b'Gender Parity CollaborativeMEMBER SPOTLIGHTSWhy has it been necessary to create the Collaborative?All too often our organizations are looked as being in constant competition with one another.The Collaborative serves as a brilliant example that amazing things can happen when we work together and share our learnings, failures and successesall in the name of An interview withcreating an industry where all talent can thrive.CRISTINA SANTOS All too often our organizations Head of Inclusion & Diversity, are looked as being in constantNorth America competition with one another. The Collaborative serves as a brilliant example that amazing things can Why was it critical for your organization to behappen when we work together involved in the Gender Parity Collaborative? and share our learnings, failures Having established a global ambition of 50/50 gender balance in senior leadership by 2025, we wanted to fullyand successes. CRISTINA SANTOSleverage the strength of the Collaborative in our efforts. As the first industry consortium working toWhat makes this consortium unique compared to other accelerate systemic change, what will lead theinitiatives/investments happening in your own organization?Collaborative to measurable positive outcomes? It allows us the opportunity to accelerate our progress Two key elements standout for Sanofi:internally because we get to understand, deeply and intimately, whats worked well (and not so well) elsewhere.Theres a high The baseline element of data collection through Womenlevel of respect and trust amongst the Collaborative members. in the Workplace.If it werent for the Collaborative, we would not have participated in this research and given weve done the full offering (data, policies and employee experience), the insights haveproven very valuable.The benefit of learning from our peers and knowing we havethis rich network for ideation and best practicesharing. The measurable outcomes may differ companyby company, but undoubtedly the progress will be felt across the industry.If women were hired and As one of your organizations leaders, why are youpromoted to first level manager personally committed to advancing gender parityat the same rate as men, wed in the workplace?Because without parity and full participation from the richadd 1 million more women to talent pool within our industry, were not leveraging whatsthe management in corporate possible.What solutions are we not getting to?There areAmerica over the next five years.too many patients depending on us to leave ideas behind. 16 SPRING 2020'