In the modern day workplace, championing diversity, specifically gender diversity, is not just an ethical responsibility but also a business imperative. Understanding gender diversity, cultivating the skill set to lead a training session, implementing it in a way that genuinely impacts an organization's culture, and reflecting on its effectiveness are all vital aspects to the process.
Building Empathy into Your Gender Equality Training
How Workplace Practices That Support Women Benefit Everyone
Embracing gender equality and supporting women in the workplace is more than just a moral imperative—it’s a strategic necessity. Practices range from providing equal opportunities and promoting diversity to implementing robust maternity and return-to-work programs and weave a comprehensive picture that better equips companies to attract, retain, and advance female talent. Today we focus on understanding the urgent need for gender equality in the workplace, leveraging female talent through strategic policies, and the significance of advancing women into leadership roles for enhancing organizational culture.
Stop Resisting: The Importance of Gender Diversity in the Workplace
In the global business ecosystem, gender diversity has been recognized as a critical driver for productivity, innovation, and profitability. Nevertheless, it's also an area that many organizations struggle to fully comprehend and embrace, often meeting the idea with resistance. From defining what gender diversity means in the workplace, understanding the associated economic benefits, to knowing the steps necessary to foster a gender-inclusive culture; we will delve into all these areas. This is your invitation to join us as we unpack the importance of gender diversity in the workplace and explore practical ways of fostering it in your organization.
Three Benefits of Gender Diversity in the Workplace
In an increasingly globalized and interconnected business environment, gender diversity in workplaces is not just a matter of principle, but also an economic necessity. A business that supports gender diversity is more likely to reap numerous benefits such as higher return on investment (ROI), innovation and creativity, and enhanced company reputation. Conversely, businesses which do not prioritize gender diversity face certain challenges.
Boosting Inclusion: How Gender Workplace Diversity Drives Success
In today's diverse and interconnected world, fostering an inclusive and balanced workplace has many benefits. Not only is it morally right to ensure equal representation and opportunities regardless of gender, but it's also a clear business advantage. From technology giants like Google paving the path to inclusivity, small startups and traditional firms alike can gain insight and direction in their journey towards gender diversity. Today we are taking an in-depth look into the nuances of gender diversity, its importance, and its impact on a business's success. We discuss several strategies followed by successful corporates to create an inclusive environment and unravel research findings linking gender diversity to economic benefits and innovation.
How Gender Diversity Impacts Everyone
Diversity and inclusion are more than just buzzwords or boxes to check. They are strategic imperatives that have the potential to drive real innovation, creativity, and profitability. In this post, we delve deeper into understanding the importance of diversity in the workplace, its contribution to various facets of business, the challenges faced in implementing diversity, and the measures that can be taken to promote an inclusive environment. Furthermore, we explore the future of diversity and inclusion, taking note of the role of technology and leadership in enhancing these efforts.
The Role of Gender in Intersectional Diversity and Inclusion
The concept of intersectionality has gained prominence within the discourse on diversity and inclusion. Rather than examining individual categories of identity in isolation, intersectionality acknowledges the complexity and interconnectedness of various social identities and how they influence people's experiences with privilege and marginalization.
Women in the Workplace 2021
In anticipation of the 2021 Women in the Workplace report, which was published in September, I was prepared for more bad news. Specifically I was preparing myself for a dramatic reduction in the representation of women in the corporate pipeline. After all, millions of women have left the workforce since the start of the pandemic. However, this year I was also surprised—more positively—to find that representation of women was still able to improve despite the challenges the pandemic has brought.
Retaining Women During COVID-19
As we continue to wrap our heads around concerning data points from the Women in the Workplace 2020 study and recent research from Deloitte, we ask ourselves what can be done to retain women in our organizations to avoid a reversal of the representation progress that has been made in recent years.
We’ve explored recommendations from a variety of sources and are guiding our clients to focus on 7 things to benefit all employees, but with a specific emphasis on the challenges and biases women in your organizations may be facing.
#EachforEqual - International Women’s Day 2020
International Women’s Day is just a few weeks away! March 8, 2020 marks a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women - while also marking a call to action for accelerating gender equality.
This year’s theme—Each for Equal—is a call of collective individualism. It relies on everyone taking individual action to create a more gender equal world.
Case Study: UC Emergency Medicine Applied Learning Session
In our third session with the Emergency Medicine Department at the University of Cincinnati, we returned to the topic of unconscious bias. Exactly a year after our first meeting, we revisited key topics on unconscious bias and spent the rest of our session together doing applied learning using the 50 Ways to Fight Bias cards from LeanIn.org.
What I'm Reading: Women in the Workplace 2019
Each year, we eagerly anticipate the release of the annual Women in the Workplace study conducted by LeanIn.org and McKinsey and Company. This year, the report’s fifth year, was no different. There are often new themes and new lenses on the topics of representation, bias, and how to mitigate unequal treatment in the workplace. Our big takeaway this year is a concept coined The Broken Rung.
Mind the Gap: A Closer Look at Women in Accounting
Similar to the statistics in the legal profession, women have made up 50% of the accounting talent pool for over 20 years, but that representation doesn’t translate to the partner level. Women only represent 21% of partners at firms with 100+ CPAs. At smaller firms, representation increases to 42%, signaling that some smaller firms have prioritized key strategies for recruiting and developing critical talent. How can more firms follow their lead to meet the demands of the talent gap in the coming years?
Press for Progress: Webinar Recap
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International Women’s Day: How to Celebrate
If we acknowledge the fact that it will take 217 years to reach gender parity, we know that one day of commemoration won’t expedite the process—but International Women’s Day is more than just one day. It is a moment to look back at the progress we have made and be proud of that, then it is time to get to work.
Why Workplace Gender Diversity Matters
Most managers, executives, and organizations agree that gender diversity is a great idea, but not all will follow through and take the steps that are necessary to improve gender parity. Here at Gild, we believe that diversity, and more specifically gender diversity, matters and we have first hand experienced the power of women in the workplace.