Parity Podcast

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

Website: www.par-ity.com

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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!