{"id":136518,"date":"2020-10-16T11:34:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T15:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=136518"},"modified":"2020-10-16T14:41:24","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T18:41:24","slug":"bates-in-the-news-oct-16-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/16\/bates-in-the-news-oct-16-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Bates in the News: Oct. 16, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A selection of recent mentions of Bates and Bates people in the news media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arsalan Suhail ’09<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It’s time for men to lean in for gender equity \u2014 Tuck News<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Pointing to an IBM survey of 2,300 global organizations, Arsalan Suhail ’09 notes that, on average, “just 18 percent of top leadership positions…are held by women.” Indeed, “many private- and public-sector organizations have tried but failed to increase the number of women in leadership roles.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The answer, he says, is for male leaders to step up and be good mentors. Quoting findings from Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women<\/em>, Suhail says that the number-one mentoring skill that women leaders mention is their male mentors’ listening ability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The authors delved deeper and found that these mentors had a sense of humility and an intention to learn; they don\u2019t have all the answers and they don\u2019t make assumptions. In essence, these mentors exercised high emotional intelligence and listened with a purpose.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 2020 graduate of the Tuck School of Business, Suhail received the Julia Stell Award and was president of the Men as Allies organization. He\u2019s now director of operations and business development at TrueLearn. He is a member of the Bates Alumni Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n