Bridging
the Gender Gap: A
New Approach to Shattering the Glass Ceiling
Despite
strong efforts in many organizations, women continue to be poorly represented
in top leadership roles worldwide. This means many businesses are failing to
reap the well-documented "gender dividend." So what are all these
well-meaning companies doing wrong?
Chances
are, they are looking at "advancing women leaders" as a development
issue, or perhaps as a hiring-and-promoting challenge --- when, in fact, it's a
culture change issue. Advancing women into leadership roles successfully
requires bringing together all stakeholders (and both genders) in a concerted
change effort, with support and energy from top leadership. The organization
must change, to bridge the gender gap and make the very best use of all its
talent, thereby gaining a competitive advantage.
In order to achieve that, workplaces need to consider the following issues:- The
gender dividend: the business advantage of developing women leaders in the
organization
- Why
addressing this challenge as a change effort that brings many stakeholders
together is essential to success
- How change management initiative can succeed in bridging the gender gap by being inclusive of everyone
- How
to use talent management strategy as a key lever
- Specific skills women leaders need to be effective in positions of power
