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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY MARCH 8

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International Women’s Day is March 8, 2016.

I have taken my #PLEDGEFORPARITY. Take action. Make your pledge today to help accelerate gender parity.

Check out these resources:

The power of many is a global survey on the correlation between teaming, diversity and corporate performance and how critical strong leadership is for high performing teams.

Time for diversity, examines how boards should capitalize and recognize the value in diversity to improve their own performance and take action now.

Who holds the key to closing the skills gap, looks at how we can better leverage the skills of women through their entire career to close the skills gap and support economic growth.
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Why is gender parity important?

Gender parity is linked to economic prosperity. It’s an economic imperative. Women’s advancement and leadership are central to business performance and economic prosperity. Profitability, ROI and innovation all increase when women are counted among senior leadership.

Numerous global studies on the impact of women in leadership reveal the following findings:
– Women are the largest emerging market in the world
– More equality > higher GDP
– More equality > more productivity
– Better gender balance on boards > better share price and financial performance
– More gender-balanced leadership > better all-around performance
– More women political leaders > more prosperity
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What accelerates women’s advancement?

There are three accelerators, working independently and together, that can change the trajectory of women’s advancement:
– Illuminate the path to leadership by making career opportunities more visible to women
– Speed up culture change with progressive corporate policy, such as paternity leave and flexible working
– Build supportive environments and work to eliminate conscious and unconscious bias
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