12 Step Framework to hire more women in your workforce
After having established the need and proclaimed a commitment to increase the proportion of women in their workforce, organisations often face a challenge in actually finding women to recruit into their talent pool. While it is difficult, promoting gender diversity and consciously hiring more women in the workplace is possible with a proactive approach from organizations. The following 12-Step framework could serve as a quick guide for organisations to initiate their diversity recruitment process: Remember that creating a more gender-diverse workplace is not a simple, one-step exercise but is an ongoing process that requires continuous effort and improvement.
Three myths we need to bust to see more women in leadership in 2023
While “not being able to balance the competing demands of work and family” is often the “socially acceptable” reason to give employers, evidence strongly suggests that women quit when they don’t feel incentivised to stay back in the organisation.
Toolkits, Books and Resources for Bringing DEI Policies in Organisations
Building diverse, gender-equal and women-friendly companies is a prime concern for all organisations that want to maximise growth and attract the best talent. But if it is not done right, efforts and money spent on attracting and nurturing female talent do not end up yielding the expected benefits. Therefore, a good practice would be understand the theory and concepts of building diverse organisations and learning from examples of other organisations. Here’s a Reading List of free and priced tool-kits and books to help Senior Management as well those in HR and Diversity teams get familiar with these –
Leadership Competencies To Propel Women’s Leadership In The New Normal
3 key competencies- Courageous Mindset, Resilient Agility and Visibility – which are a part of a Shenomics Competency Framework for women leaders
Quick Primer on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Practices for Workplaces
Definition of DEI; and Best practices for and pathways to effective implementation of DEI initiatives in Workplace
Reasons to Employ Women in your Workforce: it increases revenues, profits and investor returns
“Why make the efforts to hire women when there are enough men? Why take on the financial liabilities of providing maternity benefits or period leaves or safe transportation back home, when male employees can be hired at a lower costs? “ “Does it make business sense to hire women in roles that require high commitments travel or working for long hours? Is it prudent to invest money on training women to join the leadership pipeline when they may just quit to look after family ? “ “Why make all the effort to build gender diverse teams?” If you are the owner, Leader or HR … More
How women friendly are Indian Workplaces: A perception study of employees
Grit and Grace: The Leadership Qualities Needed During Covid times
model can act as a guide for leaders to develop their crisis leadership skills
Workplaces must address the huge gender gap in AI
The gender gap in STEM fields is a widely discussed topic, and now we have new information that takes the discussion one step further – the gender gap in Artificial Intelligence (AI). As demand for AI skills escalates across industries, there is risk that it will perpetuate and even widen the gender gaps in technology sector. Some analysts contend that artificial intelligence itself could magnify inequality across a range of contexts, as algorithms often reflect the implicit biases of their creators. Using data from LinkedIn, the World Economic Forum studied the gender gap in the talent pool having AI skills (published as part of the 2018 World Gender Gap Index … More