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STEM field might have pursued a
career in these areas if they had had the
right support or guidance.
“In order to remain competitive, to
attract top talent and promote gender diversity
in more senior roles, Canadian
employers need to enhance their offerings
to alleviate workplace stress related
to family obligations,” said Tull. “Making
leadership opportunities accessible and attractive
for women starts with nurturing
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a work culture of flexibility, openness and
empowerment.”
EXECUTIVES SAY IT’S MORE
CHALLENGING TO BE A LEADER
TODAY
Leading a business is only getting harder,
recent research found. In a Robert Half
Management Resources survey, 87 per cent
of chief financial officers (CFOs) said it is
more challenging to be a company leader
today than it was five years ago.
“Facing an ever-evolving corporate landscape,
executives have to deal with the
pressures of emerging trends that require
them to continually reassess everything
from technology and staffing challenges,
to regulatory demands and compliance requirements,”
said David King, Canadian
president of Robert Half Management
Resources.
Robert Half Management Resources details
five challenges facing leaders today and
the attributes needed to address them:
1. Taking a “big picture” view. Executives
are no longer tasked with just overseeing
their department. They must draw
on their strong business acumen to
understand how their unit’s decisions
and performance affect the broader
organization.
2. Overcoming staffing challenges.
Building a skilled team in the face of
candidate shortages and retention
concerns requires special talents.
Business leaders today are tasked with
fostering relationships with recruiting
sources and developing an effective
staffing management strategy, blending
full-time personnel with specialized
professionals who can be brought in on
demand.
3. Maintaining an edge over diverse
competitors. Firms face threats not
just from traditional competitors, but
also increasingly from organizations
disrupting the marketplace with new
business models. Organizations need
leaders who can anticipate changes in
the competitive landscape and inspire
innovation to stay on top.
4. Remaining compliant with evolving
mandates. Regulatory pressures
continue to mount for many industries
and companies. Executives today need
to be experts on the mandates affecting
their business and understand how
compliance is more than meeting a set
of requirements and can instead help
the firm prosper.
5. Keeping up with technology. As history
has repeatedly shown, technology can
change everything at a moment’s notice.
The onus is on business leaders to
monitor the technology trends affecting
their organizations and positions and
adapt accordingly.
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