🚨 Board Chairs: It’s No Longer Optional.
Gender Equity Is Now a Legal Obligation.
If your company has 500+ employees, the clock is ticking.
You’ve got limited time, a packed agenda, and a full risk register.
But here’s the truth: Gender equity now belongs at the top of your boardroom table.
With new legislation requiring all employers with 500+ employees to demonstrate real progress on at least 3 of the 6 Gender Equality Indicators (GEIs)—the accountability now rests with you.
This isn’t about running a DEI breakfast once a year.
It’s about governance. Risk. Brand. Performance.
So here’s a simple, practical checklist every Board Chair or Director should be using right now 👇
✅ Your Gender Equity Checklist for the Boardroom
🔲 Put Gender Equality on the Standing Agenda
If you review sales, safety, and risk monthly—review this too.
No visibility = no priority = no progress.
🔲 Request Progress on 3 GEIs
By law, large employers must act. Pick your 3 (or more), set targets, assign ownership.
If you don’t ask, it won’t happen.
🔲 Demand Metrics—Not Memos
Ask for actual data:
Pay gap trends
Promotion rates by gender
Parental leave usage
Internal mobility
Real data drives real accountability.
🔲 Check for Pipeline Health
Ask: Are we building gender-balanced leadership from the ground up?
Review succession plans, high-potential pipelines, and key roles—not just at the top, but across every level.
🔲 Back Flexibility Without Stalling Careers
Flexible work must come with career progression.
Audit promotion and pay rates for part-time, hybrid, and return-to-work talent.
🔲 Champion from the Top
Culture change needs visible leadership.
Board tone matters—internally and externally.
💡 Remember:
📉 Companies without gender balance are now exposed to legal, reputational, and talent risk.
📈 Companies that lead on this outperform.
I’ve written a Board-ready guide to help C-suite and directors move from insight to action—built on years of award-winning practice.
📩 Message me and I will send you a copy: “Closing the Gender Pay Gap & Accelerating Women into Leadership.”
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