140 Years To Go: Gender Balance Ahead of International Men’s Day, Sharon Peake, CEO & Founder, Shape Talent

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Gill Sans MT',sans-serif;">Ahead of International Men’s Day on 19^th November 2023, Sharon joins us to share her work in helping organisations build gender balance. Recognising the importance of gender equality for women, men and non-binary people, Sharon notes that on the current trajectory we’re 140 years away from achieving gender balance at manager level.<span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Gill Sans MT',sans-serif;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Gill Sans MT',sans-serif;">Describing strategies that don’t work as well as those that do, Sharon provides an overview of five foundations that enable sustained progress, three structural and two behavioural, and discusses the challenges with, yet importance of, data.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Gill Sans MT',sans-serif;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Gill Sans MT',sans-serif;">Sharon shares thoughts on the role of men at work, and the pressures they face, as well as practical steps we can take to include men in the work to build gender balance, including ideas you can implement ahead of this year's International Men's Day... </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Gill Sans MT',sans-serif;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Gill Sans MT',sans-serif;">Topics this episode:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Gill Sans MT',sans-serif;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style= "text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="fon