#WomenatWork

It was wonderful to have enriching conversations with @Aparna on her Book and following it up with discussion on #WomenatWork

A quick recap here 

http://echai.in/stories/twitter-chat-about-womenatwork

Women at Workplace

This is what is lacking to make Women Succeed at workplace ? 

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1. Do companies exhibit Understanding and Sensitivity to the fact that needs & expectations  of women from a workplace are a bit different from men while aspirations & ambitions are common ? In what ways ?
2. Why is it still a trade off – Familiy vs Career for Women ?
3. Why cant Family and Careers go hand in hand for Women ?
4.   Do we expect Women to be like Men when it comes to Leadership style ?
5. What are companies doing to remove gender pay gap ?
6. What are the programs put in place to advance women to leadership positions ?
7. Why do we have just 4% of the Women as CEOs of Fortune 500 Companies ? Women don’t lack in inspiration, or aspiration.
8. Why do women drop out of workforce the moment they choose to opt the family way ?
9. Why to let them drop out of workforce and then design programs to bring her back ?
10. How many companies are open to recruit women who took a career break for couple of years ?
11. Why the likes of Apple, Facebook , Tech Giants are choosing to pay to Freeze their eggs instead of signaling that Parenting duties aren't a roadblock to advancement in Women’s Career ? What If these tech giants choose to spend $20K in providing child care facilities, right infrsstrucutre for Talented Women who want to become young Parent  and not delay Parenting until their 40s or 50s ?
12. Do Women in organizations find adequate sponsorship for getting promotion, raises ?
13. Why Women have to negotiate hard to get rewarded well for their efforts while their male counterparts hang with old boys club and get it easily ?
14. Are their Women Networks for Career Advancement of Women ?
15. Why is there 100% decline from Middle to Top Management positions occupied by Women ?
16. Why the plum assignments go to Men while Women slog their way up the Corporate Ladder ?
17. Why is there more Rhetoric than actual action on the ground to advance Women agenda ?
18. When would Corporate pay their due to Women ? What are they waiting for ?
19. Is the share of Women's voice across various levels in corporate hierarchy adequately heard ,represented, insights acted upon  ?
20. When will Corporates be unbiased, reflective , sensitive towards needs of Women & do enough to advance Women’s agenda and make it a level playing field  ?