3 pandemic work habits that will boost your career

Released in May 2021, the He for She, Financial Times and YPO study shows a trend: working for a female business executive means more flexible hours for employees and more teleworking possible. Indeed, a third of the women leaders questioned allow arrangements on the organization of work, compared to 21% of the men. Bonus, bosses also tend to offer more mentoring programs: 46% of them, against 37% of their colleagues.
Why does it matter to us? Because more fluid time organization and training by a mentor are two dynamics that allow women to more easily reach their professional goals. And that for Xavier Mufraggi, leader of YPO, the pandemic has allowed these good habits to develop in companies. So if we can not wait to leave the coronavirus behind us, we carefully keep these ways of working that can boost our career.

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Ask for flexible hours

This is one of the axes favored by Xavier Mufraggi in order to be able to accelerate parity in companies, particularly at the level of executives: flexible hours. All the more so as this possibility of better working hours benefits both women and men. “Flexibility is often requested instead of a pay rise, as an accommodation to be able to succeed. Men were not so much in demand of flexibility as women, whereas they need it as much!”, explains the man who led Club Med for 15 years. This new system could allow a better balance within the couple who work at home and who devote themselves to their career. “The fact that men will also have to do it will give women even more opportunities to be able to devote themselves more to professional life. The Covid will amplify this acceleration to help women achieve their ambitions”, predicted the expert. So we take advantage of the fact that companies were forced to trust their employees during the crisis to ask for more teleworking and / or an adaptation of its pace.

Balance your professional and personal life to progress more serenely at work

For those who have the possibility of doing it, teleworking has often been synonymous with a better balance between the pro and the personal. On this aspect, France is moreover rather a good student, according to the study unveiled by YPO. “The point where France seems stronger is maintaining a pro-personal balance, which is the most challenging criterion for women business owners. With the post-Covid period, there will be an acceleration of these movements towards work / life balance “. Once again, this possibility of balance benefits all genders: women, the possibility of being able to invest more in work, as long as the co-parents organize themselves fairly in the organization of the household. Not to mention that a balanced life allows you to work with less mental load and frustration, always good for business efficiency.

Take advantage of this moment to reflect on your ambitions

The health crisis has, for many, offered a scarce commodity: time. If the resumption of life is everywhere, it nevertheless seems necessary to observe the desires born in us in these more socially slowed down periods. To think about your ambitions, you must first do some work on yourself: desires, needs, dreams … Then, Xavier Mufraggi believes in the power of mentoring to advance his projects. He defines the contours so that it is effective: “It works all over the place, not necessarily in a junior-senior connection.” So we keep in mind that mentoring, “it is above all to seek from someone what I miss, and to do it with a level of trust and exchange which is total. This allows you to have someone who can understand your questions and who is listening; there is the idea of ​​having an ambition and of sharing it in order to discuss and progress in relation to it. ” Please note: these exchange times must be prepared: “It’s work on yourself and it takes time”, warns the president of YPO. “But it is nevertheless extremely beneficial for the women, in order to push them to have confidence “. Thus, Sheryl Sandberg, former member of the YPO network, realized that when a position opens, a man will show up if he ticks 60% of the criteria, but a woman will hold back until he has 100.

Optimism is in order for Xavier Mufraggi, who senses a change of generation among the business leaders he meets: “All YPO members between the thirtieth and fortieth years are extremely sensitive to parity. We see that women succeed faster because they are less concerned about their place, it is obvious. generation on this issue. “ Young or old, aspiring executive or not, after this pandemic, let’s go!

Mathilde Wattecamps

Missions: Mathilde is an expert in subjects related to women’s rights and health. Addicted to Instagram and Twitter, never stingy with a good …