Tina Bhat
With the changing social and cultural patterns of the society, there has been an ongoing shift to promote greater gender diversity as an organisational strategy acting as a key corporate performance driver for attaining the competitive edge. Further, organisational culture in India is largely dominated by men being considered as more focussed and career oriented. As women participation in leadership positions start increasing, women leaders continue to build efficacious leadership skills so as to thrive with compassion, empathy and cooperation in order to compete in a masculine work environment.
Indian women that constitutes 40 percent of the students enrolled in the several professional institutes including science and engineering, management, medicine, legal studies, aeronautical, etc. are expecting rewarding career opportunities in private sectors rather than emphasising the security of lower-paid jobs in education or government…