PWN Global Newsletter Q2 2017
Q2 2017
Dear PWN
Community,
MANbassadors? Engage men with daughters
We have spent the past years focusing on engaging
men more actively in our ambition to achieve gender balanced
leadership in business and society. And with success, as we are seeing
more and more traction with a multitude of men wanting to become part
of PWN Global. The key to our success has been to engage men who have
daughters. So, if you are looking to make a change in your workplace,
then go for the men with daughters and talk with them about their
hopes and dreams for their daughters’ futures. (And talking of
parenting - we have a great webinar on 28th April on tackling 'The
Guilty Factor' - Join
today!)
I was reminded of the article ‘How
Women Change Men’, recently re-published by The
Atlantic. It states that male CEOs with firstborn daughters actually
pay their employees more, giving female employees the biggest raises.
The study referenced dates back to 2012 and still provides great
insight into what drives the gender pay gap, and also men’s
traditional perceptions of women’s roles.
There is a positive difference if the first born
is a girl. Men will also be keener to help out at home if they have
daughters. Anecdotally we know that most male CEOs who advocate gender
balanced leadership, both in their own organizations as well as
publicly, will not only have daughters, but will also have a wife, and
quite often a mother, with a successful career. It shows a stark
contrast to those men whose wives stay at home. These men tend to
disprove of women in the workplace and will not actively support women
up the career ladder.
At PWN Global, we engage men through multiple
ways and in many of our City Networks call those committed to gender
balance “MANbassadors”. The men who step up and dare to take a
stand, both in their work and social environment, are those who will
help shift the needle, and we feel proud to have them be part of our
network. For more insights on how to engage men, make sure to check
out the article ‘Gender
Balance Blind? What Do You See In An IKEA
Catalogue?’ in this newsletter, as well as ‘Communicating
Across the Gender Divide’. They both provide great
insight, as well as practical suggestions on what you can do.
As always, there is much more to share about the
great successes we are seeing within our networks, and this newsletter
only offers a small selection, so do make sure to keep an eye on our
website as well
as our social media channels. Feel inspired when watching the
PWN
London's beautiful video series of intimate portraits of
professional woman and the struggles they have overcome, and make sure
to develop your skills set by taking part in our Virtual
Entrepreneurship Program and International
Mentoring program.
If you have been successful in swaying the men in
your organizations – whether you are a woman or a man – then make
sure to connect
them to EDGE, our strategic partner, to gain data-driven
insight into how your organization is performing in their gender
equality. After all, what gets measured, gets done. We are incredibly
proud to have EDGE as our partner and look forward to jointly
continuing our path to balanced leadership.
Enjoy your read and make sure to share the
news.
Sonya Richardson
President,
PWN Global
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