5 Biggest Mistakes Companies Make While Planning Women’s Day Celebrations (And How to Get It Right With Us!)
Women’s day is right around the corner and let’s remember to celebrate it not just with flowers and chocolates but with opportunities to empower and engage women around you in a meaningful manner. Companies sometimes end up making well intended but ineffective choices that dilutes the impact that they could have made with the day. Here are 5 common mistakes that happen and how to avoid them.
1. Reducing It to Just a ‘Feel-Good’ Celebration
Women’s day celebrations should go above and beyond the cliches and the superficial gestures that just stay for a day and then be something long forgotten. How can you make an impact and let your women employees have key takeaways that can empower, inspire and encourage them in all areas of life. Companies can look at mentorship programmes and workshops, panel discussions, motivational talks by inspiring women leaders, panel discussions and so on. Looking for engaging speakers or impactful sessions this women’s day? We can help!
2. Ignoring Inclusivity
This women’s day, make the celebrations inclusive and celebrate the women in support roles as well like your housekeeping staff, receptionists or security personnel. These people make or break the organisation by ensuring a more put together and sorted workplace. Ensure your celebrations acknowledge and appreciate their work in the form of gifts that resonate with their needs. We can provide customised experiences that can ensure no one feels left out!
3. Tokenism Without Actionable Change
Companies often go big in celebrating women’s day without backing them up with real policy changes and practises that ensure women in the organisation get what they deserve and need. A company that talks about gender equality should back it up with flexible work policies, equal pay and strong anti-harrassment measures to ensure real change. Use this occasion to take a step in the right direction – bet it introducing better maternity benefits, leadership opportunities, women friendly workplace policies etc. Need a thought-provoking motivational speaker to drive real change and guide the organisation with this? Let us connect you with top diversity and inclusion speakers and industry leaders!
4. Making It ‘Women’s-Only’
Women’s day is not just about women. It is also about gender equality and excluding men from the conversations and celebrations can be counter productive. The burden of fighting for equal rights should not solely fall on women. Encourage the male employees also to participate in the celebrations and discussions, awareness sessions and mentorship programmes. A truly progressive workplace environment always ensures they foster allies. Our curated events and activities can create inclusive dialogues, ensuring meaningful and impactful participation from everyone.
5. Forgetting Engagement & Interactivity
Companies should plan interactive activities on this day and not just bland monologues or one-time speech and webinars. Hear the voices that hide within the organisation and bring those ideas out. Organise Q&A sessions, storytelling events, fireside chats, skills building workshops etc and encourage employees to share their experiences. Make the day a collective and immersive experience for everyone involved in the organisation. Want engaging activities this women’s day? We have the largest roaster of everything ranging from panel discussions to entertainment and engagement activities.
Final Thoughts
Women’s Day is an ideal opportunity for organisations to reinforce everything they believe about equality and making a difference. Instead of treating this day like just another annual checkbox day, companies should utilise this day as a launchpad to drive real change that are long-term, that empower women professionally.
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