The Atlantic: Who Should be Responsible for Pushing Gender Diversity at Work?

By Jeffery Tobias Halter | February 25, 2017
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The World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, where only 20 percent of attendees were women. The World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, where only 20 percent of attendees were womenMaybe men.

Even though research has shown that there are concrete benefits to hiring and promoting more women (gender diversity) into leadership positions, progress remains stilted in corporate America, especially at the top. Only 14 percent of executives at Fortune 500 companies are women. While the number of female board members has been increasing, the number of female executives remains stagnant despite efforts and stated corporate commitments to change the ratio.

Jeffery Tobias Halter thinks that men should help spearhead efforts to change that. Tobias is the former director of diversity strategy at Coca-Cola, but since 2001, he’s been working as a consultant focused on getting men to participate in gender-balancing initiatives. His company, YWomen, has worked with dozens of Fortune 500 companies, including McDonald’s, Walmart, GE, Citigroup, and Costo.

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