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WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP 39 NYC Health + Hospitals directs one-third of spending to women, minority-owned businesses By Alexis Kayser N YC Health + Hospitals spent more than $747 million — 32 percent of its eligible procurement spending — with minority- and women-owned businesses in fiscal year 2022. The health system is making a "concerted effort" to manage its contracts and supply chain services with minority- and women-owned businesses, according to an Oct. 26 news release. In 2021, its executive team implemented its first vendor diversity policy. Its measures include scoring points for minority- and women-owned subcontractors in solicitations, and allowing discretionary purchases less than $1 million to be made with minority- and women- owned businesses. In fiscal year 2021, the system spent $419 million with minority- and women-owned businesses; in 2020, it spent $124 million. n The pitfalls of the 'glass cliff' for women of color in leadership By Alexis Kayser W hen women of color are selected for high-level leadership positions, hidden expectations are oen placed upon them — and they tend to be unrealistic, according to a Nov. 6 article published in Fortune. e article described the "glass cliff," a phenomenon in which women of color are promoted to leadership positions in tumultuous times and expected to immediately fix a company's culture. It is common for a Black woman to be "called in to clean up a mess she didn't create," according to the article — especially aer the 2020 "racial reckoning," which exposed a need for more diverse leadership. Oen, these women are not sufficiently supported in their roles. In addition, women of color are expected to enact cultural change, not just fill business needs, the article said. "Oentimes when we're hired, we're not given the full breadth and scope of what's really required to be successful in a role," Minda Harts, a workplace and equity consultant and assistant professor of public service at New York University, told Fortune. "It's unfortunate that a lot of us are put in positions to turn water into wine." Black women are more likely to be seen as strong and self-sacrificing, according to a 2014 Kennesaw (Ga.) State University study referenced by Fortune. is stereotype brings pressure and, according to the study can "increase the relationship between stress and depressive symptoms." And it can make it harder for Black women to leave when a new role is not a good fit. "e issue when you're 'the first' or 'the only' is that to many, you represent an entire industry," Dana Canedy, the first Black senior vice president and publisher at Simon & Schuster, who recently stepped down from her role, told e New York Times. "And I embrace that. However, it made it harder to make a decision that I felt was right for me." n ADVERTISINGINDEX Note: Ad page number(s) given in parentheses CHG Healthcare. chghealthcare.com/people-tech (pg. 3) Kindred. lifepointbehavioralhealth.net (pg. 40) Multiview Financial. multiviewcorp.com (pg. 5)