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Women in the Workplace Report 2023 – Data and Myths– Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #910 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #910 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans  aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Anna Shvets Credit: Marcus Aurelius Credit: Vlada Karpovich Credit: Yan Krukau Women in the Workplace is the largest study on the state of women in corporate America. The study was launched in 2015 by McKinsey & Co. and Leanin.Org. The purpose is to give companies insights and tools to advance gender diversity in the workplace.  I have been presenting highlights of Women in Workplace Reports of the last few years. This is about the 2023 report.  Though the report is about the state of working women in the US, many findings and ...

Gender Bias V – Pakistan Landscape – Blog Post #384 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #384. Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large . Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . In this concluding part, we wrap up discussion on Gender Bias while looking at situation in Pakistan. Gender Bias runs in our social fabric, our chemistry and our biology. The major reason, in my view is our Hindu background. Muhammad Bin Qasim is considered to have brought Islam to this part of the world. Prior to that, the entire community in what is now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka was Hindu and Buddhist. Buddhism flourished after Ashoka embraced it and made it official religion. Hindu system was based on severe caste and gender restriction...

Gender Bias IV – McKinsey’s Recommendations for repairing the ‘Broken Rung’ – Blog Post #383 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #383. Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large . Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . McKinsey & Company, in the ‘Women in the Workplace 2019’ have recommended five steps that companies can take to fix the broken rung – and ultimately their pipeline. The two points of emphasis here, before we look at recommendations, are as follows. One, since women do not get the opportunity to become first line manager, their future growth is directly compromised. It will always be well-nigh impossible to jump the rung and become a middle line manager without passing through the first stage. Two, denying fir...

Gender Bias III – McKinsey’s Research on ‘Women in the Workplace’ – Blog Post #382 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #382.. Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large . Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . McKinsey & Company is a world-renowned organization which advises and assists global corporations in several key functions. McKinsey’s carries out research on topics of corporate relevance and publishes reports based on data collected from world over. McKinsey’s took up the subject of Women in the Workplace in 2015 and has been following it up consistently. To my knowledge, this is the most authentic research on the subject done at this scale. Every year, McKinsey publishes an update of research. I am giving below exce...