Building Inclusive Leadership in Distribution: The WE United Playbook With Jackie Mattox, WE Lead: Voices of Innovation

About this episode

Jason Bader discusses the importance of inclusive leadership in distribution with Jackie Mattox, focusing on the challenges women face and the need for mentorship.

The last five years have amplified our desire for authentic connections and conversations. Jackie Mattox identified that need a decade ago and founded WE United , a professional space originally created to advocate for women in the electronics industry. Now, she's expanding the organization's focus to include men. Jason chats with Jackie about the unique challenges that women in distribution still face, the importance of inclusive leadership, and what companies can do to foster mentorship and collaborative opportunities for all. CONNECT WITH JASON LinkedIn CONNECT WITH JACKIE WE United WE Lead: Voices of Innovation LinkedIn *** For full show notes and services visit: https://www.distributionteam.com Distribution Talk is produced by The Distribution Team , a consulting services firm dedicated to helping wholesale distribution clients remove barriers to profitability, generate wealth, and achieve personal goals. This episode was edited & mixed by The Creative Impostor Studios. Special thanks to our sponsors for this episode: Moblico, helping businesses do more business on mobile devices; and INxSQL Distribution Software , an integrated distribution ERP software designed for the…

People in this episode

Host: Jason

Guest: Jackie Mattox

Topics covered

• inclusive leadership
• women in distribution
• mentorship
• collaboration

Keywords

• WE United
• WE Lead
• Voices of Innovation
• electronics industry

Mentioned in this episode

Products: INxSQL Distribution Software, WE United, WE Lead: Voices of Innovation

Books & works: Building Inclusive Leadership in Distribution

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