Gender Diversity Benefits in the Workplace
Gender Diversity Benefits in the Workplace 1
- Trust is critical for building successful organizational cultures. Gender diversity and equality lays the foundation for trust. Treating everyone equally and fairly, employees feel respected and safe. This culture reflects on the organization's social sustainability as employees are retained and tend to give their best.
- A gender-diverse culture promotes openness. As everyone feels respected and appreciated, employees feel their input is critical. Therefore, everyone shares thoughts and ideas openly.
- Inclusion promotes a good identity and brand for the organization, whether internally or externally, making the company an attractive workplace. Inclusion, therefore, increases the talent pool of high calibers applying to the company, including high potential females.
- The more the merrier! Yes! Having both men and women in almost equal numbers ensures the presentation of various viewpoints. Hence, guarantees good problem-solving and decision-making.
- Gender diversity management is not an easy process. Whether strategically, culturally, or operationally, it takes a lot of effort to implement it for real. It brings an edge to the company and differentiates the denominator from the competition.
- The representation of females equally within the company ensures that female customers are well heard & understood.
As all those minds come together, it's time to celebrate success. Yet, the celebration has to be all over the organization. Employees are the central part of this success. Now, they are celebrating gender diversity success. A few years from now, they will be celebrating social sustainability with the same system in place. However, whether this team will be there or not, those are the ones who built the system for this company. A company that is built to last.
1Sangeeta Bharadwaj Badal, GALLUP, The Business Benefits of Gender Diversity, 20 Jan 2014, Accessed 20 July 2021, https://www.gallup.com/workplace/236543/business-benefits-gender-diversity.aspx
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