Problem

• Lack of job satisfaction, style differences, other gender problems
  

Solution

• Create gender awareness

What can be done

• Companies create gender awareness mainly through gender diversity trainings, which can be in form of
• Separate class room trainings or workshops
• Mandatory and voluntary modules as part of leadership development programmes
• Online trainings
• Gender diversity training modules widely include
• Examining and recognizing difference of gender attitudes in leadership
• Educating about coaching and developing
• Showing ways to create a more inclusive environment for women at work
• Introducing company diversity policies and guidelines
• Showing nature and occurrences of gender bias, discrimination, sexual harassment and coping techniques
• Companies target all employees, especially the managing cadre including new/ all managers, senior managers, directors, partners, top talents
• Other ways for create awareness are offering seminars for both men and women attendance with company’s top management and rendering diverse talents more visible

How to make it work / tips & tricks

• Diagnostics (cultural audit, employee survey), exit talks can help build awareness as well as communication of the findings to the organization
• Internal communication (website, posters, FAQs…) can also help build gender awareness
• Zero-tolerance policies towards harassment and discrimination - explicit or implicit - and its promotion can support gender awareness initiatives
• Women networks and activities can have crucial role changing the mindset