Despite women almost universally exhibiting higher levels of engagement in the workplace than men, the dynamic changes when women ascend to senior leadership. At only the most senior leadership level, the gender engagement gap closes, and organizations are more likely to lose star female employees. Learn what the gender engagement gap looks like, why it exists in leadership and how it can limit a company: https://lnkd.in/gjEWxP-B
José R.
1mo
More fairy stories? These campaigns of postmodernist culture are not true even if they are repeated a million times. I have seen companies that even have gender "quotas" for women to be managers or directors by force. The result has been disastrous. Women and men can be equally competent for almost all jobs. I thought Gallup was something serious but I realized that it wasn't. It is one more of those machines for the propagation of postmodernist culture.
Brad Corder
1mo
This article states “Engaged leaders foster engaged teams, and organizations shouldn’t forgo the enthusiasm, ability and drive all employees can bring to leadership roles” If these women at the managerial roles are so engaged then why are nearly 80% of employees not engaged? 80% disengagement has been reported since the mid 90’s, yet there are more “engaged” managerial women then in any time in history. Does this mean they are ineffective leaders? Of course not. Do these authors contradict themselves? Correlation does not imply causation.
Yet paid less than men and not promoted to senior leadership roles.
This is a really interesting insight into engagement, thanks so much for sharing. We'll be digging into the full report.
Michael Tooler
1mo
Have seen this elsewhere, like to hear reasoning for it at senior levels. My guess is the demands on senior leadership roles decrease engagement for both genders due to the inherent requirements of those roles in the governance and operational spaces.
Kate Donn
1mo
It's insightful data, but I'm not buying the rationale for the drop off at the most senior levels. It's lonely at the top? Women disengage because they don't have work friends anymore? It's only at the most senior levels that the gender pay gap becomes apparent? Give women more credit than that.
Robert Ramirez
1mo
Effective engagement involves empowering and motivating individuals, rather than exerting control over them.
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1moAlso related to the tenure gap at the top is likely the “glass cliff” that women face. The The New York Times had an article about this last week and it prompted me to dig in and understand more. First-time female managers are more likely to be brought in during times of crisis, when soft skills are more valued. But what this creates is walking into an environment of unconscious bias with potentially unrealistic, “fix it or fail” expectations out of the gate.