Yiziphi Izinhlangano Ongayenza Ukusiza Abesifazane Ukusebenzisa Amandla Abo
Ngalokhu engqondweni, ngabuza uSusan Lucas-Conwell ongumphathi we-Global Chief Executive ku-Great Place kuya ku-Work®. Umholi wezebhizinisi ophumelelayo, uSusan unikeza umbono ocacile mayelana nokwakhiwa nokulondoloza isiko elihle lokusebenzela emsebenzini .
Ubuye uyisibonelo sokuthi abesifazane bangaphumelela kanjani emisebenzini yobuholi ezinhlanganweni.
USusan Heathfield: Yiziphi izinselele ezinkulu abesifazane ababhekana nazo emsebenzini?
USusan Lucas-Conwell: Iningi lezinselelo abesifazane abhekana nazo emsebenzini basefana nalabo abesilisa. Lezi zinselele zibandakanya ukulinganiswa komsebenzi / ukuphila, ukubeletha, ukubhekana nemithwalo yemithwalo eminingi kanye nokunye okuningi.
Izinselele eziqondene nabesifazane ziyaqhubeka ziba yigalelo lomholo-abesifazane basengathola amaphesenti angu-73 kuphela yalokho amadoda akwenza emsebenzini ofanayo. Ukubandlulula kuhlala kusekhona emsebenzini; Ukuhlukumeza ngokocansi ngeshwa akuyona into eyedlule futhi kuphakanyiswa phezulu, abesifazane abambalwa abakhona.
Kunezibonelo ezimbalwa nabaqeqeshi kwabaholi besifazane. UC Davis washicilela ucwaningo ngo-2011 owahlola izinkampani ezinkulu ezingu-400 eCalifornia. Lolu cwaningo lwabonisa ukuthi kuphela amaphesenti angu-9.7 ezihlalo zamabhodi noma izikhundla eziphezulu zokukhokha ezenziwa ngabesifazane.
Amaphesenti amathathu namashumi amane ayengenabesifazane ebhodini labo eliphakeme futhi akukho neyodwa yezinkampani ezisesifundweni esinebhodi lesifazane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ayikho enye yezinkampani ezinamalungu ebhodi noma ithimba lokuphatha elilinganisiwe ngokobulili.
UHeathfield: Abesifazane bangawunqoba kanjani lezi zinselele?
U-Lucas-Conwell: Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uyabonakala noma wangempela, abaholi besifazane ngezinye izikhathi bazwa becindezelwa ukuba bahambisane nesibonelo somholi wesilisa futhi uma eguqa kulolo cindezelo, udela omunye wemithombo yakhe yamandla namandla akhe siqu.
Isinyathelo sokuqala sokunqoba noma iyiphi inselelo ukuqwashisa. Uma esazi, angakwazi ukubeka emigqeni emincane ukuze azikhumbuze ukuthembela ekuhlakanipheni kwakhe ngokomzwelo kanye nezimo zesimo esisheshayo kunokuba ahambisane nomunye umlinganiso kanye nezenzo ezihambisana naye okudingeka ukuba acabange kuyadingeka.
Abesifazane bangakwazi ukunqoba lokhu ngokuhlala beqinisile futhi benze ngokusuka kwamandla abo (isib. Ubuciko nokusebenzisana) endleleni yabo yokuphila yansuku zonke yokusebenza futhi banqobe izithiyo ezingenakugwemeka. Abesifazane bavame ukuhola kusukela kwesitayela esivumelanayo, esivumelwaneni esivame ukuholela ekuqinisekiseni umqondo weqembu kubasebenzi noma njengoba sisho endaweni enhle yokusebenzela "sonke sonke kulokhu," eshukumisa izinga eliphakeme lokuzimisela ukuzama ukufeza imigomo yebhizinisi.
Heathfield: Ziyini izinzuzo zokuba nabesifazane ebhodini eliphethe?
ULucas-Conwell: Ngokuyinhloko, yilokho ibhalansi abesifazane abalethela ebhodini eliphethe. Ngokusho nje, abesifazane baletha umbono ohlukile ngokusekelwe kokuhlangenwe nakho okuhlukile kokuphila. Lo mbono ungaba nokwandisa nokuqonda ukuqondisisa kwebhodi lesigungu kanye nokubuka kwangaphambili uma uthanda, okwenza kube ngempumelelo futhi ibhebhe ngaleyo ndlela, ukuphumelela ngokuphumelelayo ezinselele eziyingqayizivele ebusweni babo emakethe yabo.
Kodwa ukuba nabesifazane ebhodini eliphetheyo akuyona nje into efanele ukuyenza-kuhle kumgomo ophansi . Njengoba inhlolovo yakamuva ye-Catalyst.org ibike, izinkampani ze-Fortune ezingu-500 ezinamakhosi amathathu noma ngaphezulu eBhodini zingaphandle kwezinye izinkampani ezinamaphesenti angama-53 angaphezulu kwezimali ezilinganayo, ukubuyiselwa okungaphezulu kwezingamaphesenti angu-42 ekudayiseni kanye nemali engu-66% ebuyisela imali ephindayo. Nokho, ngokwesibonelo, ngokusho kwesiKhungo sikaZwelonke seBesifazane neLwazi lwezoLwazi, abaphathi besifazane babamba amaphesenti angu-6 kuphela abaphathi abakhulu kulezi zinkampani eziphezulu ezingu-100.
I-Heathfield: Abesifazane bangayisebenzisa njani umbono wabo ohlukile emsebenzini?
ULucas-Conwell: Abesifazane kudingeka babone amathalenta abo abahlukile, baqonde ukuthi yini abayifake emkhatsini wabo wokusebenza ukuze bakwazi ukuvumela ukuphumelela, bese uqinisekisa ukuthi izwi labo lizwakala . Khuluma uphinde ukhulume futhi uphawule.
Abesifazane bangabhekana nobunzima nalokhu ezindaweni eziningi zokusebenza. Ngakho-ke, kubalulekile ukuthola umphakathi ngaphakathi kwezinhlangano, abaholi , amaqembu ezinethiwekhi-abangasiza ukuhamba ngenhlangano futhi banikeze uhlelo lokusekela.
I-Heathfield: Izinhlangano zingabamba kanjani, ukugcina nokuthuthukisa abaholi besifazane?
ULucas-Conwell: Endaweni engcono kakhulu yokusebenza / izinkampani, ukunakekelwa okuphawulekayo nezinsiza kugxile ekuqeshweni, ekugcineni nasekuthuthukiseni abaholi besifazane. Akuyona nje into enhle yokwenza, ibhizinisi elihlakaniphile. Ayikho indlela eyodwa-ifanele-ifoni yonke yokuqashelwa, ukugcinwa, nokuthuthukiswa.
Ukugcizelelwa okubalulekile kubeka izinzuzo inhlangano engayinikeza. Ukunakekelwa kwezingane ezingapheli, izinzuzo zokubeletha, amaqembu okuxhumana, abesifazane kanye nokuthuthukiswa kubalulekile kubesifazane. Kodwa, ekugcineni, inhlangano ekhathalela ngobuqotho abasebenzi babo besifazane izogcina abesifazane babo. Sithole ukuthi lezozinkampani ezinemigomo esebenzayo endaweni eqinisekisa amalungelo afanayo abesifazane futhi zithathe izinyathelo ezisebenzayo zokulungisa ukuthi ukungalingani kuphumelele kakhulu.
Sikhuthaza izinhlangano ukuba ziqaphelisise ekudaleni imvelo engathathi hlangothi. Ukwenza lokho, kumele baqale baqonde ukuthi yini abesifazane abasenhlanganweni abafunayo futhi abayidingayo kubaqashi babo. Yini abayigugu? Kwabanye, kungase kube ukhetho lokuhleleka komsebenzi noma ukwabelana ngomsebenzi . Kwabanye, kungase kube amaqembu nezinsiza zabasebenzi kanye nabeluleki.
Ezinye zezinhlangano ezinhle kakhulu zinamaqembu amabutho omsebenzi angawacela ukuthi aqonde kangcono ukuthi yini abesifazane abayidingayo futhi bayayithanda kakhulu. Uma abesifazane bengagcinanga enhlanganweni, kubalulekile ukwazi ukuthi yini nokuthi yini engashintshayo ukuze bakwazi ukubenza bakwazi ukuhlala isikhathi eside. Uma lokhu sekubekiwe, isinyathelo esilandelayo ukufeza lezi zinhlelo, izinqubomgomo, nemikhuba nokuzilinganisa ukuze ziphumelele.
I-Heathfield: Yiziphi izinguquko ozibikezela kubaholi besifazane endaweni yomsebenzi eminyakeni emihlanu kuya kweyishumi elandelayo?
U-Lucas-Conwell: Njengoba ukuguquguquka kubhekwa ngendlela esenza ngayo umsebenzi esikwenzayo ezinhlanganweni, ukuguquguquka kwe-flextime, ukusebenza kusuka ekhaya nasemisebenzini yokusebenza eyiyona yinto evamile, sizobona ibhalansi ngaphezulu izinombolo zamadoda nabesifazane etafuleni lobuholi, ikakhulukazi abesifazane abangaphezu kwetafula.
Futhi ama-op-eds afana no-Anne-Marie Slaughter, "Okwenza Abesifazane Abangeke Bakuthole Konke," kuzodlulisela ithoni ukuthi indawo yomsebenzi isenza kanjani sonke, amadoda nabesifazane, ukuba sibe nakho konke , noma kunjalo, siyichaza.
I-Heathfield: Singabakhuthaza kanjani abanye besifazane ukuthi bangene emasimini aphezulu okukhokhela kanye nemisebenzi-cishe eqinisekisiwe yesayensi, ubuchwepheshe, ubunjiniyela, kanye nezibalo (imisebenzi ye-STEM)?
ULucas-Conwell: Kudingeka sibheke lokhu kusuka ngama-angles amabili. Okokuqala, kube khona ukubulawa kocwaningo okubonisa ukubaluleka kokuveza amantombazane ezindabeni ze-STEM ekuqaleni. Njengomama wamantombazane ngokwami, ngikhuluma ngokuhlangenwe nakho lapho ngithi kudingeka sidinga ukulangazelela kwabo kanye nesithakazelo semvelo ngezinhlelo nemisebenzi egcina inhlansi iphila.
Nokho, sidinga ukuhola ngesibonelo. Sidinga ukugubha abesifazane abaye baba yizikhombandlela kulezi zihloko ukuze kusukela besencane, abesifazane banamanye amamodeli amaningi abangakwazi ukuwabona. Sinabaningi bama-CEO besifazane emkhakheni wezobuchwepheshe kunakakaze sibe nakho-kusuka ku- Yahoo! kuya ku-IBM.
Kodwa, sisenomsebenzi okwenzayo emazingeni aphakathi wokuphatha ukwandisa inani labesifazane kulezi zinkampani. Njengoba leyo nombolo, ngethemba, iyanda, nalokhu kuzosiza njengoba nabo bezoba ngabaqondisi, abaholi, izibonelo kanye nomama kumantombazane amancane.