Þórey Vilhjálmsdóttir Proppé interview on Hringbarut TV
Interview about how Empower is helping companies & institutions worldwide in achieving equality in the workplace
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Empower founder interviewed by Visir newspaper
The biggest achievement of the Empower Equality Roadmap is that the culture of the workplace is examined and changed in a proven 4 phase unique methodology.
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Thorey live in the studio at Reykjavík Global Forum - Women Leaders.
Take a look at Thorey Vilhjalmsdottir Proppe in the studio at the Reykjavík Global Forum – Women Leaders 2020, talking about The Empower Journey
Exporting gender equality
Empower is a newly established international equality consultancy firm. The company is a forum for comprehensive advice, education, cooperation and a toolbox for gender equality.
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Empower has hired four software developers.
The growing team will be working on the development of Empower Now, a software solution that enables companies and organizations worldwide to gain an overview of the state of diversity, equity & Inclusion in the workplace.
Agreement on the Empower Equality Roadmap to follow up on a survey on working methods and workplace culture in Althingi
Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, Speaker of the Parliament, and Ragna Árnadóttir, Secretary General, have signed a co-operation agreement with the representatives of the Empower Equality Roadmap
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Empower, an Icelandic DE&I firm focused on equality in the workplace, today announced it has secured $2.29m in funding.
The funding round is led by Frumtak Ventures, an Icelandic VC firm. Tennin, an early-stage angel investment firm, also participated in the round. The funding will be used to scale its DE&I methodologies, including benchmarking, training and analytics services, through its new SaaS solution, Empower NOW.
The office of the National Commissioner of Police in Iceland has signed a contract with Empower to enter into the Empower Equality Roadmap
Work on the project will begin in January and include all staff members during the unique 4 phase model. The Office of the National Commissioner of Police will then be added to a group of leading organisations that have been through the project such as The National Power Company, Landsvirkjun, The Metropolitan Police, The National Bank, Landsbankinn, the University of Akureyri and others.
Ásthildur Otharsdóttir has been appointed as chairman of the board at Empower. She will represent Frumtak Ventures, which led 300 million ISK of funding in Empower to build the software solution Empower Now.
Jóhann Þorvaldur Bergþórsson and Dee Thomsen have been appointed as board members.
Ingunn Guðmundsdóttir and Snæfríður Jónsdóttir have joined the ever growing Empower team.
Both of them will work as experts in digital development and marketing. Ingunn comes to Empower from Capacent, where she worked as a management consultant.
Snæfríður comes from Pay Analytics, where she was an expert in the company's marketing team. Before that, she worked as a business manager at the advertising agency Twist.
The solution gives organisations a holistic view of the DEI status in the workplace in a dashboard for managers.
The metrics in the dashboard are based on their Empowers proven methodology, which is now being converted into the software EMPOWER NOW. "To be able to get a complete overview of diversity & inclusion in the organisation," says Þórey.
"The DE&I market is becoming bigger every year. Organisations are having trouble with toxic workplace culture and can't attract certain groups of people, like the younger generation."
Þórey Vilhjálmsdóttir Proppé talks about how Empower Now will help companies to uncover, address and correct workplace biases and toxic culture traits. With our high impact methodologies, organisations can create change for more inclusive and equal workplaces.
Þórey Vilhjálmsdóttir Proppé and Asthildur Otharsdottir visited Markaðurinn last week to talk about our #dei solution Empower Now, the rapidly growing #dei market and key takeaways from Reykjavík Global Forum - Women Leaders.
Empower has hired Adda Guðrún Gylfadóttir and Hanna Alexandra Helgadóttir as experts in digital micro-education and content creation.
Empower's software is planned to be launched internationally next year.
Snæfríður talks about her passion in an interview with VB.
"I get to work with a great group of talented people and we will launch our software solution, Empower Now, on the international market in autumn 2023," says Snæfríður.
