Member since August 2023
Dr. Yaro Fong-Olivares is a storyteller and connector, pulling both from her personal and professional experiences as well as her academic background to call audiences to action towards a more just world. Dr. Yaro is a subject matter expert on leadership development for women and gender-variant folks, bringing an intersectional feminist lens to all endeavors. Dr. Yaro serves as Executive Director of the Gloria Cordes Larson Center for Women and Business (CWB), leveraging industry expertise and academia to advance intersectional gender equity from the classroom to the boardroom.
Dr. Yaro has extensive experience in organizational development and management, including facilitating racial equity initiatives, developing diversity and inclusion strategies, and coaching leaders for organizational effectiveness and change management.
Dr. Yaro holds a doctorate in Organizational Leadership Psychology from William James College, holds an M.S. in Organizational Change Management from The New School, a B.A. in Sociology from Barnard College, and Clark Wilson’s 360 feedback Task Cycle Survey Certification. Dr. Yaro serves as Past-President of the Executive Committee of the New York Center for the Study of Groups, Organizations and Social Systems, and is a certified consultant and member of the A.K. Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems.
Dr. Yaro's mission is that of the CWB: Advancing women+ leaders from the classroom to the boardroom. She aims to empower those who have been historically excluded from opportunity and advancement.
In this session, Dr. Yaro Fong-Olivares delves into the brain science behind leadership, offering insights into how neuroscience shapes decision-making, learning, energy, and leadership styles. Through thoughtful storytelling and science-backed data, attendees will gain strategies to prevent burnout and enhance leadership stamina. This talk will empower leaders with tools and brain-based practices that increase energy at work and home and ensure they remain resilient and effective over the long term. The audience will walk away with an understanding of the Healthy Mind Platter, a strategic toolbox that can be used to protect cognitive health and build stamina.
Research indicates that confidence is at least as important as competence in one’s career trajectory, yet systemic and behavioral unconscious bias works against confidence, especially for women and other underrepresented groups.
The goal of this program is to educate participants about the role of confidence in one’s career, barriers that can get in the way of confidence, and how to establish one’s influence and authority by leveraging their understanding of confidence. Facilitators use a combination of interactive techniques to teach attendees how to: project confidence and leverage it to lead, regardless of their role; establish and utilize strategic relationships that expand influence; and leverage personal power to model confidence and inspire trust.
As in all of our offerings, we can customize this program and the length to fit client needs. (Most often, this session is 2 hours.)
Token or trendsetter? This is a question that many underrepresented leaders - especially BIPOC women who hold complex intersectional identities - must contend with. Center for Women and Business Executive Director Yaro Fong-Olivares weaves a story, exploring how her experience of race, ethnicity, sexuality, and immigration shaped her leadership and ultimately shifted her mindset from feeling tokenized to feeling empowered and unique.
Participants will explore and learn how to navigate opportunities after reaching a never-before-achieved leadership position in your company. The session begins with an overview of the research behind being "the only" and provides tools to shift power dynamics in the workplace by reframing how employees see themselves.
In this session, Dr. Yaro Fong-Olivares delves into the brain science behind leadership, offering insights into how neuroscience shapes decision-making, learning, energy, and leadership styles. Through thoughtful storytelling and science-backed data, attendees will gain strategies to prevent burnout and enhance leadership stamina. This talk will empower leaders with tools and brain-based practices that increase energy at work and home and ensure they remain resilient and effective over the long term. The audience will walk away with an understanding of the Healthy Mind Platter, a strategic toolbox that can be used to protect cognitive health and build stamina.
Research indicates that confidence is at least as important as competence in one’s career trajectory, yet systemic and behavioral unconscious bias works against confidence, especially for women and other underrepresented groups.
The goal of this program is to educate participants about the role of confidence in one’s career, barriers that can get in the way of confidence, and how to establish one’s influence and authority by leveraging their understanding of confidence. Facilitators use a combination of interactive techniques to teach attendees how to: project confidence and leverage it to lead, regardless of their role; establish and utilize strategic relationships that expand influence; and leverage personal power to model confidence and inspire trust.
As in all of our offerings, we can customize this program and the length to fit client needs. (Most often, this session is 2 hours.)
Token or trendsetter? This is a question that many underrepresented leaders - especially BIPOC women who hold complex intersectional identities - must contend with. Center for Women and Business Executive Director Yaro Fong-Olivares weaves a story, exploring how her experience of race, ethnicity, sexuality, and immigration shaped her leadership and ultimately shifted her mindset from feeling tokenized to feeling empowered and unique.
Participants will explore and learn how to navigate opportunities after reaching a never-before-achieved leadership position in your company. The session begins with an overview of the research behind being "the only" and provides tools to shift power dynamics in the workplace by reframing how employees see themselves.