SlideShare: Why Gender Diversity Matters at Work

September 15, 2022

The higher you look in companies, the fewer women you see. Despite making up 47 percent of the workforce, women make up just 29 percent of positions by the time they reach the VP level, and a mere 19 percent by the time they enter the C-Suite.

This representation can discourage women from seeking advancement or push them out of an organization altogether.

Learn how greater gender diversity can improve your organization, and why mentoring is an ideal solution to enable women in the workplace.

Why Gender Diversity Matters

Closing the gender gap is imperative for organizations in order to perform at the highest caliber. And mentoring is the ideal strategy to enable skill development and build networks in order to increase employee engagement, retention and development.

General consensus says mentoring is good for just about anyone. We can all agree on that. But when it comes to women, there are several specific findings that illustrate why mentoring and women make such a good pair.

Why Women and Mentoring Make the Perfect Match

Want to learn more?
Read the Full Ebook

Amanda Schnieders

As Director of Content & Communications, Amanda is an advocate for using research and storytelling to showcase how human engagement can change employee productivity, advancement and growth in an organization, elevating the employee experience. Prior to Chronus, her work in entrepreneurship and education with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation provided her with insights into the key factors of the workplace today—mentoring, development, inclusion and support. In pursuit of these elements, she helps organizations work smarter to retain their employees, learn from one another and build better pathways forward.

Posted in: Best Practices, Ideas from Industry, Mentoring