When you are looking at women’s progress in Corporate America, it’s easy to get discouraged. However, I look at the individual successes and choose to be optimistic. Here are some other things you can do:
1.) Acknowledge and highlight the successes of the women in your organization.
2.) Reach out and find a woman to mentor.
3.) Understand some of the obstacles that hold women back (for example, not networking enough, communicating in a way that decreases their credibility, lacking the confidence to try for promotions, etc.)
Hopefully, the next statistics will be more positive! With the women I’ve met continuing to succeed in the workplace, they will be!
Kerrie Halmi of Halmi Performance Consulting specializes in increasing women’s success in business through speaking, coaching and facilitation. Kerrie has over fifteen years of experience in the Human Resources field with such clients as eBay, Bank of America and Kaiser. She received her MBA from the University of Michigan and is certified in coaching with Corporate Coach University International.
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