Influential Businesswoman Awards 2025 | 11 Geneva. This taught Nancy that even the most demanding situations are overcome by simplifying the complexities and finding common ground – a mindset that has proven integral in dismantling barriers amongst teams and building comprehensive and inclusive roadmaps. A serial entrepreneur, Nancy’s ability to advise and mentor business owners and executives keen to champion culture within their companies, improve their employee retention rates, and cultivate their leadership is reflected through the mastery embodied by Flexability daily. In August 2023, Nancy published The Advantage of Other, a guide for leaders who want to build a dynamic and productive workplace. When she is not working, Nancy is reading fiction, going for walks with her wife, playing catch-and-release with fresh-water trout, or planning her next travel adventure. Recognised as the Equity & Inclusion CEO of the Year 2025 (USA), this award is as much a celebration of Nancy Geenen as it is of Flexability LLC more generally. The insights the firm provides make all the difference for discerning businesses, and more information can be found at the web address listed below. Contact: Nancy Geenen https://www.nancygeenen.com Linkedin: njgeenen Company: Flexability LLC Web Address: www.flexability.com Equity & Inclusion CEO of the Year 2025 (USA): Nancy Geenen One of the elements of daily life disrupted most during the COVID-19 pandemic was work, and the profound shifts this landscape experienced over the course of just a few months highlighted that the need for change was both wider and more involved than Flexability initially thought. Becoming more encompassing in its approach, this transition was not just about the firm expanding its services, it was a deliberate play to improve the space and foster adaptive, inclusive, and resilient cultures. Right around the time Flexability discovered its true calling, the leadership duo of Nancy Geenen and Diti Bhasin began to emerge, with these women combining their diverse experiences with a shared vision for the future of work to shape the direction that the firm has been heading in ever since. Exploring this further, Nancy told us: “Together, we embody the principles of diversity, empathy, and adaptability, steering Flexability with a clear focus on impact and innovation.” These principles are then upheld with similar rigour by the rest of the small but dedicated team comprising Flexability, described by Nancy as a “collective of disruptors, thinkers, and visionaries.” Every member of the team brings a unique perspective and set of skills to the table, and it is the blending of these that allows the firm to create its signature custom strategies, strategies that not only resonate deeply with clients, but which also allow them to tackle workplace nuances from every angle. As for the innovative and practical solutions provided by Flexability, these encompass a holistic set of services tailored to every culture and designed to promote organisation-wide change as smoothly as possible. The company’s particular areas of speciality involve equity and inclusion initiatives, strategic consulting, and drawing from the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) framework to streamline the operations of client businesses and nurture growth within teams. Diving deeper into this, Nancy explained: “Our approach to building high-performing teams aligns with the client’s workforce strategy with business goals, ensuring the right people are in the right roles and, in turn, enhancing productivity and engagement.” Key to this is meeting the client where they are, before Nancy and co. use their tried-and-tested process to craft strategies around addressing inequality and building inclusivity, setting the wheels in motion for what is a multi-year commitment. On the back of its solutions, Flexability today serves as a partner for clients across the public, private, and civil sectors, helping all to traverse the complex landscape of the modern workplace. Reflecting on the growth experienced by the firm over the past few years, Nancy commented: “Our journey from focusing on employment for people with disabilities to becoming leaders in workplace culture and change management illustrates our adaptability and commitment to meaningful change.” Nancy has been demonstrating this adaptability herself over the course of a diverse career, including a 25-year stint as a trial attorney, during which she worked for two years as a prosector for the United Nations in Nancy Geenen is the CEO of Flexability LLC, a social impact firm focusing on equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace. Flexability started in 2019 as an inspirational spark, brought on by a drive to help people with disabilities find meaningful employment. As COVID caused the world to evolve overnight, Flexability evolved right alongside it, ushering in an area of lasting transformation by embracing the complexities of modern workplaces. We caught up with Nancy to learn more about her organisation’s work. AIS-May25106
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