Thanks to my colleagues & friends who shared their thoughts on my last post Is quitting an easier option for women, I feel encouraged to launch this online qualitative study.
Women do not vanish from workforce suddenly. They slowly trickle out, drop by drop, across management levels (including senior). Worldwide, organizations are focusing on enhancing gender diversity. While few may be doing lip service, most are serious. Yet the leakage continues.
Family reasons (child or elderly care, family movement) are only a part of the challenge, there are several other reasons. Even as organizations are introducing programs to build inclusive culture and providing career enablers, it’s important for women to re-wire!
Request you to reflect on two questions and share your thoughts:
1. What mind-set shift is required in women such that quitting workforce is the very last option?
2. How can this shift be induced? What changes need to be brought in society, workplace and home front?
I look forward to hearing your thoughts, who knows where this small conversation may lead to.
P.S – This qualitative study is my personal endeavour driven by my conviction, it is not associated with any organization.
At the outset, I would like to thank you for stopping by my Blog.
I believe that there is nothing right or wrong in this world. What’s right in this moment and context may be wrong in another moment and context. This belief has inspired me to name my blog ‘Perspectives’.
Perspectives is a platform for me to share my experiences, thoughts and perspectives on various subjects. You may have a different point of view. I look forward to hearing them, these are the triggers for rich and deep conversations.
On personal front, I live in Mumbai, India. I love to read; Somerset Maugham and Nevil Shute are my favorite authors. My favorite books are The Razor’s Edge, Mrs. Craddock, Chequer Board and Gone with the Wind. I am thankful to my father who inculcated the habit of reading in me early on.
I am also passionate about traveling, I have been to most parts of India and to several countries across the globe.
On professional front, I work in Human Resources function. Over two and half decades, I have worked across multiple industries and cultures. I focus on Leadership Development, Talent Management, Visioning and Culture, Large-scale change, Employee Listening & Engagement, Employee Well-being, Inclusive work culture, HR effectiveness, Behavior and Mind-set shifts through sustained interventions
I currently lead Organization Effectiveness Function for Aditya Birla Group, a $44.3 billion conglomerate with 120000 employees across 35 countries.
I sincerely hope that you will enjoy reading my blog. I look forward to your thoughts and suggestions.
Thank you!
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2 thoughts on “Seek your inputs on ‘how to re-wire women and retain in workforce’”
Hi Padmadi,
you r writing on a topic which is so close to my heart .
One thing which I noticed in EPC companies in engg or projects, women are not included in prestigious projects or the special projects .Later this becomes one of the reasons not to promote them to senior management level.diversity and inclusivity in most of the core engg companies is a lip service.if women do not get adequate exposure how can they go to higher level.
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Hi Padmadi,
you r writing on a topic which is so close to my heart .
One thing which I noticed in EPC companies in engg or projects, women are not included in prestigious projects or the special projects .Later this becomes one of the reasons not to promote them to senior management level.diversity and inclusivity in most of the core engg companies is a lip service.if women do not get adequate exposure how can they go to higher level.
I agree with what you say Alaka. there is a need to move beyond lip service and take bets on women