| | DECEMBER 20216THOUGHT LEADERSHIPLAST WORDYUKTI NAGPAL, DIRECTOR, GULSHANCHALLENGES OF BEING A WOMAN LEADEREXPERTS TALK | | DECEMBER 202012woman on the board. However, one striking fact had come to light soon after, that majority of the top con-sultancy firms- may it be US Based, Europe based, or an Indian one, only 15-20 percent of them had women representation on the board. With this scenario, if we check percentage of equal-ly qualified women reaching to the top, the percent-age decreases gradually from bottom to top. Reasons given are many, ranging from inability to commit for long working hours, frequent traveling, or stress.However, when we look at the top brass ladies in-cluding IndraNooyi, Aarathi Subrammanian of Tata Sons, InderpreetSawhney of Infosys, Deby Simpson of Boston Consulting group, Kara Murphy of Bain and Company, do we think that these obstacles must not have played any role in their journey towards success or were they simply one of the few fortunates?Quite unlikely, isn't it? It's their approach to tackle the obstacles in a different way, that has created their path to success.Here, I would like to refer to IndraNooyi, who has created history, and became the CEO of US based PepsiCo, despite her social, cultural, and gender chal-lenges. She has been quoted various times in the past about work-life balance. She has a logical and practi-cal approach to deal with it. She says, one has to devel-op coping mechanisms, pick up the right battles and be firm on our goals.As an able professional and as a wife, mother, daughter, we can't always be torn between our profes-sional and personal life. One can't be present every time for all parent teacher meetings, or for the annual days in school. What works wonders is continuous di-alogue with the family-especially kids, effective com-munication, and counseling skills, and for that one needs to have clarity of thought. If someone wants to prioritize personal life over the professional life, the decision should be well thought over and after weighing all the pros and cons. It appears initially as a gratifying feeing of `sacrifice for others', but soon it fades, it's not an everlasting feeling. At the same time, if one selects professional life over the family commitments, guilt can overtake the decision any time. At the outset, we have to prioritize our goals, make choices, accordingly develop strategies, and then align and convince others. Though the battle is not easy, but the intensity can be reduced with a planned and clear approach. There is a brighter side also, that after taking a break in their careers, some women also stage a come-back as Entrepreneurs or Freelancing consultants, which allows them to maintain a work life balance as well.On realizing this fact, companies are coming up with solutions to recruit and retain women employees. It includes Women executives support groups, flexi working hours, work from home initiatives etc. In this context, a remarkable initiative has been taken by Tatas- wherein TATA SCIP offers plethora of career options to women who wish to enter in the cor-porate world after a break, on their terms. With this pandemic, work from home is becoming a new norm, which can also create a conducive envi-ronment for women employees. It is proven that gender diversity contributes to-wards increasing creativity and productivity. There is a ray of hope that in coming decade we will see equal opportunities and equal representation for women ex-ecutives in consultancies. IN THE 2013 COMPANIES ACT, GOVERNMENT HAD ADDED AN ORDINANCE AND MADE IT MANDATORY TO HAVE A WOMAN ON THE BOARDDr. ShilpaTatakesiliconindia | | December 201733..ANDTAKE YOURBUSINESS TOTHE NEXTLEVEL !!Make it simple, get found byyour customers when they need you.!Visit: www.savit.in Call: +91 9699 477 488Dominate TheFirst Page Of ... | | DECEMBER 202052With an English Hons. from Delhi University and a Diploma in Applied Arts, Moonmoon is taking Nmami Life to newer heights by leveraging her marketing and leadership experience.There is no limit to what women can achieve - Michelle Obama in India, there is a direct and vital impact of women em-powerment on the economic growth and de-velopment, especially the women workforce of Corporate India. Women leaders from India have positively impacted the corporate world not just in the country but worldwide, be it An-shula Kant who has recently been appointed as CFO & Managing Director of World Bank, or Zia Mody who advised telecom major Airtel on its merger with Telenor group, and the list is a lot more. Many companies today have created a work culture that is pro-woman and encourages women to lead the front just like how it was for men a few years ago. Every organization must incorporate and support a work culture which is directed towards the objective of empowering women and making them better leaders. A recent analysis conducted by the World Bank says that the Indian economy can grow in double digits if more women participate in the product line of the Indian economy. By Moonmoon Agarwal, Co Founder & Director, Nmami LifeWOMEN EMPOWERMENT IS THE WAY TO GO TO GROW THE INDIAN ECONOMYEXPERTS TALKWOMEN EMPOWERMENT: THE RIGHT OF EVERY WOMANWOMEN IN CONSULTANCYHOW TO DEVELOP A MODERN WORKFORCE WITH EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES IN WORKFORCE SOLUTIONSBEAT THIS STRESS: MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR `WORK FROM HOME' DURING COVID-19 SEASONWOMEN EMPOWERMENT IS THE WAY TO GO TO GROW THE INDIAN ECONOMY1824ARUSHI NISHANK, SOCIAL ACTIVIST, ENVIRONMENTALIST, ENTREPRENEUR, FILM PRODUCER & KATHAK DANCERDR. SHILPATATAKE, COO, JUPITER HOSPITALMINAKSHI SAMANT, HEAD - HR APAC, NOBEL BIOCAREREVA MALHOTRA, INDEPENDENT PR CONSULTANTMOONMOON AGARWAL, CO FOUNDER & DIRECTOR, NMAMI LIFE1234CONTENTS2832
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