About Elisabet Rodriguez Dennehy

Elisabet Rodriguez is the founder and president of Rodriguez & Associates, a

strategic consulting firm headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The firm
specializes in a customized approach to womens advancement in organizations,
yielding an increase in retention, team performance, engagement and
promotability.
Elisabet is actively involved in executive leadership programs, for multinational
companies in the US, such as KPMG, INPO, PPG, Westinghouse, EQT, GSK to
name a few, in Latin America with companies like Dow and in Prague, Czech
Republic with UniCredit and Microsoft as well as with the British Chamber of
Commerce and the US Business School of Prague, launching ground-breaking
executive programs for women.
Elisabet serves as lead faculty at the Duquesne University Womens Executive
Leadership Program, where she teaches Leadership, Change: The Organization
as a System, Ethics, and Global Issues in Organizations. She is also adjunct
faculty at Duquesne Universitys School of Business teaching, Strategy, and
Managing a Diverse Workforce.
For the last seven years she has been teaching, coaching, and mentoring as
faculty at the Executive Leadership Program for the University of Pittsburgh
in Prague, Czech Republic and Sao Paolo, Brazil. Some of the participating
companies: Dow, PWC, Deloitte.com, PPG, and CEZ.

can
you
afford
to Ignore Me?

In addition to teaching, consulting for multinational companies, and public

speaking, Elisabet is the author of Can You Afford to Ignore Me? How to
Manage Gender and Cultural Differences at Work. The book enables executives
at all corporate levels to understand how to navigate the complexities of gender
and culture in the new global economy.
Elisabet has been an ongoing contributor to Leaders Prague and Woman
Magazine premier publications for executives in Europes eastern region.

by Elisabet rodrig uez dennehy

How to Manage Gender and

cultural differences at Work

Speaking Topics

Can You Afford to Ignore me? How to manage gender and cultural differences
at work
From What you Do to How you Lead- what every female high performer needs
to know in times of transition
Four Generations at Work- Learn how to leverage your multigenerational
workforce
Women Talk- How to debunk the woman-to- woman deadlock
From Equality to Complementarity- understanding why authenticity overrides
equality
Mastering Delegation- understanding the power of letting go to accelerate
your career
The Four Pillars of Personal Success- understanding the importance of personal
branding, presence, self-promotion and asking

Awards
Pennsylvania Best Fifty
Women in Business
Who to Watch -Pittsburgh Business
Times
Pennsylvanias Best Women in

Contact:
Rodriguez & Associates LLC
5510 Ellsworth Ave. Suite 3
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
412-683-1127
ERodriguezD@comcast.net
ERodriguezandAssociates.com

Publications

Profiles in Diversity Journal7 Steps to a Successful Womens Initiative

Business Woman, Prague: Looking for Fairness
The Confusion of Equal and Ongoing Quest
for Fair
Leaders Magazine: Rodriguez Dennehy
Provides a Fresh Look at an Old Dilemma:
Gender Integration Is About Complementarity
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Workzone: Rodriguez
Dennehy on Meshing Male, Female Work Styles
for Success
Modern Luxury Manhattan: Rodriguez Dennehy
Featured Speaker at Step Up Womens Network
Power Breakfast
Prague TV: Diversity Is Here to Stay
Leaders Magazine, Prague: Why Women Mean
Business

You are very inspiring,

motivational, and exceptional;
I am truly grateful for that
experience as it has already
begun to impact my life for the
better.
Auditor -KPMG

Speaking Engagements & Appearances

Keynote Speaker at Alliance for the Empowerment of Womens Event.
Sao Paulo, Brazil - 2014
Elisabet participated as a keynote speaker at a conference organized by the Alliance for
Womens Empowerment. She shared with them success stories of how her clients are
enjoying the rewards of gender integration. In attendance were executives from Dow
Chemical, Google, Motorola, Unilever, KPMG, Whirlpool, and Accenture.

Customized Gender Integration Workshop at KPMG

New York City - 2014
KPMGs Hispanic, Latino and Women networks sponsored its first strategic workshop
designed to provide a solid understanding of issues related to gender perceptions
that impact performance at work. Conducted by Rodriguez & Associates, the
workshop included tips and exercises that gave attendees a clear sense of direction for
implementing change.

ADHA event in Chicago, featured speaker- Chicago - 2011

Elisabet Rodriguez was a featured presenter at the American Dental Hygienists
Association (ADHA) leadership development weekend in Chicago. Titled Unleashing
Your Potential, this event brought together women of all experience levels from across
the country, as well as members of the ADHA Board of Trustees and Governance
Committee, with the goal of empowering, supporting, and developing womens
leadership skills.