During the process of talent recruitment, it has been observed that large numbers of women make it to the biggest of companies. The gap between men and women isn’t high at this stage but keeps getting worse for women as the levels rise up. This is due to three main reasons. One of them is that the playing field isn’t equal as men tend to get the meatier assignments at the start of their careers as opposed to their female counterparts. The performance management systems are still not gender neutral especially as women are usually subjected to working long hours managing household or family requirements in addition to office pressures. A lot of companies are found guilty of just providing lip service to the concept of gender-equality but not actually implementing it. Instead holistic change is required where culture, systems and behaviours get altered.

Source:https://www.forbes.com/sites/lbsbusinessstrategyreview/2017/03/08/three-reasons-why-leaning-in-is-not-enough/#7968a4a7336c

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