{"id":19116,"date":"2019-08-16T11:04:35","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T11:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceo-na.com\/?p=19116"},"modified":"2019-08-16T16:06:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T16:06:05","slug":"women-in-the-workplace-challenged-and-significantly-underrepresented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/business\/industry\/women-in-the-workplace-challenged-and-significantly-underrepresented\/","title":{"rendered":"Women have it tougher in the workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"

Women \u2014particularly of color\u2014 continue to be vastly underrepresented in the workplace: McKinsey report.<\/p>\n

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Since 2015, the first year of the \u201cWomen in the Workplace\u201d by McKinsey<\/a>, corporate America has made almost no progress in improving women\u2019s representation.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to McKinsey\u2019s most recent index \u2014which surveyed 279 companies employing more than 13 million people\u2014 companies are disadvantaging women in hiring, promotions and manager-level jobs, despite that they earn more bachelor\u2019s degrees than men, and have done so for decades.<\/span><\/p>\n

McKinsey reports that men hold up 62% of manager positions, while women hold only 38%.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If companies continue to hire and promote women to manager at current rates, the number of women in management will increase by just one percentage point over the next ten years.<\/span><\/p>\n

The bad news, however, is that progress isn\u2019t just slow, it\u2019s actually stalled.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite public outcry and hand-wringing, little has actually changed and boards remain frighteningly homogenous.<\/span><\/p>\n

Deloitte found that just 14% of board seats in the Americas are held by women, up just slightly from 12% in 2015. And the proportion of female board chairs\u2014 which is less than 4%\u2014did not change during that time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Companies need to take more decisive action regarding the uneven field women have to compete in, one that starts treating gender diversity like the business priority it is.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Other key findings from the report:<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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    A third of lesbian women feel like they can\u2019t talk about themselves or their life outside of work.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    55% of women in senior leadership, 48% of lesbian women, and 45% of women in technical fields report they\u2019ve been sexually harassed. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    Only 32% of women think that disrespectful behavior toward women is often quickly addressed by their companies, compared to 50% of men. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    Just 62% of employees say that in the past year their company has reaffirmed that sexual harassment won\u2019t be tolerated.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    45% of men think women are well represented in leadership when 1 in 10 senior leaders in their company is a woman. By comparison, 28% of women think this. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    More than 90% of companies say they prioritize gender and racial diversity because it leads to better business results, but the message is not reaching employees. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

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