Rockwool steps up support for women's career progression: Ascent program teaches leadership and management skills
Human Resource Management International Digest
ISSN: 0967-0734
Article publication date: 31 May 2013
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explain how insulation‐manufacturer Rockwool has stepped up its efforts to get more women into senior manufacturing jobs by signing up for a program to help female production workers climb the management ladder.
Design/methodology/approach
Details the reasons for the program, the form it takes and the results it has achieved.
Findings
Reveals that ten women from Rockwool have earned accredited Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) qualifications to help them to climb the career ladder, and two have since been promoted, after taking part in Agile Nation Ascent, which is run by the women's economic‐development body, Chwarae Teg, to boost women's confidence, unlock their management talents and provide them with a recognized qualification.
Practical implications
Explains that Agile Nation also supports employers, through its Evolve program, to implement modern workforce practices such as flexible working and work‐life balance.
Social implications
Explains that the Evolve program also works with educators to challenge gender stereotyping in schools, which often leads to occupational segregation in later life.
Originality/value
Details an interesting set of initiatives designed to help women develop their careers.
Keywords
Citation
(2013), "Rockwool steps up support for women's career progression: Ascent program teaches leadership and management skills", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 21 No. 4, pp. 27-29. https://doi.org/10.1108/HRMID-04-2013-0018
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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