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Our Approach
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A Proven Approach to Advancing Women in the Workforce
Since its inception in 2015, Engendering Industries has honed a proven methodology for advancing women’s workforce participation. Using this approach, Engendering Industries has driven economic opportunities for women and improved business performance in lucrative industries worldwide.
- 74% of our company partners have increased the proportion of women on staff.
- 68% of our partners now promote women at the same rate as men or higher.
- 75% of our partners have reported business performance improvements, which they attribute to more balanced representation of men and women.
The Engendering Industries Approach
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Collecting, analyzing, and using sex-disaggregated data allows companies to identify where women are underrepresented across the company and make data-informed, strategic decisions to close these gaps. Engendering Industries has developed a suite of tools, including an organizational assessment and a series of guides on setting goals, establishing targets, and developing and using company surveys. These tools enable companies to create strategic plans, make evidence-based decisions, and measure progress toward increasing female representation across their operations.
Learn More: Our Approach: Use Data for Strategic Decision-Making
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The program supports companies to use its foundational tool, the Engendering Industries Best Practices Framework, to implement strategic women’s economic empowerment initiatives at each phase of the employee life cycle. Available online as a digitized tool, it is used by change management coaches and Engendering Industries trainers. The Best Practices Framework guides companies to benchmark their practices; identify gaps; and develop a tailored, strategic plan to advance women in the workplace.
Learn More: Our Approach: Implement Best Practices Across the Employee Life Cycle
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Engendering Industries change management coaches support companies to be strategic and nimbly address challenges that arise during the change management process. Coaches use change management principles, customized tools, in-person capacity-building activities, and men’s engagement strategies to help companies create and implement the policies and practices needed to build a corporate culture and workplace that values both men and women.
Coaches work with companies to develop a unique business case demonstrating how more balanced representation of men and women can increase profits, improve innovation and company reputation, streamline decision-making, and enhance other business outcomes. The business case is vital for generating company buy-in, securing leadership commitment, and ensuring balanced representation is viewed as a critical element of the corporate business strategy.
Learn More: Our Approach: Deliver Change Management Coaching to Companies
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The Engendering Industries Learning Center uses innovative and transformative learning experiences that enable companies to design initiatives for advancing women’s workforce participation. The Center offers the Engendering Industries Course, which builds the capacity of influential change agents to sustainably implement workplace initiatives to support women. It also provides additional skill-building opportunities on strategic technical topics, such as men’s engagement, violence in the workplace, and social and behavior change communication. This programming reinforces the support provided by Engendering Industries’ change management coaches.
