August Newsletter
Women in the Workplace: Key to Flexibility & Collaboration
This Women’s Month, we’re celebrating all the skills that women in the workplace have to offer. While women still face challenges in the modern workplace, they also bring a truly unique set of skills and experiences to the table.
Here are a few key benefits of employing more women in the workplace:
Diversity
Teams benefit from diversity, when there is a mix of team members from different backgrounds offering multiple perspectives on the same subject. Women introduce an element of diversity into the workplace.
Flexibility
Higher employment of women can also help to bring about positive changes when it comes to flexibility. Attitudes towards work-life balance are shifting, and many employers are placing more focus on helping workers to juggle all their responsibilities. With the majority of women taking on the role of primary caregivers in their families outside of work hours, this balancing act is more important than ever before. Initiatives like flexible hours, remote working and childcare facilities at work can benefit male and female workers.
Collaboration
Workplace experts report that women generally tend to have strong communication skills, as they often respond more effectively to visual, verbal and emotional factors than their male counterparts. With a combination of communication and networking skills, women at work are able to encourage collaborative teamwork and effective knowledge-sharing.
Mediation
Women understand the power of effective listening and compromise, which are both important qualities when it comes to resolving conflicts in the workplace. Good communication skills and empathy make women efficient mediators who are able to listen to and consider all sides of a problem in order to help mediate and resolve it.
Motivation
Women have the power to encourage and inspire their coworkers. This can help to foster an environment where all team members are striving to do their best and achieve more.
Planning and Organisation
Many female employees are masters at multitasking. They have strong organisational skills, which help with distributing workload and keeping their team on track. Women can often take on multiple roles at once, which can help to bridge skills gaps and keep things afloat when a company is short-staffed.
Organisation and planning go hand in hand. Women are forward-thinkers, and this makes them valuable assets when it comes to planning and strategising for the future.
In short, including more women in the workplace is key for companies looking at more flexible, collaborative and strategic ways of working.
Sources:
Top 12 Advantages Women Bring to the Workplace. Retrieved from: https://content.wisestep.com/top-advantages-women-bring-to-the-workplace/
4 Unique Qualities Women Bring to the Workplace. Retrieved from: https://smallbizclub.com/uncategorized/4-unique-qualities-women-bring-workplace/
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