December 5 this year, Verona hosted a conference “Europe open: a dialogue on women’s entrepreneurship. Famous Poles and Italians discuss politics and business. “
Experience of barriers and challenges of being behind the head of companies shared m.in: Irena Eris – the founder of Cosmetics Laboratory Dr. Eris, Olga Grygier – Siddons – Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers Poland, Solange Olszewska-president of Solaris Bus & Coach Poland, Joanna Smolińska president Antalis Poland, Joanna Szymanska-Bulska, member Zarządau Bioton, Katarzyna Niezgoda – President Deni Cler and Joanna Pruszyńska – Witkowska, President Headlines Porter Novelli. Among the participants were also representatives of Italy’s most prosperous businesses and a woman known in the economic and political scene in Italy. Conference hosted by Dorothy Warakomska.
40% of employed women in Poland, but only about 4% of women both in Poland and in Italy occupies prominent positions on the boards – what are the reasons for this state of affairs? Why is management so often we men and women “are on the reserve bench”?
Panel Participants acknowledged that they are guilty of this barrier and restrictions, which split into:
- Existing among women themselves – often women themselves prefer to be led by men, women lack support for women, a significant problem is the lack of faith, women in their own abilities
- Existing in the external environment – the cultural development of women to be serving, supporting and not the rival, the women as more willing to make sacrifices for the family, the men take a lot of strategic decisions on the “male, informal meetings,” and still far too little support women in the pursuit of self-realization and sharing in family responsibilities
It also happens so that women carry the company through an important, difficult to change (restructuring, mergers), and after reaching to thank them and being degraded, and takes her role of Joanna mężczyzna.Zdaniem Pruszyński – Witkowska, barrier is the fact that “we have a new generation into the labor market, for whose career in the corporation is no longer the fondest dream, young people put on the development and fulfillment, not necessarily involving the acquisition of further career ladder. “
Participants of the meeting recognized the need for actions to encourage women to give them support, positive patterns, and inspiring. According to Ms. Szymanska – Bulski existing records of places for women in listed companies do not bring results, they should be placed on an a la parity.
“We want to deepen, and diversify activate the cooperation of Italian and Polish entrepreneurs in various fields: economic, educational, trade, marketing, technology and other” – wrote in a joint declaration.
The debate was held in the Polish Presidency of the EU and under the patronage of: Polish Embassy in Rome and Les Femmes organization FCEM Chef d’Entreprise Mondiales.