Although today’s Global Gender Gap Report demonstrates that some progress has been made over the past decade in improving gender balance in the workplace, it is clear that we still have a long way to go. Outdated stereotypes based on supposed “male and female” roles in the workplace have a very negative effect on our cultural attitudes on who is suitable for which jobs. We still haven’t recognised the needs of modern families; in homes with both parents working there is a need for senior positions to offer greater flexibility around working hours to manage childcare commitments. Women are still passed over for top jobs leading to a lack of senior role models for our emerging female talent to aspire to.

If we are to get there, it will require both men and women, at all levels, to embrace and promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Business leaders must make it a priority to proactively identify, develop and promote leaders of both sexes. Organisations need to look at their cultures, making sure they are doing all they can to achieve this much needed change and embracing the fact that diversity is great for business and the economy.

In this thought provoking session, Change-Gear Ltd will explore these and other challenges that organisations face in changing cultural behaviours. By inviting the audience to work collaboratively with them they will explore practical ways and suggestions to make real inroads into addressing gender imbalance within the workplace.
Speaker: Change-Gear Ltd