How to empower other women in the workplace:
points out, success is as much about confidence as it is about competence—in fact, it’s often more so. It may seem to some that speaking up in a meeting isn’t a big deal—to assume that all women struggle with this is to assume that all women are differential—but when that meeting is dominated by men, for some women, it can be. If we use as a yardstick, in a board meeting of 100 people, only 15 of these will be women. In a room of 10 that means not even 2 would be.
Now that we’re fully nestled into the 21st century, more and more employees have flexible working hours in one form or another yet despite this, many feel it’s still something of a taboo—it’s allowed but frowned upon. Let’s be honest—sitting at a desk for eight predetermined hours each day is not an indicator of quality work or productivity yet it is often used as an indicator, as if companies think employees are naughty children and can’t be trusted to work well unsupervised.in so many ways. First of all, there’s the obvious: working mothers greatly benefit from this. Having the power to arrange their own hours allows them to effectively focus on work when they can give it their full attention.
The more successful women who speak openly about the trials and tribulations that got them to where they are, the better. Admitting to past failures, setbacks and vulnerabilities does not then perpetuate more failure, setbacks or vulnerabilities. It paves the way for other women to have confidence that, just because someone told them off, they made a mistake or didn’t make a success of something first time around, it doesn’t mean they’ll be canceled from existence.
Because it is still such a taboo subject, many women don’t feel confident enough to negotiate. In fact, in one of my previous full-time roles, a child-free colleague was told she was"lucky not to have more mouths to feed" when she asked for one. The only way to add the sense of normalcy to the conversation that many men feel is to actively discuss it. Even better, if you’ve achieved a successful salary negotiation, tell other women how you did it.
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