International Women’s Day celebrates the achievements of women and encourages further action to drive gender parity. Globally, 36% of small businesses are now owned by women, and from 2015 until early 2020 the number of females in senior vice president positions in the US increased by 5%.
This is great progress, but there’s still a way to go to achieving full female representation in the workplace. A fact that is evidenced by women holding 38% of manager-level positions in the US at the start of 2020 compared to 62% of men.
Unfortunately, research indicates that COVID-19 has also disproportionately impacted women. McKinsey found that women, particularly women of color, are more likely to have been furloughed or lost their job as a result of COVID. Further challenges of the pandemic, such as needing to take care of children and family members, are also resulting in a significant number of women exiting the workforce. This is because females, particularly mothers with young children, are faced with a heavy post-COVID burden, with research showing they are 3x more likely to bear the responsibility of housework and care-giving.
So, why does bridging the gender gap in the beauty and wellness industry matter?
Today’s consumers want and expect greater gender representation in leadership, with 42% even admitting they would pay a premium to a business that visibly committed to diversity and inclusion in its organization. Therefore, brands that ignore this very real expectation risk alienating a large percentage of their target consumers. Additionally, having a well-represented leadership team ensures a comprehensive understanding of your many audience members, expands creativity through multiple varied perspectives and fosters innovation.
A Harvard Business Review study also shows that businesses can benefit from diversifying their leadership representation as those who boosted their leaderhip share to 30% achieved a 15% increase in profits.
Take note of these evidence points this International Women’s Day and reap the numerous positive impacts of investing in and welcoming female leadership in your business.
Female Partner Spotlight
In honor of International Women’s Day, we wanted to take a moment to recognize the accomplishments of our global partners that are either founded or owned by women or have females on their leadership team. And there are A LOT! Including:
See for yourself just some of the results achieved and the lives impacted globally by a few of these partners who inspire us every day:
TONI&GUY: Sacha Mascolo Tarbuck, Global Creative Director / Owner
“At TONI&GUY we capture the hearts and imaginations of millions of clients. With Zenoti, we can elevate client experience even further, making every touchpoint highly personalized and convenient.”
Warren Tricomi: Roxana Pintilie, Founder
“Partnering with Zenoti allowed us to develop a strong, well-crafted loyalty program that helps our customers make the most of our services at great value. We can also now provide virtual consultations to our guests – a highly effective service offering during COVID times.”
QQ Nails & Spa: Joey Fei, Founder & Owner
“Our new digital solutions, powered by Zenoti, help us deliver the safest, most convenient experience possible for our guests.”
Neroli: Susan Haise, Founder
“The decision to partner with Zenoti is driving a strong post-COVID reopening for us. 40% of our customers are scheduling appointments digitally. This is alleviating over 1,000 calls each week.”
BeBalanced Hormone Weight Loss Centers: Paget Rhee, CEO
“Zenoti makes it easier for me, as a multi-unit owner, to keep track of each schedule and sales from my office or on the run.”
Bioessence: Dr. Emma Beleno-Guerrero
“One big strategic benefit Zenoti gave to Bioessence is access to organized data. So, all the information regarding our clients allows us to formulate more attractive strategies for our customers.”
Brazilian Beauty: Francesca Webster, CEO
“The artificial intelligence component of Zenoti was really attractive to us to be able to learn more about our customer’s buying behaviors. Now, we market back to our customers with exactly what they want, saving us time and money.”
Massage Heights: Shane Evans, Founder & President
“We chose Zenoti over other vendors because we needed a scalable software platform that could grow with us and we’ve already achieved a 58% growth in online bookings over 6 months.”
Skin Laundry: Yen Reis, Founder
“It was easy to decide to move to Zenoti’s SaaS solution. With all our operations in the cloud, we never have to think about versioning and custom development again. Now, we’re saving 50% on our technology costs.”
Skin Renewal: Dr. Maureen Allem, Founder and Medical Director
“Zenoti’s ability to extract a vast amount of data across all our branches has been a tremendous help to analyze our business, improve productivity and increase efficiency.”
Skin Spirit: Lynn Heublein, CEO & Co-Founder
“Zenoti is a significant improvement over our older systems. We have found it faster and more reliable. Additionally, since we do not have to manage our own infrastructure, we save our valuable time and resources.”
Forme Spa & Wellbeing: Hady Wenham, Owner
“The benefit of Zenoti has been in terms of multi-site management – being able to view all appointment books easily, access one guest record or reports on a single site or consolidated view.”
Get in touch today to discover how Zenoti can help you.
