Rachita Sharma

Businesses in today's highly competitive market landscape are constantly looking for new ways to improve business outcomes and strengthen other business success parameters. One such super power is gender diversity. It is a critical, yet often overlooked resource which is known to improve business outcomes. According to a recent McKinsey report, "Women in the Workplace," considerable female participation in senior positions can generate up to 50 percent greater earnings and share performance.

The current business environment is intensely competitive, where the key mantra for business leaders is, ‘you hesitate, you fail’. Technology and business have evolved greatly in the past decade, creating an urgent demand for future-ready leaders to lead organizations in today’s dynamic modern business environment. Exceptional leadership is not merely an innate quality, rather, it is shaped through experinces and supportive educational settings.

Women are more than mothers. Why should they shoulder unpaid care work alone? A look at gender equality, shared parenting and India's economic future. Women are much more than mothers, yet society continues to expect them to shoulder the bulk of unpaid care work alongside successful careers. This opinion piece argues that true gender equality begins when men share equal responsibility at home. It's time India's public leaders championed partnership over outdated gender roles.