Why start a male ally group?
- Create better leaders
- Invite men to pay attention
- Enable greater impact
- Highlight and frame gender issues
- Support better decision-making
A business with 30% female leaders could add up to 6 percentage points to its net profit margin.-Peterson Institute for International Economics and EY
Besides sheer profitability, [employing female leaders] makes businesses a good place to be...What we hope is that men and women will go to business schools and see women, and that will be something that seems normal.
MEN AS ALLIES INITIATIVE SPONSORS
Let’s Get Real.
Forté Men as Allies Initiative
Men who champion gender equity—known as male allies—help businesses, women, men, and families win bigger. Businesses with more women leaders reap better financial results. Women professionals raising children report very high life satisfaction. Men with more family involvement are in better health and happier in their marriages. Children with actively engaged fathers do better academically and socially. The list goes on.
Male business school students increasingly partner with female peers to encourage gender equity through campus male ally groups and more. Forté’s Men as Allies Online Toolkit answers questions about launching and managing a male ally group—and advances your informed involvement in this growing movement.
YOUR GAME PLAN
- Get educated: Review the research
Explore evidence of women’s professional obstacles, changing norms for men at work and home, and the business case for gender equality and men’s involvement. - Get inspired: Meet men making a difference
Learn from male allies on business school campuses and across industries as they support women’s career goals and encourage their ambitions. Listen to podcasts of b-school male allies sharing their stories. - Get clear: Understand gender supportive behaviors
Identify and incorporate behaviors that can support gender equity on the job and elsewhere. - Get involved: Join the conversation
Leverage provocative articles and videos to spark gender discussions, and discover forums that are advancing the dialogue. - Get started: Download our toolkit to launch—or grow—a male ally group
Understand key aspects of these groups, important decisions to consider, lessons learned from trailblazers, and answers to frequently asked questions.
WHO IS THIS TOOLKIT FOR?
- Men considering starting a male ally group on campus
- Women involved with a women’s leadership group on campus who want to get men more involved
- Administrators and faculty who sponsor, support or work with women’s leadership and male ally groups
- Men in any role students, faculty, administrators who want to learn what a male ally is and how he behaves
- A resource for anyone who wants to learn about gender equality
