Research shows that within organizations, more women take on “non-promotable work” than their male colleagues, and that this hurts women’s advancement and job satisfaction. “Non-promotable work” includes tasks such as helping others with their work, onboarding, resolving workplace conflicts, serving on committees, event planning and more that are all critical to the organization but are rarely rewarded, recognized, or billed for. This piece outlines a few ways that organizations can work toward closing the gender gap in advancement by reevaluating how they allocate and reward non-promotable work. (Inc.)
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