Study: 33pc Malaysian women hold senior leadership roles in country, higher than global average
Friday, 06 Mar 2020 05:46 AM MYTThe report revealed that 90 per cent of businesses in Malaysia have at least one woman in senior management. — Reuters pic
The top three senior management positions are human resource directors , chief financial officers and chief operating officers . However, he noted there was a decline in the number of women holding the chief financial officer position in Malaysia.Another area covered by the report also revealed that 60 per cent of Malaysian businesses are actively working on removing barriers to gender parity at senior levels, the lowest number in the Asean region.
On promoting a sense of inclusion among women, businesses surveyed have indicated that their most senior leader personally encouraged colleagues to speak up with ideas and issues , visibly considered the full talent pool for progression into leadership roles , asked female talent what it is like to work at the company and how it can improve as well as instil new working practices to better engage all employees .
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