OF LEADERS OF LEADERS 33% MALE 42% ESTABLISHED BELIEVE FLEXIBLE WORKING IS SAY THAT BETTER POLICIES LEADERS KEY TO GETTING MORE WOMEN WOULD REDUCE GENDER BIAS have INTO LEADERSHIP This One Size They believe One Life is more than to get the CULTURE Fits One approach requires a a Millennial aspiration. Female RIGHT culture that values performance Leaders realize the benefit of and output over presenteeism. blending work and home too. “Millennials are much more determined and on board with the idea of having more women in leadership roles. The culture across organizations is changing and having a gender neutral culture lies top of the priority list.” - Female Emerging Leader, Manufacturing, Americas MILLENNIALS WANT ONE LIFE – THE RIGHT BLEND OF WORK AND HOME AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR THEM Forty-two percent of Leaders believe flexible working is key to getting more women into leadership. This One Size Fits One approach requires a culture that values performance and output over presenteeism. Thirty-three percent say that better policies – zero tolerance for gender discrimination, periodic reviews of gender balance and fair practices towards working mothers – would reduce gender bias. And One Life is more than a Millennial aspiration – Established Female Leaders realize the benefit of blending work and home too. So Male Established Leaders have a lot to consider to get the culture right to work for all in the long term. Millennials – female and male – are optimistic that workplaces will be flexible in the future. They expect them to accommodate One Life - the integration of work and home, rather than a balancing act. They see technological advances and the decoupling of work and location as beneficial to both business and family. With a longer working life and later retirement ahead, Emerging Leaders especially emphasized the need to plan and manage career ‘waves’ not ladders. Millennials are preparing to run a work ultramarathon, wanting the flexibility to switch gears at different stages and insisting on One Life that allows them to pursue goals professionally and personally, when it suits them. Millennials are aligned on their goal and intent on changing the way work gets done. They are confident they will be the generation that shifts mindsets, changes culture and achieves parity. IN CONCLUSION: “It’s a question of work-life integration. Figure out for you as an individual what that work-life integration needs to be so that you can do what you need to do both, professionally and personally. Our personal devices have become work devices, and frankly, you can do more things in a better way. You can decide to come in at nine, leave early, no problem. And then do two hours at night, after the kids have gone to bed. Work from home. Brilliant!” - Jonas Prising, CEO ManpowerGroup A Practical Guide to Accelerating More Women Into Leadership | 11