For the first time in the history of the United States, three monumental changes are having a dramatic affect on the world of work.

1. Women now make up 51% of the workforce
2. Men and women are working together side-by-side at the professional level (women are no longer only in administrative and support positions)
3. There are ten common mistakes women and men make when working together.

Though working effectively together is the desire of both sexes, differences in male and female work styles and preferred working environments can sometimes create disharmony and other challenges, often resulting in decreased efficiency and reduced productivity.

When there is some form of a “gender gap” in the workplace it adversely affects more than just the corporate culture. It can impact sales performance, management styles and effectiveness, daily co-worker interactions, and even customer care. Typically, employee absenteeism and turnover also increase. These challenges can negatively impact a company’s top line revenue, operating expenses, and bottom line growth.

Prevalent Gender Gap Issues

Some of the problems and/or challenges your company may be experiencing as a result of prevailing gender issues can include:

• Differences in management styles adversely affecting performance
• Men and women challenged by reporting to one another
• Women complaining they don’t want to report to other women
• Female managers feeling discomfort having men reporting to them
• Communication gaps trying to decipher “Womaneze” and “Maneze”
• Lost revenue through failure to close needed sales
• Unhealthy competition between women and men
• Differences in preferred work methods, problem-solving, and decision-making
• Challenges with leadership styles and conducting effective meetings
• Sexual harassment and other conflict management issues

How Gender Gap Issues Can Affect Organizations:

• Decreased top line revenue
• Increased operating expenses
• Decreased EBITDA and net profit
• Performance and productivity deficiencies
• Increased employee absenteeism
• Increased employee turnover
• Increased healthcare claims/costs
• Increased potential corporate liability

Blouses, Blazers, and Briefcases: Working Together, Winning Together Can Improve Performance and Maximize Productivity

In this timely, eye-opening program, participants gain valuable insight and an understanding of how men and women can work harmoniously together and improve productivity and efficiencies as they learn:

• The Ten Common Mistakes men and women make when working together
• The evolutionary psychology behind why women and men are the way they are and behave as they do
• How every employee can “sell” better to their internal and external customers by learning how to bridge any real or perceived gender gap.
• How women and men can manage each other effectively
• How men and women can be comfortable reporting to each other
• How the sexes can foster mutually productive, healthy competitive efforts together
• Effective methods of conflict resolution, problem-solving, and decision-making across genders
• How men can learn to listen better and women can stop trying to “fix” or change men
• How to bridge the communication gap by translating “Womaneze” and “Maneze” into a common language
• How to accept and appreciate each other’s preferred working environments

Benefits to Your Organization Include:

• Increased top line revenue
• Increased employee efficiencies and productivity
• Decreased absenteeism
• Decreased employee turnover
• Decreased healthcare claims/costs
• Decreased operating expenses
• Increased EBITDA/net profits

Find out how your organization can create harmony between men and women, maximizing the performance of both genders. Blouses, Blazers, and Briefcases: Working Together, Winning Together will help you optimally benefit from the synergistic power of women and men working effectively with one another. Have Ron Stout bring this unique, high-quality program to your organization today!