Sheryl Sandberg, one of the foremost global leaders in tech, once said “We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, and to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.”
Having women in positions of leadership accomplishes all of this and more. We’ve discovered that it has a positive ripple effect not only on the gender ratio at work and providing more role models for other women, but also on overall organizational culture.
Let’s start at the beginning: the fact that women are underrepresented in the workforce is not news. It’s a problem we’ve been dealing with globally, and especially in India, for decades; a problem that only gets worse at the top of the ladder.
We recently conducted a detailed culture study titled ‘Startups Employees Love (SEL)’ in which over 50,000 employees from 150+ startups were surveyed. Our goal was to determine what makes employees happy at work, what their companies excel at, and what needs to be improved. This survey, which measured the startups’ eNPS (employee Net Promoter Score®) across multiple dimensions, provided us with an unprecedented amount of data (over 2.5 Mn data points! ), as well as a number of eye-opening insights.
One of the aspects we investigated was how the startup ecosystem fared among female employees.
We discovered that gender diversity is higher in startups in India than in large corporations. Women account for 35% of the workforce in Indian startups. While there is still room for improvement, this figure is significantly higher than the white-collar workforce as a whole.
Continue reading: https://inc42.com/resources/women-in-tech-why-startups-need-to-focus-on-gender-diversity/
Having women in positions of leadership accomplishes all of this and more. We’ve discovered that it has a positive ripple effect not only on the gender ratio at work and providing more role models for other women, but also on overall organizational culture.
Let’s start at the beginning: the fact that women are underrepresented in the workforce is not news. It’s a problem we’ve been dealing with globally, and especially in India, for decades; a problem that only gets worse at the top of the ladder.
We recently conducted a detailed culture study titled ‘Startups Employees Love (SEL)’ in which over 50,000 employees from 150+ startups were surveyed. Our goal was to determine what makes employees happy at work, what their companies excel at, and what needs to be improved. This survey, which measured the startups’ eNPS (employee Net Promoter Score®) across multiple dimensions, provided us with an unprecedented amount of data (over 2.5 Mn data points! ), as well as a number of eye-opening insights.
One of the aspects we investigated was how the startup ecosystem fared among female employees.
We discovered that gender diversity is higher in startups in India than in large corporations. Women account for 35% of the workforce in Indian startups. While there is still room for improvement, this figure is significantly higher than the white-collar workforce as a whole.
Continue reading: https://inc42.com/resources/women-in-tech-why-startups-need-to-focus-on-gender-diversity/
