Course Module 9

Module 9 shares best practices for developing gender-diverse management and leadership teams that will contribute to better performing and more resilient organizations.

1. Learn how to apply internationally recognized best practices to empower women and increase gender equality and diversity among management and leadership teams. 
2. Workshop your organizational gender equality strategies and GAPs to design a fair and unbiased employee performance management system; equitable salary, compensation, and benefits system; and unbiased talent leadership development and promotion planning. 
3. Learn tips to run successful mentoring and sponsorship programs for talented male and female employees to become leaders. 

• OECD. (2021). Sticky Floors or Glass Ceilings? The Role of Human Capital, Working Time Flexibility and Discrimination in the Gender Wage Gap 
• Australian Government. (2016). WGEA - Supporting Careers: Mentoring or Sponsorship? 
• ManpowerGroup. (2016). 7 Steps to Conscious Inclusion: A Practical Guide to Accelerating More Women into Leadership 
• USAID. (2023). Delivering Gender Equality: A Best Practices Framework for Male Dominated Industries, with special attention on the following chapters: 
  • Performance Management, Compensation and Benefits 
  • Talent and Leadership Development 
  • Succession Planning and Promotion 
• International Labor Organization. (2019). Understanding the Gender Pay Gap 
• ILO Stat. (2023). Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value: Where do We Stand in 2023?

• Take time after the module concludes to brainstorm ideas in your GAP. Carefully consider all four ELC phases covered in this module.