Gold IRA And How To Invest In Gold Successfully: The State of Women in Management

Monday 23 February 2015

The State of Women in Management

Last year when I was writing my most recent book on The Future of Work, I shared some ideas with my wife (Blake Morgan) around topics that I wanted to include and she said, “You know, you really should write something about women and management.” My immediate response was, “Huh? Why would I do that?” I was a bit naive when it came to anything related to women in the workplace. I always heard about the issues and challenges that women are faced with in the corporate world but I really didn’t know much about them. My wife has dealt with many of these first-hand and she encouraged me to do my own exploration. I was shocked by the information I found and the things I learned and perhaps most shocked by the things that I didn’t know! I feel a lot of people are in this same “I don’t know” boat.

I spent a considerable amount of time researching this and as a result have included a whole section in the book around women in management. I also wanted to share an infographic that I have been working on which I believe paints a good picture of what we are seeing. The infographic is broken down into a four parts:

The state of women in management

10 reasons why there aren’t more women in management

Why we should have more women in management

Steps we can take to get more women in management

The infographic follows the education process that I took to learn about this important topic and so I hope it will help others, both men and women, learn about why we need more women in management. I’m still learning quite a bit about workplace diversity, the challenges that women are faced with in the corporate world, and the dramatic impact that they can have on our organizations around the world. I certainly know more about this issue than I did a few years ago so I’m very proud of that.

I’d love to hear from women (and men) who have thoughts on this topic, I’m debating interviewing women for a follow-up or perhaps even doing a survey around this so let me know what you think in the comments and if this is something you would be interested in being a part of.

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