In the premiere episode of the Parity Podcast, we discuss the dismal state of workplace gender equality, explore the working world by looking at the numbers, and make the case for our signature Parity Prescription.
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Intro
0:20 Experts believe that it will take 100 years to achieve gender parity [after the recording of this episode, the World Economic Forum has extended the time to achieve gender parity to ~135 years]
World Economic Forum
1:48 We have been treating the symptoms instead of the cause of gender inequality and that needs to change
3:07 Our goal is to arm you with information, data, and ideas
3:35 Objective is to increase success of listeners and we want to hear from you
4:55 We will be light on the chit chat and show you evidence-based solutions
State of Women as of March 2021
5:39 Women are trailing men in the workplace by most measurements
6:07 Gender bias is a challenge
7:18 Harmful for women to blame themselves for career hurdles without considering the impact of gender bias
8:07 Parity means an equal opportunity to succeed
9:06 Women are superstars in college and earn more degrees than men at all college levels
LeanIn and McKinsey 2020 Report
9:30 Beginning with the first promotion, more men than women advance
LeanIn and McKinsey 2020 Report
Fast Company article
10:42 Women should win a higher percentage of early promotions because we have more college degrees
10:55 Only 37% of managers, 29% of senior manager, and 23% of executive managers are women
Catalyst article
LeanIn and McKinsey 2020 Report
11:50 5% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women
LeanIn and McKinsey 2020 Report
Washington State University article
12:30 We Can Do Hard Things
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Parity Prescription
12:50 We can accelerate gender parity with our signature Parity Prescription
How the Parity Prescription Can Work for You
13:45 Elements of the Parity Prescription are:
S - Stop Trying to Change Women
C - Create Diverse Teams
R - Recognize Unconscious Bias
I - Intentionally Include
P - Partner with Men as Allies
T - Talk About the Issues
Stop Trying to Change Women
14:44 Women are constantly encouraged to change - we’re told how to think, act, behave, be confident, etc.
15:35 Women don’t need “special help” - workplaces need to accept our authenticity
16:30 Women have to navigate unconscious bias and cultures built by men in male-dominated workplaces
17:29 Impact of “me too”
18:10 Role of personal responsibility
18:35 Women shouldn’t be expected to behave like men
19:05 In male-dominated organizations, success often looks like a man and not a woman
19:55 We all need to work together for continuous improvement to nudge workplace cultures in the right direction
Create Diverse Teams
20:30 Create Diverse Teams for more profitability and employee job satisfaction
21:30 Example of a customer meeting lacking diversity on one side
22:16 Importance of empathy as we work towards more diverse teams; try to avoid excluding and instead consider expanding the team
23:33 We’re all carrying a heavy backpack uphill and it’s a question of how many rocks we are each carrying
Recognize Unconscious Bias
24:55 Recognize Unconscious Bias because we all have it
Unconscious Bias: Hidden Forces Undermining Women at Work
27:02 It is challenging to overcome unconscious bias
28:55 Need to check our own unconscious bias - we will do a deeper dive on unconscious bias
Episode 2: How to Understand Unconscious Bias So We Can See Women
Intentionally Include
29:30 Importance of Intentional Inclusion
30:30 We All Want to Be Invited to the Party
Intentional Inclusiveness in Community Renaissance by Scott Wylie
30:38 Women and people in other underrepresented groups are often excluded in the workplace
31:30 People have poorer work experiences when they are not intentionally included
32:00 Consider eye contact, interruptions, etc. when you try to intentionally include
Conversation Starters To Intentionally Include
Partner with Men as Allies
32:25 We need men to make progress
33:00 Men often show interest but sometimes don’t know how to help
33:15 We will talk more about male allies in a future episode
Episode 5 - How Male Allies Can Lean In for Measurable Gains to Achieve Parity
34:10 Women need to have more conversations with men
Talk About the Issues
34:42 Change is accomplished by speaking up
35:12 One person can make organizational change
35:30 We will talk more on this topic in a future episode
How to Have Tough Conversations At Work
Where You Can Find Us
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Co-Hosts: Deborah Pollack-Milgate and Cathy Nestrick
Contributor: Dr. Nithila Peter of eiLeads
Email [email protected] with questions or comments
We hope to connect with you again soon so that we can make progress with the Parity Prescription!
