A recent initiative aims to give men a better understanding of the challenges women face at work
The marketing industry is rife (abundant or plentiful, full of sth bad or unpleasant) with advice on how to be a good leader: hire people better than you; anything related to shoulders and giants; bring in great people and learn from them,and so on. That’s all great, but it doesn’t drill down to what really matters or even open to approach the more immediate, and contemporary issues of equality and diversity.
This is all approximately to change,thanks to an initiative called Token Man.
The initiative aims to give men a better understanding of the challenges women face at work, through a series of interviews and events, or flipping the traditional ratio of men to women. This is sorely needed. It might not be palatable,but it’s a fact that this industry has long been castigated as a bastion of sexism and misogyny. We may not quite be stuck in the “crazy Men” days of typing pools and blatant abuse, but no one could claim we believe enough Peggy Olsons. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com