Unit 4 Executive Summary: Empowering Women in the Workplace 1 Executive Summary

Empowering Women in the Workplace

By: Courtney Zemke More than hal o !merican women are the "rea#winner$ in their hou$ehol#$% "ut women $till earn && cent$ or every #ollar a man earn$ 'Baha#ur% ()1*+, Empowering women in the workplace i$ e$$ential in or#er to create a gen#er #iver$e work orce, Un ortunately% many women ace internal an# external "arrier$ that hol# them$elve$ "ack, Sheryl San#"erg talk$ a"out the$e "arrier$ in her "ook Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, She i$ one o the mo$t in luential women in to#ay-$ $ociety,

Sheryl Sandberg
Sheryl Sandberg is the current Chief Operating Officer at Facebook, .rior to /ace"ook San#"erg wa$ the 0ice .re$i#ent o 1lo"al 2nline Sale$ an# 2peration$ at 1oogle an# chie o $ta at the Unite# State$ 3rea$ury 4epartment, 5n ()1*% San#"erg wa$ ranke# i th on Fortune-$ li$t o 6) Mo$t .ower ul Women in Bu$ine$$ '4unn% ()1*+, She wa$ al$o one o Time-$ 1)) Mo$t 5n luential .eople in the Worl# 'Steinem% ()1*+, San#"erg $erve$ on the "oar#$ or the ollowing organi7ation$ an# companie$: /ace"ook 4i$ney Women or Women 5nternational 084ay 29E

(Sandberg, 2013)

San#"erg-$ "ook Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead ocu$e$ on encouraging women to lea# live$ in the $ame way their male counterpart$ #o, She write$ that there are

Unit 4 Executive Summary: Empowering Women in the Workplace ( "arrier$% external an# internal% that #i$courage women rom reaching higher level$ o $ucce$$ $uch a$ the corporate level $he ha$ reache#, 3here are many #i erent part$ o an organi7ation, 3wo type$ o role$ #i$cu$$e# in Lean In are $ta an# line role$,

Staff Roles vs. Line Roles

!uer"ach '()11+ #e ine$ $ta role$ a$ the employee$ that #o not #irectly "ring in revenue an# pro it% wherea$ the line role$ are re$pon$i"le or core "u$ine$$ unction$ $uch a$ pro it an# lo$$, :ine role$ are the manager$ an# all C8level role$ in an organi7ation,

! ()1( Mckin$ey $urvey o more than 4%))) employee$ o lea#ing companie$ oun# that *@< o men want to reach C8level management compare# to only 1A< o women 'Bar$h > Bee% ()1(+,

Why Are More Females Opting Out of C-level Roles

San#"erg #i$cu$$e$ two type$ o "arrier$ that hol# women "ack rom accelerating in pro e$$ional growth, 3here are external barriers in which companie$ place on women in the workplace, 3here are al$o internal barriers women have that hol# them$elve$ "ack rom accompli$hing the goal$ their male colleague$ ten# to reach, !"ternal #arriers Marriage and family obligations are the primary rea$on$ women #o not reach a$ many C8level ;o"$ a$ male$ 'San#"erg% ()1*+, C8level ;o"$ are le$$ lexi"le an# a$ women orm amilie$% $ta role$ $eem more appealing, Women assume they cannot be committed to both a family and a career. he workplace reinforces this belief with: 1, :ack o pai# time o #uring pregnancy, San#"erg $ay$ that women who take time out o the work orce pay a "ig career penalty, 2nly &4< o pro e$$ional women will re;oin the work orce at any capacity% an# only 4)< return to ull8time ;o"$ 'San#"erg% ()1*+, ! woman-$ average annual earning$ #ecrea$e "y ()< i they are out o the work orce or ;u$t one year '=o$e > ?artmann% ())4+, (, Expen$ive an# un#epen#a"le chil#care, Chil# care i$ a huge expen$e% an# it-$

Unit 4 Executive Summary: Empowering Women in the Workplace * ru$trating to work har# ;u$t to "reak even%C 'San#"erg% ()1*+, 9ot only i$ chil#care expen$ive% it i$ har# to in# $omeone #epen#a"le an# tru$tworthy, !$ mentione# earlier% C8level role$ are le$$ lexi"le than $ta role$, 3hey o ten reDuire longer hour$ an# travel, /in#ing chil#care with thi$ lexi"ility i$ o ten #i icult, Solutions: /uture manager$ an# "u$ine$$ pro e$$ional$ $houl# in# way$ to re#uce the$e career penaltie$ an# help com"ine work an# amily re$pon$i"ilitie$, 1overnmental an# in$titutional policie$ $houl# reDuire pai# per$onal time o % a or#a"le an# high Duality chil#care an# lexi"le work practice$, .ro e$$ional women $houl# mea$ure the co$t o chil#care with their uture $alary rather than their current $alary "ecau$e a$ year$ go "y% compen$ation o ten increa$e$ 'San#"erg% ()1*+, /lexi"ility with $enior level ;o"$ o ten increa$e$ too, Senior lea#er$ have more control over their hour$ an# $che#ule$, $nternal #arriers 3he way a woman attributes her own success and failure play$ a $igni icant role 5n how they promote them$elve$ in the workplace, 3he ollowing graph #epict$ how Sheryl San#"erg $ay$ women an# men attri"ute their own $ucce$$ an# ailure, Women typically cre#it other$ an# are tougher on them$elve$ compare# to men,
!ender Women Success External actor$ in$i$ting $he Eworke# har#C or Egot luckyC% mentor$ 5nnate Dualitie$ an# $kill$ Failure :ack o a"ility

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Sheryl San#"erg give$ many example$ in how women under"alue themsel"es more than men, 1, Men will apply or a ;o" in which they meet @)< o the Duali ication$, Women wont apply or a ;o" unle$$ they-re 1))< Duali ie# 'San#"erg% ()1*+, 5n $uch a a$t pa$t environment% companie$ #o not alway$ have time to $i t through re$ume$, 5t i$ important to $ay Eye$C an# igure it out laterF men have "een #oing it or year$% women $houl# too, (, Millennial women 'tho$e "orn "etween 1GA)8()))+ were le$$ likely than their male peer$ to characteri7e them$elve$ a$ Elea#er$C Evi$ionarie$C E$el con i#entC an# Ewilling to take ri$k$C '1oux% ()1(+, 1oux '()1(+ re er$ to thi$ a$ the lea#er$hip am"ition gap, Since more men are aiming or more lea#er$hip role$% it-$ not $urpri$ing that they o"tain them,

Unit 4 Executive Summary: Empowering Women in the Workplace 4 A Challenge for Future Managers% /uture manager$ $houl# create opportunitie$ that champion women to accelerate their pro e$$ional growth on a cour$e towar#$ top8level management, 3hey $houl# encourage women to take re$pon$i"ility o their own $ucce$$e$ an# apply or ;o"$ even when they are not entirely Duali ie#, 3he more $ucce$$ they try to attain% the more they will accompli$h, .romote women in the o ice an# encourage the other men to #o the $ame, 1en#er #iver$ity i$ key "ecau$e it-$ "e$t to have a work orce that matche$ their cu$tomer-$ #emographic$ 'Bar$h > Bee% ()1(+, A Challenge for Women% Women need to be motivated. Women should lead proactive lives in which they are just as ambitious as males. They need to correct their own success and attribution behaviors and help other women when they stru le with the same matter. Women should take more risks and ain the con!idence that their male collea ues seem to embody. I! women and men read "heryl "andber #s book, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, they woul# "e in$pire# an# motivate# to lea# a more empowere# li e, Equality in the United States is here; its been here for years. /or the ir$t time in !merican hi$tory% there are now more college8e#ucate# women than men8more than a million 'San#"erg% ()1*+, Women have all the opportunitie$ to reach or high po$itione# ;o"$% i they want them, 5t i$ up to uture "u$ine$$ lea#er$ to encourage an# $upport women on their way,

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Baha#ur% 9, '()1*% March @+, $lean in$ %uotes: && o! the best %uotations !rom sheryl sandber $s new book, =etrieve# rom http:HHwww,hu ingtonpo$t,comH()1*H)*H)4Hlean8in8Duote$8$heryl$an#"ergInI(A)@44A,html Bar$h% J,% > Bee% :, '()1(% !pril *)+, 'nlockin the Full (otential o! Women at Work. =etrieve# rom http:HHwww,mckin$ey,comHcareer$HwomenHKHme#iaH=eport$HWomenH()1(<()WSJ <()Women<()in<()the<()Economy<()white<()paper<()/59!:,a$h 4unn% C, '()1*% 2cto"er 1)+, Fortune$s most power!ul women in business, =etrieve# rom http:HHmoney,cnn,comHgalleryHlea#er$hipH()1*H1)H1)H6)8mo$t8power ul8women, ortuneH6,htmlL ii#MM.W1*I$pIli$t Goux, D. (2012). Millennials in the Workplace. Retrieved from http://www.bentley.edu/ enter!/!ite!/www.bentley.edu. enter!/file!/ enter!/ wb/millenni"l!# report.pdf =o$e% S,J,% > ?artmann% ?,5, '())4+, "till a man#s Labor )arket: The Lon *Term +arnin s ,ap. =etrieve# rom: http:HHwww,aec ,orgHuploa#Hpu"lication ile$H e$*@((h&@&,p# , San#"erg% S, '()1*+, Lean In. 9B: !l re# !, Nnop , Steinem% 1, '()1*% !pril 1A+, The -.&/ time &.., =etrieve# rom http:HHtime1)),time,comH()1*H)4H1AHtime81))H$li#eH$heryl8$an#"ergH