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Why men advocate equality at work

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    Lars Einar Engstrom on why equality in the workplace can increase profitability

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Everybody out right we're gonna man out right now we're talking to -- and -- With Ed Colby which is an executive search company.

And -- And executive who really supports diversity in the workplace and to the and why is that.

Hold for a number -- -- I didn't think about this topic at all but then when -- so that.

There was so when their reports and studies showing that these groups of men and women don't know elevenths and the company has an impact on the pro -- -- -- revenue whatever.

I realize that I've done -- so to speak and before it.

-- nineteen year study of more than 200 fortune 500 firms do show a strong correlation between -- both men and women.

In.

In executive suite.

Yes.

Yes that's all that's just one of the American studies there's a lot of that is from from USA actually.

The latest one came from -- Obama did two years ago called -- matter and it's really.

Chilling because many men would like to have figures show -- the fingers and I would tell -- what's going to happen.

So where do we need to have reports since -- this afternoon -- but.

I'm -- tired -- -- their reports and studies I think we should act more do more yeah.

-- how -- we change the dynamics at work place.

In many instances are still kind of male dominated right park place it's really didn't male dominated really it's absolutely if you look at most organizations at the top.

And that it howling like 9895%.

Man in the top management teams or even more and board since have to tetra.

And -- do we do that -- it's a complex.

Your question of course but didn't need to work we -- The top management team and then on every living in the company I need to talk about these schools is that it's a big big -- topic but it's right to look to do it no question about that.

OK so half.

When when you don't like let's say because this goes into a whole different level as well as the way women are treated and workplace threaten.

Heavy you know you've noticed instances -- just -- are disrespectful that's close.

From from the mess -- yes.

Every day one of the reasons why I wrote my first book was that.

Yeah I was looking for a big insurance company and they had a lot of problems we have that sexual harassment and that was one of the reasons and the reports that has had but.

When I -- that -- are behaving badly a lot of times.

Yeah I realized that I had been a popular that they steadily Q accusing other men in my books I write about myself from what I've seen and what I'm taking part -- And it's it's possible to change change or -- so what you do -- here man in the workplace what do you tell other men as in terms of how they shouldn't treat women.

Well first.

First though you have to realize that these -- a connection between mixed groups and there is so -- -- you need to do something as a leader as an executive OK and then you need to start -- a different way you have to react when you see -- it recruitment.

Bid that some some men someone is taking the -- that it would of the women yes because of sects have to look for confidence.

You have to make sure that you have that don't -- every eleven and -- need to -- -- -- differently had to say no for example when you here man.

Speaking about women when they leave the room about how they do some other -- -- yes and then edit them hey don't have -- mother -- analyze this can say it would do -- if you have an opinion about how women it's as if every woman with the same.

I sometime off of gay man okay would you say -- -- about your mother.

Because that is very sensitive to what -- very sensitive.

Men and we do what does behave in a different way because they can see that OK my -- -- -- outdated weapons within five years.

I can't be a part of this discrimination and secular ethnic whatever it is that I need to do something can't let's -- -- -- feminist.

I'm a feminist nowadays men and other men react to that.

Oh gave some of them -- say you're not -- -- feminist artist.

They have whether reacted to differently about them.

Through when they realize that I still am a man so to speak as did do business something that -- -- working with them.

They realize that feminists are not that dangerous and that is the other way around and you.

Find that many companies have policies set up where they need to fill certain quotas so there should naturally be more diversity.

In the workplace and especially at the higher levels because the companies require it or is that not.

Yes.

I think that day.

To be really honest -- I think if we don't.

Post -- said talk -- really hard and we today that the more women on the boards for example our management team nothing would happen.

If you look at USA today the number of women in boards are decreasing.

Says this book is called source of the sexes because I didn't want to pretend that I had the for the authors of course so.

This is -- my experience from thirtieth and business life and what I think we should do.

And active management team in school would say -- -- fact that.

And it's also a lot of and from my from a blog I'm racking up on the -- authoritarian and you.

-- and that's your web stay right there in the market and and they -- stands for.

Traders see what does that stand for and they are seeing it stands for something doesn't -- advocating real change yes yes it's us we're looking at this I think you so much nice for coming on thank not senior partner with -- -- Colby dot com.

We had to AC EB writing -- on our chat thing equal pay for equal work be respectful always.

Great thanks thank -- nice sentiment sleazy negative thinking okay we're going.

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