There is no future development without active participation of women. Now is the Time for Serious Reform - Second Committee on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace

SoftBank has set a goal of raising the ratio of female managers to 20% by fiscal 2035, and is strengthening its efforts to promote the active participation of women. The second meeting of the Promotion Committee for Women's Participation with External Advisors was held on December 8th, and the management and general managers discussed current issues and solutions.

The first step towards achieving diversity and inclusion. Efforts to promote the active participation of women are underway

As the first step toward achieving Diversity & Inclusion (D&I), SoftBank is promoting the active participation of women. After the kick-off of the Committee on Promotion of Women's Participation in August, which was held with external advisors, we held roundtables where the heads of each department listened directly to the thoughts and opinions of individual female employees, and external discussions were held on issues and action directions for each department. We are promoting specific initiatives such as promotion meetings with advisors for discussion, questionnaires for all employees, and workshops.

Here is a report on the Kickoff of the Committee for the Promotion of Women's Participation. Raise the percentage of female managers to 20%. Discussing the image of the company to aim for in the future at the "Committee for Promotion of Women's Participation," which includes experts - Bringing IT closer to you. softbank news

At the second meeting of the Women's Participation Promotion Committee held this time, the management and general managers confirmed the results of a questionnaire for all employees and the issues analyzed from past efforts, and then decided on solutions and the direction of future measures. We had a lively discussion with external advisors on issues such as sexuality.

The points raised in the employee survey about "things that should be done to promote the active participation of women" are "correction of the culture of long working hours" and "men's participation in childcare"

In the employee survey, " When asked about what companies should do to promote the active participation of women, many said that they wanted to "correct the culture of long working hours" and "create a system to cover absences due to childcare, etc." Promoting understanding such as actively using the childcare support system” was ranked first, indicating that employees themselves have a high awareness of issues regarding work style reform.

Mr. Atsushi Nakahara, a professor of business administration at Rikkyo University, who is an adviser to this committee, said in his lecture that, in addition to "individual factors" such as motivation and ability, factors that generally improve women's careers are long hours. The existence of social factors, such as "workplace environmental factors," such as differences in labor and work experience, and "partner factors," such as dual-income couples' awareness of the division of labor by gender and long working hours, is extremely important. suggest. In particular, regarding the review of the work environment, he explained, "If we do not consider women's careers and the problem of correcting long working hours as a set, we will never solve it."

"In order to improve the career development environment for women, not only women, but also the company and society where partners work must change." Atsushi Shimba, Representative Director, Executive Vice President and COO, who oversees the Consumer Business Division, said, "By working from within the company, the wave will spread little by little and lead to the companies of our employees' partners. Isn't it?", the management renewed their resolution to continue their efforts from a long-term perspective.

Review the business model from the ground up

Junichi Miyagawa, chairman of the committee, president and CEO, said, There is a part of the structure that has become ingrained in us as we believe that it should be like this.It is a culture of prioritizing customer needs above all else and working with a sense of speed that overwhelms other companies.On the other hand, our employees are healthy. and making time for skills development are also important themes, and both are two wheels.Without the active participation of women, our company cannot develop.Isn't it a good time to discuss and reconsider the business model itself from the ground up?Work seriously, seriously remodel I would like to move our company from now on with the theme of doing.

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(Date of publication: December 22, 2021) Text: Softbank News Editorial Department