles Gender Gap Analysis Tool
- Utah Women Work Part-time At the Highest Rate in the US
- We Are Utah Toolkit Designed for Utah Businesses
- When it Comes to Leadership in Utah, Where are the Women?
- Women’s Tech Council - Diversity & Inclusion Best Practices - Adobe, Pluralsight, Vivint Smart Home, & Workfront
If you have any changes or additions, please email UWLP@usu.edu.
Research:
- Barriers to Advancement: Findings From the 2020 Study of Gender & Racial Bias in Utah’s Legal Profession (Women Lawyers of Utah, 2020)
- Best & Worst States for Women's Equality (WalletHub, 2026)
- COVID-19 Impacts by Gender (Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, 2021)
- Crucial Influence, Third Edition: Leadership Skills to Create Lasting Behavior Change (Grenny, Patterson, Maxfield, McMillan, & Switzler)
- Help Wanted: Workforce Participation, Wages, Job Desirability, and Skills Gaps [search word: "women"] (Utah Foundation, 2017)
- How Change Happens: Why Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Don't (Leslie R. Crutchfield)
- Utah Caregiving Perspectives: A Survey Exploring Utah Caregivers' Employment, Challenges, and Support Needs (Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, 2024)
- Untapped Potential in Utah: How Childcare Impacts Utah’s Workforce Productivity and the State Economy (U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 2024)
- Utah Women in the Workforce (Utah Department of Workforce Services, 2025)
- Work/Life Balance Preferences: Utah Parents (Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, 2022)
- Workplace Flexibility Guide (Utah Community Builders, 2024)
Organizations:
Podcasts:
- Business Elevated (Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity) - 100 Companies Championing Women: Clearfield City, Clyde Companies, Ethik, Goldman Sachs, Intermountain Health, Tech-Moms, W Collective, & Women’s Leadership Institute
- Elevate: A Women's Leadership Institute Podcast - A Tribute to Ten Years of Women Leading Change in Utah, Ken Garff Automotive: Celebrating Gender Equity and Leadership in the Workplace, Kris Jenkins: Amplifying Women's Influence in Tech and Venture Capital, Misti Williams Valenti and Rosyne Pedreanez: The Art of Connection and Mentorship, Paige Paulsen Erickson: Breaking Barriers and Building Diverse Teams, & Trina Limpert: Challenging Expectations and Fostering Opportunities in Tech
- Establishing a Workplace Culture Takes All of Us feat. Dr. Susan Madsen & Nubia Peña (Eccles Business Buzz Podcast, 2023)
- State of Good Podcast (Salt Lake Chamber) - Clyde Companies: Caring for Its Workforce, Family Friendly Work Goes Beyond Child Care, & Impact of Utah’s Child Care Challenge
Parity Pledges & Challenges:
- ElevateHER™ Challenge (Women's Leadership Institute)
- ParityPledge® (Parity.org)
- Target Gender Equality (United Nations Global Compact)
- Women's Empowerment Principles (United Nations Global Compact)