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With thanks and gratitude
November 13, 2020
By Rupal Sankalia
Rupalia, Inc. was founded one year ago and I am thankful for the encouragement, support and help I have received from my family and friends. Embarking on the adventure of building an advisory and consulting business in the Ethics & Compliance industry can feel daunting, but also has been personally rewarding and professionally fulfilling. #entrepreneur #leadership
I am appreciative of the resilient businesswomen and women entrepreneurs that I learn from and inspire me: family members, friends and the generous professional community, locally and globally. Whether in reaching out to discuss marketing plans or inviting me to attend networking opportunities, the generous mentoring and support has been kind and enthusiastic. Additionally, I am also thankful for all the men who love, encourage, and care about their success. These men are fathers, husbands, uncles, cousins, significant others, friends, colleagues, supervisors, acquaintances and business contacts that recognize knowledge-sharing and support are essential in being allies and paving the path forward for inclusion and possibilities. Thank you! #heforshe PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE I am grateful to pursue my dream in this day and age. As an independent business owner with access to virtual meeting capabilities and other #technology offerings, I recognize that the economic opportunities at this scale did not exist when my mother was in the workforce. Thank you! #rbg #gloriasteinem #womenintech The traditional corporate ladder was not built to support professional women; let alone professional women from diverse backgrounds. #securetheseat While strides have been made in recent years, the incredible challenges brought on by the pandemic have placed a spotlight on an entrenched, fragile and obsolete labor structures that have not evolved to retain participation of women in the workforce.
How has the pandemic actually impacted women in the labor market? Here are some of the recent headlines and findings reporting on the workforce crisis: Highlights:
TIME TO REPRESENT These are dire statistics. It is important to engage and support representation in the organization.
Globally and historically, the work of women has been invisible, minimized or taken for granted. It is time to envision an economy and labor policy that represents sustainable, inclusive growth. We cannot continue to rely on the workforce structures of the past. In order to support this change, how women are seen, treated and respected in communities must evolve to a higher standard. The survival of communities and health of the economy depends on this focused #innovation, #change and #transformation.
With the outcome of the US elections, the new Madam Vice President-elect has opened up more possibilities for women of all backgrounds to pursue and attain positions of power than previously considered. Thank you! #kamalaharris
As Madam Vice President-elect leads the way, the next generation is watching. Therefore, let’s look at an example from the next generation. How do they see their communities as compared to the generation before them? My family shared this hopeful story with me: It is heartwarming that a school-age son of a hardworking stay-at-home mom sees and recognizes the important participation of women, and care work, as an integral part of community livelihood. He has beautifully depicted on the Gender Budget report that there is value in traditional “women’s work,” and not just in positions of power. As he and his generation enter the workforce post-pandemic, the value of human capital and talent must address the challenge to evolve into a more inclusive and sustainable labor workforce. HOW DO YOU INSPIRE CHANGE? What can your organization do to improve or influence the corporate structures of the future? First, take a look at your policies and procedures – can your organization:
Rupalia, Inc. is a minority, woman-owned business providing advisory and consulting services in the Ethics, Compliance and Governance industry. To learn more and partner together to address these changes visit www.rupalia.com.
Wishing you and yours a Happy Diwali and Happy Thanksgiving!
I am appreciative of the resilient businesswomen and women entrepreneurs that I learn from and inspire me: family members, friends and the generous professional community, locally and globally. Whether in reaching out to discuss marketing plans or inviting me to attend networking opportunities, the generous mentoring and support has been kind and enthusiastic. Additionally, I am also thankful for all the men who love, encourage, and care about their success. These men are fathers, husbands, uncles, cousins, significant others, friends, colleagues, supervisors, acquaintances and business contacts that recognize knowledge-sharing and support are essential in being allies and paving the path forward for inclusion and possibilities. Thank you! #heforshe PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE I am grateful to pursue my dream in this day and age. As an independent business owner with access to virtual meeting capabilities and other #technology offerings, I recognize that the economic opportunities at this scale did not exist when my mother was in the workforce. Thank you! #rbg #gloriasteinem #womenintech The traditional corporate ladder was not built to support professional women; let alone professional women from diverse backgrounds. #securetheseat While strides have been made in recent years, the incredible challenges brought on by the pandemic have placed a spotlight on an entrenched, fragile and obsolete labor structures that have not evolved to retain participation of women in the workforce.
How has the pandemic actually impacted women in the labor market? Here are some of the recent headlines and findings reporting on the workforce crisis: Highlights:
- The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates that two-thirds of the jobs that will be lost and not recovered are women's jobs.
- Between August and September 2020, 865,000 women dropped out of the labor force in the U.S.
- What is at stake? GDP and corporate profitability. Hiring women executives resulted in 18-69% profit boosts for the Fortune 500 firms with the best records of promoting women. (Reference: Lean In article listed, below.)
- World Economic Forum: Women and Work
- COVID isn't gender neutral- it hit women hardest. How to reset the world of work, by the head of UN Women
- Lean In: Women in the Workplace 2020
- Time: 'If We Had a Panic Button, We’d be Hitting it.' Women Are Exiting the Labor Force En Masse—And That's Bad For Everyone
- NPR: Stuck-At-Home Moms: The Pandemic's Devastating Toll On Women
TIME TO REPRESENT These are dire statistics. It is important to engage and support representation in the organization.
Globally and historically, the work of women has been invisible, minimized or taken for granted. It is time to envision an economy and labor policy that represents sustainable, inclusive growth. We cannot continue to rely on the workforce structures of the past. In order to support this change, how women are seen, treated and respected in communities must evolve to a higher standard. The survival of communities and health of the economy depends on this focused #innovation, #change and #transformation.
With the outcome of the US elections, the new Madam Vice President-elect has opened up more possibilities for women of all backgrounds to pursue and attain positions of power than previously considered. Thank you! #kamalaharris
As Madam Vice President-elect leads the way, the next generation is watching. Therefore, let’s look at an example from the next generation. How do they see their communities as compared to the generation before them? My family shared this hopeful story with me: It is heartwarming that a school-age son of a hardworking stay-at-home mom sees and recognizes the important participation of women, and care work, as an integral part of community livelihood. He has beautifully depicted on the Gender Budget report that there is value in traditional “women’s work,” and not just in positions of power. As he and his generation enter the workforce post-pandemic, the value of human capital and talent must address the challenge to evolve into a more inclusive and sustainable labor workforce. HOW DO YOU INSPIRE CHANGE? What can your organization do to improve or influence the corporate structures of the future? First, take a look at your policies and procedures – can your organization:
- Recognize traditional unpaid care work
- Support affordable child care arrangements
- Promote inclusive job descriptions and gender-neutral recruitment efforts
- Revise work schedules to accommodate present and post-pandemic reality
- Reassess project-based work paradigms
- Confirm gender equity in the distribution and access of opportunities resources, training, knowledge-sharing and amenities
- Update the criteria for employee appraisals
- Celebrate equal pay for equal work
Rupalia, Inc. is a minority, woman-owned business providing advisory and consulting services in the Ethics, Compliance and Governance industry. To learn more and partner together to address these changes visit www.rupalia.com.
Wishing you and yours a Happy Diwali and Happy Thanksgiving!
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