Four Ways To Address Gender Disparities On Your Leadership Team

The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a light on both the weaknesses and strengths of healthcare organizations. The stress on the healthcare workforce has created even more instability in the leadership pipeline for women. But the pandemic also demonstrated how ready women are to lead when given the opportunity.

As a healthcare leader, you have an unprecedented occasion to act — to redesign structures and recreate cultures for greater equity. A closer analysis of the leadership pipeline in healthcare reveals that the glass ceiling may be hardest for women to shatter when jumping from manager to senior manager/director.

The project will be long-term, but the commitment begins now. Their absence may mean that women in your organization don’t realize their potential and may take their talents elsewhere.