Find out how you can promote equal treatment in your company

To ensure that an organization is the most suitable to work, it is essential to think about the well-being of its workers, and a fundamental part of this is equal treatment. To achieve this, it is necessary to carry out certain actions so that the members of the company have full development and are on the same page, in order to generate a good climate for all.

“Whether a company is large or small, everyone deserves to work in a place that provides fair treatment and equal opportunities for men and women. For this reason, it is important that, within the organizational culture, there is a focus on gender equity. To achieve this, an action plan must be contemplated that involves all members of the company”, comments Silvana Fernández, Manager of Organizational Development at Pacífico Seguros.

here some basic points that you must take into account to promote equal treatment in your company:

Leaders on the same page: The first step is to implement behaviors in the leader profile that are aligned with managing gender equity. All leaders within the company must have the necessary guidelines and knowledge to be able to carry this out and promote it with others.

Collaborators trained in gender equity: the workshops and/or webinars are extremely helpful in transferring knowledge in search of an understanding of the subject, as well as so that identify unconscious biases and stereotypesand that the collaborators are part of the change of attitudes, in order to make better decisions.

An environment free of stereotypes: It is important to provide tools that help identify in oneself those beliefs, ways of thinking or unconscious attitudes that lead to decisions in a prejudiced way, in order to change them and that do not affect our work and personal environment.

Justice and equal opportunities: move away from abusive behavior, encourage participation and promote equal opportunities between men and women for their professional development will improve the experience in the organization. Therefore, it is important to implement selection processes without gender bias that help establish these parameters from the beginning.

A work, family and personal balance: Equal treatment also has to do with allowing life to be reconciled inside and outside of work, where collaborators feel free to attend to their family and personal issues. Thus, it is important to have a genuine interest in their development on a family and personal level, as well as professionally; which is demonstrated through benefits and flexible work times based on trust and responsible self-management.

To know if these actions have been successful, different indicators can be implemented. in the management and human development processes, such as performance and selection, in addition to including specific questions in the surveys, whether they are about the work environment or the collaborator’s experience, in which all members of the organization participate.

A company with gender equity improves the performance of its employeesbecause it encourages the achievement of the individual objectives of the entire team and focuses on talent without prejudice, in addition to giving everyone the same opportunities.