How to improve GENDER EQUITY Outcomes
Moving Beyond Quotas to Real Readiness
A new approach to workplace equity — building readiness, confidence, and capability across your organisation.
How does your company measure up? We need to ‘Measure to Manage’ Evidence-based strategies for advancing gender equity and workforce readiness start with the analysis. You need to metrics to move forward.
Despite progress, the gender leadership gap persists.
This is not due to a lack of talent. The barrier is readiness — the confidence, advocacy, and environmental support that enable women to step forward.
Many organisations have achieved parity in entry-level roles, yet women remain under-represented at senior and executive levels.
According to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (2024):
- Women hold 32% of key management roles.
- Only 19% of CEOs in Australia are female.
Inside this free briefing, you’ll learn:
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The latest data on gender equity progress and performance outcomes.
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How the “readiness gap” impacts innovation, engagement, and retention..
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Four organisational levers for building readiness-based equity.
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An introduction to the Every Woman Can framework and measurable outcomes.
Moving from Representation to Readiness
Traditional equity initiatives focus on representation — hiring, metrics, and compliance.
The next frontier is readiness: building the internal confidence, advocacy, and psychosocial safety that enable all employees to perform at their full potential.
Key Insights:
- Women apply for promotions only when they meet 100% of role criteria, compared to 60% for men (LinkedIn, 2023).
- 60% of women report feeling underqualified for higher roles despite equal performance scores (WGEA, 2024).
- Inclusive cultures achieve 21% higher profitability and 27% greater innovation revenue (McKinsey, 2023).
Be part of something bigger
Every Woman Can is a six-week, evidence-informed development programme designed to strengthen communication, self-advocacy, and relational resilience among women who are “ready but not yet confident.”
The programme supports organisational objectives by:
- Enhancing leadership readiness.
- Improving engagement and retention.
- Creating measurable cultural impact.
Be part of something bigger
Pilot Study Invitation
We’re seeking partner organisations for a six-week pilot involving up to 15 participants.
Each participant receives a structured development pathway, and participating organisations receive aggregated insights on confidence, communication, and self-advocacy.
Investment
$800 per participant | $500 per participant for team enrolments.
Meet Elena Lennox
I’m a wellbeing and resilience trainer, and founder of DevelopMental Safety & Wellbeing at Work and Courageous Women.
For more than a decade, I’ve helped women — and workplaces — understand that confidence is not a personality trait. It’s a skill that grows in safe, supported environments.
Through Every Woman Can, I bring research-based practice and human insight together to help women reconnect with their value and voice.
When we feel safe enough to be brave, we become unstoppable.
DevelopMental Safety & Wellbeing at Work presents Every Woman Can — a Courageous Women initiative.
✉ elena@courageouswomen.com.au
