With their unique perspectives, skills, and approaches, women leaders are bringing about positive disruptions and transforming how organizations are managed.

Women in leadership have disrupted traditional management by embracing diversity and inclusion. Women leaders understand the importance of diverse teams and actively promote inclusive practices. They foster creativity, innovation, and collaboration by valuing different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. This disruption is particularly powerful in breaking down traditional hierarchical structures and creating a more equitable workplace where all employees feel valued and have equal opportunities to contribute and succeed.

We see this at 91ÊÓƵ, with staff, member organizations, and all connected to the worldwide cleaning industry association.

Women leaders often excel in promoting emotional intelligence in the workplace, disrupting the traditional managerial approach focusing solely on rational decision-making. Emotional intelligence involves understanding and empathizing with others, managing emotions effectively, and building solid relationships. By emphasizing these skills, women leaders foster a supportive and inclusive work environment where employees feel heard, respected, and motivated. This disruption enhances employee well-being and increases productivity, engagement, and overall organizational success.

Traditional management is often associated with a top-down approach, where decision-making power is concentrated at the top. Women leaders have disrupted this model by championing collaborative leadership. They recognize the value of collective intelligence and encourage teamwork, collaboration, and shared decision-making. This approach allows diverse perspectives to be heard and considered, resulting in better decisions and outcomes. By promoting collaborative leadership, women leaders create a culture of trust, empowerment, and engagement, encouraging employees to contribute unique strengths and ideas.

Another way women leaders have disrupted traditional management is by prioritizing work-life balance and advocating for flexibility in the workplace. They understand the importance of allowing employees to have fulfilling personal lives alongside their professional commitments. In addition, women leaders create a supportive environment that attracts and retains talented individuals by implementing flexible working hours, remote work options, and parental leave. This disruption challenges the conventional belief that long hours and constant availability are necessary for success.

Women in leadership have been instrumental in disrupting traditional management practices. As more women ascend to leadership positions, these disruptions will continue to reshape the future of management.

In the , enjoy the special recognition given to the great women in our industry. We could not do it without them!

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Corporate recruitment manager

In 2021, we made the decision to centralize our recruitment team and created a recruiting manager position at our corporate office. Previously, a recruiter had resided in each of our five regions and reported up through a human resource generalist. Our goal was to better align recruiting activities and have the team roll up to one person responsible for executing recruiting initiatives. This has proven to be a very successful business model for us, as we have been consistently meeting our recruiting key performance indicators (KPIs) since the transition.

Use of real-time data

One major upgrade we made to our recruitment strategy was to use real-time data as a vehicle of information to influence our decision making. Our business intelligence analyst created a dashboard where we could track many of our activities, such as headcount, new hires, separations, open positions, and vacancy percentages. This information is updated automatically every night and is programmed to track how we are progressing through the year toward meeting our company goals related to turnover and retention. Many views are available within the dashboard based on the time period and workgroup or site in mind.

Now with real-time data readily available, we are able to play offense instead of defense. On a day-to-day basis, we can look at how each of our regions are performing and have the ability to redirect resources and attention as needed. We look at several KPIs: Vacancy percentage, time to fill, turnover percent, and retention rates. We can drill down on our dashboard all the way from a broad region to a specific building we service to monitor our performance. When we start to fall short of our targets, the recruiting manager will provide additional support by reallocating resources, whether it’s additional recruiting help, extra dollars spent on advertising, or an outside-of-the-box solution to address the gaps.

Recruitment toolkit

With a focus on hiring quality candidates and maximizing productivity, we developed a recruitment toolkit for our team to follow. The plan documents the process our recruiters follow to address openings, including the indicators that determine when to escalate our efforts. Based on how long the position has been posted and the vacancy percentage of the region, our team will move up to the next level of recruiting services. Each tool in our escalation plan has an associated cost to help our operations team understand how it will impact their budget. It also serves as a one-stop shop for our operations team to find any forms or process documentation associated with recruiting.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion

In 2022, one of our initiatives was focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion. We have a standardized set of interview questions our hiring managers and recruiters use to ensure fairness and remove any bias from our hiring process. A current project of ours is to generate gender and ethnicity statistics for our leaders similar to what is reported to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) each year. We hope to create a sense of inclusion and bring to light any gaps that need to be addressed. This year, we plan to utilize the 91ÊÓƵ Hygieia Network in support of the incredible women of our organization.

Benefits and training

As the labor market has continued to contract, our team has had an increased focus on employee retention. Many of our company goals and initiatives are in support of providing additional benefits and training for our employees. We’ve made significant changes to our profit-sharing plan, implemented an advanced payroll program, enhanced our health care plans, and created an Individual Career Advancement Plan (ICAP). Our hope is to move the needle through these enhancements on retaining quality employees.

No matter the type of company or organization you run, it is my hope that we all can learn better strategies from each other. The next time I see you at an industry event, perhaps at 91ÊÓƵ Show North America, let’s talk about this.

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