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Kathleen Martin
Guest
We apply new technologies and capabilities in our workplace every day. Only a couple of years ago, remote and hybrid work arrangements, doing business by Zoom, and widespread application of artificial intelligence were not standard practices. The next five years promise to bring another period of exponential change. Keeping up with technology requires us to learn, grow, and evolve.
Imagine what the workplace will be like for your great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter. The technologies she will use are unimaginable to us. She may be working on another planet. And when she joins the workforce in the year 2191, she may be the first in your line to experience gender pay equality at work. In their Global Gender Gap Report from 2016, the World Economic Forum estimated that, at the current rate of change, it will take 170 years to close the gender pay gap.
Technologically, we are moving at a lightning pace. We embrace this change. Societally though, we remain mired in outdated norms and archaic thinking about women at work, especially in leadership roles. It’s hard to believe that it wasn’t that long ago when, in 1974, women were first permitted to have credit cards in their names. So change is occurring. But while we are quickly keeping up with technology, we are failing to learn, grow, and evolve our cultural thinking when it comes to women in the workplace.
Why Gender Inclusivity is Vital at this Moment
Taking a broad view, we face incredible global challenges with growing economic, educational, and health inequalities, planetary pillage for the profit of a few, and severe food instability in many regions. All of these issues are exacerbated by a lack of global cooperation to address them.
The bottom line is that the political, economic, and social hierarchies that have been in place for countless years are not working.
We must place a higher value on inclusivity of all ideas, capabilities, and talents. It’s a matter of survival.
Why Women Are Decelerating Their Careers or Leaving the Workforce
Women are suffering burnout at a rate higher than men, and many are considering a significant change in their professional lives. Some are opting out of the workforce entirely.
In McKinsey’s 2021 Women in the Workplace study encompassing 65,000 respondents from more than 400 organizations, one in three women said they “have considered downshifting their career or leaving the workforce this year,” up considerably from one in four in early 2020. This exodus could wipe out recent gains towards workplace gender equality.
We become frustrated and angry when our contributions are undervalued and minimized at work. We try harder to please, we disengage, or we leave. At home, even if with a supportive spouse or partner, we wrestle with the longstanding cultural norms that have compelled us to bear the weight of planning and managing the daily demands of a household and family.
Continue reading: https://ceoworld.biz/2021/12/04/women-in-the-workplace-how-to-speed-up-the-snails-pace-of-creating-gender-equality-at-work/
Imagine what the workplace will be like for your great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter. The technologies she will use are unimaginable to us. She may be working on another planet. And when she joins the workforce in the year 2191, she may be the first in your line to experience gender pay equality at work. In their Global Gender Gap Report from 2016, the World Economic Forum estimated that, at the current rate of change, it will take 170 years to close the gender pay gap.
Technologically, we are moving at a lightning pace. We embrace this change. Societally though, we remain mired in outdated norms and archaic thinking about women at work, especially in leadership roles. It’s hard to believe that it wasn’t that long ago when, in 1974, women were first permitted to have credit cards in their names. So change is occurring. But while we are quickly keeping up with technology, we are failing to learn, grow, and evolve our cultural thinking when it comes to women in the workplace.
Why Gender Inclusivity is Vital at this Moment
Taking a broad view, we face incredible global challenges with growing economic, educational, and health inequalities, planetary pillage for the profit of a few, and severe food instability in many regions. All of these issues are exacerbated by a lack of global cooperation to address them.
The bottom line is that the political, economic, and social hierarchies that have been in place for countless years are not working.
We must place a higher value on inclusivity of all ideas, capabilities, and talents. It’s a matter of survival.
Why Women Are Decelerating Their Careers or Leaving the Workforce
Women are suffering burnout at a rate higher than men, and many are considering a significant change in their professional lives. Some are opting out of the workforce entirely.
In McKinsey’s 2021 Women in the Workplace study encompassing 65,000 respondents from more than 400 organizations, one in three women said they “have considered downshifting their career or leaving the workforce this year,” up considerably from one in four in early 2020. This exodus could wipe out recent gains towards workplace gender equality.
We become frustrated and angry when our contributions are undervalued and minimized at work. We try harder to please, we disengage, or we leave. At home, even if with a supportive spouse or partner, we wrestle with the longstanding cultural norms that have compelled us to bear the weight of planning and managing the daily demands of a household and family.
Continue reading: https://ceoworld.biz/2021/12/04/women-in-the-workplace-how-to-speed-up-the-snails-pace-of-creating-gender-equality-at-work/
