Based on recent economic and job indicators, it looks like 2021 is shaping up to be an employee market. And after all that we’ve been through over the past year, I think it’s also safe to predict that employees will be favoring employers who prioritize them as humans, not just as workers. Is your HR department ready to meet that challenge? What do you need to do so that you can effectively adapt to this accelerated focus on the human-based enterprise?

In order to design a modern, human-focused workplace, one that can not only survive, but thrive amid increasing volatility, we need to fully acknowledge what’s broken and take the steps needed to fix it. That means when it comes to operationalizing female leadership traits, redefining the workplace and creating a world of “and,” we have no choice but to focus on equity at work.

We're all trying to adjust to this new sense of normal and figure out what it takes to be successful. As companies open their offices back up or adjust to support remote work indefinitely, we can't fall back on old norms. We can't depend on only the masculine approach to decision-making.