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Great Women in Compliance

Amii Barnard-Bahn on Knowing Your Worth

Welcome to the Great Women in Compliance Podcast, hosted by Mary Shirley and Lisa Fine. Today’s guest on the Great Women in Compliance podcast is one of the groundbreaking women in the E&C field, Amii Barnard-Bahn.  Amii is a former Fortune 50 executive, the founder and CEO of Barnard-Bahn Coaching and Consulting, and recently joined Kaplan and Walker as a partner in February 2023.  She is also the author of the Promotability Index and the PI Guidebook: How the Promotability Index® Can Help You Get Ahead in Your Career.  Lisa and Amii discuss some of Amii’s recent work about listening and team building, and specifically about the importance of active listening.  She focuses on the difference between listening to understand vs. listening to respond.  They also discuss the challenges for women to speak up, and at the same time making sure you are listening and speaking effectively, and how to address this when you are working with someone who only listens to respond.

Amii has also been a leader for women executives, in her coaching and consulting work, her advocacy for women on Boards and pay equity.  Lisa and Amii discuss the compensation gap between men and women and whether women in E&C suffer from the same pay gap.  She also shares some practical tips for women to keep in mind when negotiating a compensation increase or a promotion.  You can find all the information about Amii here.

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The Ethics Experts

Amii Barnard-Bahn on the Promotability Index

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Amii Barnard-Bahn, managing principal of Barnard-Bahn Coaching & Consulting and author of the “Promotability Index,” to the show.

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The Compliance Handbook

Amii Barnard-Bahn on HR & Compliance


The Human Resources and Compliance departments play a crucial role in building a healthy workplace culture to stay relevant and succeed.
Many organizations face significant structural deficiencies that fail to bridge the gap between Compliance and H.R. In terms of structure, most often, there is a failure in defining roles and responsibilities that tends to be confusing to the management, which looks inefficient or redundant.
Like a well-oiled machine, a company functions seamlessly if both H.R. and compliance functions are synched and compatible when power, resources, and procedures are strategically set without overlapping.
To further explore this underutilized program, I spoke with one of the unique people in the compliance space. An executive coach, strategic advisor, and keynote speaker described by Forbes as “one of the top coaches for legal and compliance executives.”
Amii Barnard – Bahn will add transparency as an H.R. professional to the compliance function to help accelerate compliance and legal executives’ success.
Major takeaways discussed in the episode:
● Compliance officers should be aware of the Human Resource functions, like recruitment, employee annual life cycle, performance reviews, and compensation. Being involved in the process ensures that the company is getting the right people and ensuring strong ethical standards. If unchecked, conflict of interests is embedded even in the employment application that goes unchecked.
● Set up a Helpline instead of a hotline which is friendlier and less scary. Doing so gives people the confidence to speak up comfortably, raise questions and report misconduct without fear. Encouraging transparency in the workplace creates a belief that the company takes action. More calls mean more confidence that organizational justice can be served.
● Positional authority isn’t the way to go and will not be useful in the future workplace. The pandemic has shown how the dynamics have changed, and good leadership and influence skills will get things done. Compliance officers should be critical of this going forward.
● Modern workers stay long in a company that they’re proud of and that they feel is doing good work. The compliance department should look at strategies and steps towards reaching out and connecting with their employees and participating if not taking a stand involving necessary and impactful causes.
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Great Women in Compliance

Great Women in Compliance-Confronting Issues Women Face in the Workplace with Amii Barnard-Bahn

How can you make sure you’re not left behind as a woman in compliance? Join us on this episode with Amii Barnard-Bahn, an executive coach and strategic advisor. Today we’re talking about breaking through the glass ceiling, making sure you’re getting your fair share, and stepping up into leadership.
Breaking through the glass ceiling
Women need to support each other. In terms of breaking through the glass ceiling, Amii shares a pledge of support she took: Don’t tear each other down. Say yes to helping and connecting each other and not filtering support. Reinforce women’s voices. Help each other get credit.
And in addition to women supporting women, it’s really critical for all leaders to be aware of their impact on other people. Leaders succeed or fail based on two things: how well they work with others, and how well they know themselves.
Negotiating salaries
Know the going market rate for your job in your geography. Amii gets this data from three places: asking other colleagues what they’re making, asking for pay ranges during job interviews, and through consulting salary surveys. These data points are usually good for two to three years and have them in your back pocket during negotiations.
Women don’t talk salary, and we need to be more comfortable sharing this. Come to the bargaining table with objective information, and definitely stay polite and professional. You may not get the bump, but it’s always worth a shot.
Equitable salaries for different genders
Companies can do their part in ensuring that there is no gender-based pay inequity by: participating in and purchasing quality salary survey data, having accurate and updated job descriptions for their jobs, having job families that clearly outline the succession and promotion opportunities within the growth span of the job, and conducting an equity audit and evaluating whether there is a material pay disparity between genders, race, or age. If you’re discriminating, you need to know it and take action.
Looking the part
Good grooming is important, and that doesn’t necessarily have to include a lot of makeup. Dress appropriately so that whoever you’re speaking to can hear what you have to say and are not distracted by the way you look. This speaks to a broader issue of developing and cultivating an executive presence no matter what level you are at the organization. And don’t forget about your posture, your tone of voice, your eye contact, and most importantly, projecting warmth.
Being ready for leadership
Amii quotes Jack Welch: “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”
Managing is easy. Leading is hard. When people get promoted, it’s difficult to let go of the things that made them successful in the first place: being the technical expert and having the right answer. Now the focus is no longer on accomplishing the task yourself, but helping other people around you achieve theirtasks.
You need to see beyond your subject matter expertise and demonstrate through your actions that you understand the overall business strategy and that you’re always acting in the best interests of the entire organization.
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Amii Barnard-Bahn (LinkedIn)